Dorothy Gish

They were married in 1920 in a double ceremony with actress Constance Talmadge and businessman John Piagoglou and were divorced in 1935. On television, she is best known for her role as Lilimae Clements on the soap opera Knots Landing, a role she played from 1981 to 1987. 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). Besides her Academy Award nomination and her Tony Awards, Harris has won three Emmy Awards and has been nominated eleven times. She did make several appearances in anthology television series in the early 1950s. In the late 1960s, she starred in two episodes of Tarzan opposite Ron Ely. From 1930 until her death, she only appeared in five more movies, and one television movie. She had created the role on Broadway.

She moved to England, where she turned her attention to the stage. Harris's screen debut was in 1952 in The Member of the Wedding, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Overshadowed by her sister's popularity, Dorothy virtually retired from motion pictures when talkies came along. Born Julia Ann Harris in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, she has received more Tony Award nominations (ten) and wins (five) than any other performer. Dorothy would go on to star in over 100 short films and features, many of them with Lillian. Julie Harris (born December 2, 1925) is an American actress. Griffith's An Unseen Enemy.

Dorothy and Lillian both debuted in D.W. In 1912 they met Mary Pickford, and she got them work at the Biograph Studios. When they were old enough, Dorothy and Lillian were brought into their mother's act, and they also modeled. 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.