| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
 The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (documentary) - Special Thanks |
1993 |
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| The Whales of August - Sarah Webber |
1987 |
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| Sweet Liberty - Cecelia Burgess |
1986 |
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| Hambone and Hillie - Hillie Radcliffe |
1984 |
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| A Wedding - Nettie Sloan |
1978 |
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| Day for Night - Dedicatee |
1973 |
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| Warning Shot - Alice Willows |
1967 |
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| The Comedians - Mrs. Smith |
1967 |
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| Follow Me, Boys! - Hetty Cutler Seibert |
1966 |
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| The Unforgiven - Mattilda Zachary |
1960 |
$5M |
| Orders to Kill - Mrs. Summers |
1958 |
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| The Cobweb - Victoria Inch |
1955 |
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| The Night of the Hunter - Rachel Cooper |
1955 |
$795K |
| Portrait of Jennie - Mother Mary of Mercy |
1948 |
$4.04M |
| Duel in the Sun - Laura Belle McCanles |
1946 |
$8M |
| Miss Susie Slagle's - Miss Susie Slagle |
1946 |
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| Top Man - Beth Warren |
1943 |
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| Commandos Strike at Dawn - Mrs. Bergesen |
1942 |
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| His Double Life - Alice |
1933 |
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| One Romantic Night - Alexandra |
1930 |
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| The Wind - Letty Mason Hightower |
1928 |
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| The Enemy - Pauli Arndt |
1927 |
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| Annie Laurie - Annie Laurie |
1927 |
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| The Scarlet Letter - Hester Prynne |
1926 |
$430K |
| Boheme, La - Mimi |
1926 |
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| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Crowd extra in chariot race (uncredited) |
1925 |
$3.9M |
| Romola - Romola |
1924 |
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| The White Sister - Angela Chiaromonte |
1923 |
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| Orphans of the Storm - Henriette Girard |
1921 |
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| Way Down East - Anna Moore |
1920 |
$700K |
| Remodeling Her Husband - Writer (scenario) (as Dorothy Elizabeth |
1920 |
$58K |
| A Romance of Happy Valley - Jennie Timberlake |
1919 |
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| Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl - Lucy Burrows (as Miss Lillian Gish) |
1919 |
$88K |
| True Heart Susie - True Heart Susie |
1919 |
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| Idol Dancer - Nellie Jarvis |
1919 |
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| Hearts of the World - The Girl, Marie Stephenson (uncredited) |
1918 |
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| The Great Love - Susie Broadplains |
1918 |
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| Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (short) - Actress |
1918 |
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| The Greatest Thing in Life - Jeannette Peret, Writer (story) |
1918 |
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| Souls Triumphant - Lillian Vale |
1917 |
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| Pathways of Life (short) - Actress |
1916 |
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| Daphne and the Pirate - Daphne La Tour |
1916 |
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| Sold for Marriage - Marfa |
1916 |
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| An Innocent Magdalene - Dorothy Raleigh |
1916 |
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages - The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle/The Eternal Mother,
| 1916 |
$386K |
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| Diane of the Follies - Diane |
1916 |
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| The Children Pay - Millicent |
1916 |
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| The House Built Upon Sand - Evelyn Dare |
1916 |
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| The Birth of a Nation - Elsie Stoneman |
1915 |
$110K |
| The Lost House - Dosia Dale |
1915 |
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| Enoch Arden - Annie Lee |
1915 |
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| Captain Macklin - Beatrice |
1915 |
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| The Lily and the Rose - Mary Randolph |
1915 |
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| A Duel for Love (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| The Green-Eyed Devil (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| Her Condoned Sin - The young mother |
1914 |
$36K |
| The Hunchback (short) - A Young Orphan |
1914 |
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| The Battle of the Sexes - Jane Andrews, the daughter |
1914 |
$25K |
| The Quicksands (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| Home, Sweet Home - Payne's Sweetheart |
1914 |
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| The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| The Sisters (short) - May |
1914 |
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| The Folly of Anne (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| The Tear That Burned (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| Man's Enemy (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| The Angel of Contention (short) - Actress |
1914 |
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| Lord Chumley - Eleanor Butterworth |
1914 |
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| Just Gold (short) - The Sweetheart |
1913 |
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| The House of Darkness (short) - Nurse Playing Piano |
1913 |
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| The Lady and the Mouse (short) - The Young Woman |
1913 |
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| The Left-Handed Man - The Old Soldier's Daughter |
1913 |
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| A Misunderstood Boy (short) - The Daughter |
1913 |
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| The Unwelcome Guest (short) - At Auction |
1913 |
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| Oil and Water (short) - In First Audience |
1913 |
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| A Timely Interception (short) - The Farmer's Daughter |
1913 |
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| The Mothering Heart (short) - The Young Wife |
1913 |
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| During the Round-Up (short) - The Ranchero's Daughter |
1913 |
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| The Conscience of Hassan Bey (short) - Actress |
1913 |
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| The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (short) - The mother |
