Acting
Dorothy Gish
- Titles
- 114movies11TV shows
- Career
Active from 1912 to 1988, with a break from 1964 to 1987, busiest in 1914 with 27 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 84top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Fury90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical8.4average 2.6
- Politics6.8average 2.6
- Warfare5.2average 1.2
- Nostalgia6.9average 3.6
- Family Dynamics7.5average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism6.0average 3.3
- Social Commentary7.1average 4.9
- Spiritual4.1average 2.0
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.1, average 5.2
- Dark Humor1.2, average 2.9
- Absurdist Humor0.6, average 2.0
- Cringe Humor0.9, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Early Cinema 4
- Melodrama 3
- Silent Film 3
- Period Piece 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Silent Film Era 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Social Commentary 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
D.W. GriffithDirectorOrphans of the Storm, Hearts of the World, Home, Sweet Home, So Near, Yet So Far, Remodeling Her Husband, +14 more
Robert HarronActorHearts of the World, Home, Sweet Home, So Near, Yet So Far, The Lady and the Mouse, The Burglar’s Dilemma, +12 more
Kate ToncrayActorBattling Jane, Peppy Polly, Nobody Home, Red Hicks Defies the World, The Lady and the Mouse, +10 more
Lillian GishActorOrphans of the Storm, Hearts of the World, Home, Sweet Home, So Near, Yet So Far, Remodeling Her Husband, +9 more
Henry B. WalthallActorHome, Sweet Home, The Lady and the Mouse, The Burglar’s Dilemma, Judith of Bethulia, The Perfidy of Mary, +9 more
Donald CrispActorThe Warning, The Mountain Rat, The Tavern of Tragedy, An Old-Fashioned Girl, How Hazel Got Even, +7 more
Elmer CliftonActorBattling Jane, Peppy Polly, Nobody Home, The Sisters, Nugget Nell, +6 more
W.E. LawrenceActorThe Sisters, Her Grandparents, Granny, How Hazel Got Even, Her Mother's Daughter, +5 more
Christy CabanneActorSo Near, Yet So Far, The Sisters, A Cry for Help, Two Daughters of Eve, Granny, +5 more
Lionel BarrymoreActorPa Says, So Near, Yet So Far, Red Hicks Defies the World, The Lady and the Mouse, The Burglar’s Dilemma, +5 more
Dell HendersonActorPa Says, Red Hicks Defies the World, Almost a Wild Man, The Suffragette Minstrels, Papa's Baby, +4 more
Adolph LestinaActorBattling Jane, Hearts of the World, Red Hicks Defies the World, The Lady and the Mouse, The Burglar’s Dilemma, +4 more
Movies and TV shows
1251980s
1 title
as (Archive footage)
1960s
1 title · average score 66
66
as Celia Fermoyle
1950s
11 titles · average score 71
TV show · as Aaronetta
TV show · as Arry Gibbs
TV show · as Miss Psyche
71
TV show · as Mrs, Lapham
as Ellen Zalinka
as Mrs Doubleday
TV show · as Emily Madison / Ellen Zalinka
TV show · as Miss Susie Slagle
TV show · as Lady Emily Lyons
1940s
4 titles · average score 60
TV show · as Mary Surratt
TV show
60
as Mrs. Rogers
as Mrs. Skinner
1930s
1 title
as Leila McDonald
1920s
19 titles · average score 67
as Mavis Hogan
as Tiptoes Kaye
as Madame Pompadour
64
as Nell Gwyn
as Betsy Tidd
as Mollie
75
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
61
as Tessa
as La Clavel
90
as Minnie
70
as Louise Girard
as Janie Wakefield
1910s
88 titles · average score 61
62
as The Little Disturber
as Beth
62
as Gretchen Van Houck
as Betty Lockwood
as Katie Ruder
as Cora Findley
as Carol (May's younger sister)
61
as Crippled Beggar
as Dorothy Ketcham
as The Second Sister
as The Daughter
as Youngest Sister