Dorothy Gish

They were married in 1920 in a double ceremony with actress Constance Talmadge and businessman John Piagoglou and were divorced in 1935. Following her death in 1987, she was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. She was married to James Rennie (1890-1965), a Canadian-born actor who was her co-star in Remodeling Her Husband (filmed in 1920, it was sister Lillian's only movie as director). After about 1960 she suffered from early onset of Alzheimer's disease which was not diagnosed until 1980. Lynda Carter starred in a 1983 biopic of her life. She did make several appearances in anthology television series in the early 1950s. She was also very close to frequent co-star and next door neighbor Glenn Ford. From 1930 until her death, she only appeared in five more movies, and one television movie. She was married five times, including a union with Orson Welles from 1944-1948.

She moved to England, where she turned her attention to the stage. She once complained famously that all the man she knew fell in love with Gilda, but woke up with her. Overshadowed by her sister's popularity, Dorothy virtually retired from motion pictures when talkies came along. Shy and reclusive in real life, Rita was the antithesis of the characters she played. Dorothy would go on to star in over 100 short films and features, many of them with Lillian. Her well-known films include You'll Never Get Rich (1941), Gilda (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1948), and the 1953 remake of Sadie Thompson. Griffith's An Unseen Enemy. Her "other woman" part in Rouben Mamoulian's "Blood and Sand" solidified her new-found stardom.

Dorothy and Lillian both debuted in D.W. After a name change from Rita Cansino to Rita Hayworth, and painful electrolysis to raise her hairline, Rita made a splash as part of the ensemble cast in Howard Hawks' "Only Angels Have Wings". In 1912 they met Mary Pickford, and she got them work at the Biograph Studios. First attracting attention of film producers as part of the dance team "The Dancing Cansinos", she was signed first by Fox studios, then free-lanced for several years before signing with Columbia. When they were old enough, Dorothy and Lillian were brought into their mother's act, and they also modeled. Rita Hayworth (real name Margarita Carmen Cansino) (October 17, 1918 - May 14, 1987) was a famous American film star during the 1940s nicknamed "The Love Goddess". Dorothy's mother Mary began acting in order to support the family after her husband left.

Born Dorothy Elizabeth de Guiche in Dayton, Ohio, she was the sister of actress Lillian Gish. Dorothy Gish (March 11, 1898 - June 4, 1968) was an American actress.