1913 |
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| Madonna of the Storm - The Mother |
1913 |
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| So Runs the Way (short) - The Young Woman |
1913 |
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| A Modest Hero (short) - The Wife |
1913 |
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| A Woman in the Ultimate (short) - Verda |
1913 |
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| An Indian's Loyalty (short) - The Ranchero's Daughter |
1913 |
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| Two Daughters of Eve (short) - Theater crowd extra |
1912 |
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| So Near, Yet So Far (short) - A Friend |
1912 |
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| In the Aisles of the Wild (short) - The Younger Daughter |
1912 |
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| The One She Loved (short) - Actress |
1912 |
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| The Painted Lady (short) - Belle at Ice Cream Festival |
1912 |
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| The Musketeers of Pig Alley (short) - The Little Lady |
1912 |
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| Gold and Glitter (short) - The Young Woman |
1912 |
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| My Baby (short) - Actress |
1912 |
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| The Informer (short) - Actress |
1912 |
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| Brutality (short) - At Theatre |
1912 |
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| The New York Hat (short) - Customer in Shop/Outside Church |
1912 |
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| The Burglar's Dilemma (short) - Birthday Wellwisher |
1912 |
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| A Cry for Help (short) - The Maid |
1912 |
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| An Unseen Enemy (short) - The Sister (older) |
1912 |
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| TV appearance: |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV movie) - Mrs Loftus |
1985 |
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| Hobson's Choice (TV movie) - Miss Molly Winkle |
1983 |
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| Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor - Mrs. Williams |
1981 |
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| Thin Ice (TV movie) - Grandmother |
1981 |
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| Follow Me, Boys!: Part 1 - Hetty Seibert |
1981 |
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| Follow Me, Boys!: Part 2 - Hetty Seibert |
1981 |
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| Sparrow (TV movie) - Widow |
1978 |
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| Twin Detectives (TV movie) - Billy Jo Haskins |
1976 |
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| Arsenic and Old Lace (TV movie) - Martha Brewster |
1969 |
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| Body in the Barn - Bessie Carnby |
1964 |
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| Stowaway - Mrs. Cooper |
1964 |
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| Hello, Miss Phipps - Maude Phipps |
1963 |
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| The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct - Stella Manville |
1963 |
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| Grandma TNT - Louisa Clarendon |
1962 |
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| The Grass Harp - Dolly Talbo |
1960 |
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| The Day Lincoln Was Shot - Mary Todd |
1956 |
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| Morning's at Seven - Esther Crampton |
1956 |
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| I, Mrs. Bibb - Actress |
1955 |
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| The Sound and the Fury - Mrs. Compson |
1955 |
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| The Corner Druggist - Actress |
1954 |
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| The Quality of Mercy - Actress |
1954 |
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| Christmas Festival Hour of Music (TV movie) - Actress |
1953 |
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| The Trip to Bountiful - Actress |
1953 |
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| The Trip to Bountiful (TV movie) - Carrie Watts |
1953 |
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| The Autobiography of Grandma Moses - Actress |
1952 |
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Silver Glory (TV movie) - Writer, Producer
| 1951 |
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| Ladies in Retirement - Actress |
1951 |
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| The Birth of the Movies - Narrator |
1951 |
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| The Joyous Season - Actress |
1951 |
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| The Late Christopher Bean - Actress |
1949 |
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| Outward Bound - Actress |
1949 |
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| Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 195 |
|
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| The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 194 |
|
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| The Wonderful World of Disney (TV series) - Hetty Seibert (2 episodes, 1981) |
|
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| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series) - Bessie Carnby (1 episode, 1964) |
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| Celanese Theatre (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 195 |
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| The Love Boat (TV series) - Mrs. Williams (1 episode, 1981) |
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| Ford Star Jubilee (TV series) - Mary Todd (1 episode, 1956) |
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| The Defenders (TV series) - Louisa Clarendon / Mrs. Cooper (2 e |
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| Breaking Point (TV series) - Stella Manville (1 episode, 1963) |
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| Mr. Novak (TV series) - Maude Phipps (1 episode, 1963) |
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| Play of the Week (TV series) - Dolly Talbo (1 episode, 1960) |
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| Repertory Theatre (TV series) - Narrator (3 episodes, 1949-1953) |
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| The Alcoa Hour (TV series) - Esther Crampton (1 episode, 1956) |
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| Playwrights '56 (TV series) - Mrs. Compson (1 episode, 1955) |
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| Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series) - Actress (2 episodes, 19 |
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| Kraft Theatre (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 195 |
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| Schlitz Playhouse (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 195 |
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