What is Dorothy Gish?
{{Infobox person | name = Dorothy Gish | image = Dorothy Gish calendar.jpg | imagesize = 250px | caption = Dorothy Gish | birth_name = Dorothy Elizabeth Gish | birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|03|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|06|04|1898|03|11|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Rapallo]], [[Liguria]], [[Italy]] | death_cause = [[Pneumonia]] | spouse = James Rennie (m. 1920–1935, [[divorce]]d) | years_active = 1912–1963 | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director|writer}} }} '''Dorothy Elizabeth Gish''' (March 11, 1898 – June 4, 1968) was an [[Americans|American]] actress. She was born in [[Dayton, Ohio]]. She was very young when her father abandoned the family. Dorothy, her older sister [[Lillian Gish|Lillian]], and their mother entered the theatrical profession to support themselves. In 1912, actress [[Mary Pickford]] introduced them to director [[D. W. Griffith]]. The sisters began acting at Biograph Studios. Dorothy and Lillian Gish both debuted in Griffith's ''An Unseen Enemy''. Dorothy would star in over 100 short movies and feature movies. Dorothy married actor James Rennie in 1920. They [[divorce]]d in 1935. Dorothy never remarried. She died in 1968 from bronchial [[pneumonia]] in [[Rapallo]], [[Liguria]], [[Italy]]. She was laid to rest in [[Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church]] in [[New York City]]. Her sister Lillian was later laid to rest beside her. Dorothy Gish was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6385 Hollywood Blvd., [[Hollywood, California]]. Dorothy and Lillian both appeared in D. W. Griffith's ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'' in 1921. == Sources == * David W. Menefee, ''The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era'' (Connecticut: Praeger, 2004) {{ISBN|0-275-98259-9}} * Harold Casselton (ed.),''Remembering Dorothy Gish'' (Minneapolis: The Society for Cinephiles, 1986) * Homer Croy, ''Star Maker: The Story of D. W. Griffith'' (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1959) * Dorothy Gis