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Dorothy Gish | |
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 Gish in 1916 | |
| Born | Dorothy Elizabeth Gish March 11, 1898 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 1968 (aged 70) Rapallo, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1912–1963 |
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| Mother | Mary Robinson McConnell |
| Relatives | Lillian Gish (sister) |
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (March 11, 1898 – June 4, 1968) was an American stage and screen actress.[1] Dorothy and her older 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 Theater Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.
- ^ Although for many years it was believed that the Gish sisters were born with the surname "De Guiche" or "de Guiche", their surname was, in fact, Gish. Biographer Charles Affron explains the source of the inaccuracies regarding the name in Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life: "The Gish name was initially the source of some mystification. In 1922, at the time of the opening of Orphans of the Storm, Lillian reported that the Gish family was of French origin, descending from the Duke de Guiche.... [S]uch press-agentry falsification was common. Just a few years later the story was modified slightly so that de Guiche becomes the more illustrious Duc de Guise.... [A]mong the Gish ancestors were a great-uncle probably murdered on a business trip to Philadelphia and four cousins who served in the Civil War ... James Leigh Gish was the youngest of four sons of David Gish (1814–1888) and Diana Caroline Waltz."