Dorothy Gish

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.

Gish was born in Dayton, Ohio. She had an older sister, Lillian. The Gish sisters mother, Mary Robinson McConnell Gish, supported the family after her husband, James Leigh Gish, abandoned the family. When they were old enough, Dorothy and Lillian were brought into their mothers act, and they also modeled. In 1912, their childhood friend, actress Mary Pickford, introduced them to director D. W. Griffith, and the sisters began acting at the Biograph Studios. Dorothy and Lillian Gish both debuted in Griffiths An Unseen Enemy. Dorothy would go on to star in over 100 short films and features, many of them with Lillian.

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