Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American stage and screen actress. 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.
Gish in 1916
Gish in 1954
Gish, c. 1920
Dorothy (with fan) and her sister Lillian, 1921
Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th greatest female movie star of Classic Hollywood cinema.
1921 publicity photo
Dorothy and Lillian Gish with actress Helen Ray, their leading lady in Her First False Step (1903)
Gish with Richard Barthelmess in Broken Blossoms (1919)
Gish as Anna Moore in Way Down East (1920)