Gene Gauntier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1885-05-17 (81 years old)

Deathday

1966-12-18

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Gene Gauntier

Biography

Gene Gauntier, born Eugenia Gauntier Liggett, was an American screenwriter, director and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. A writer, director and actress in films from mid 1906 to 1920, she wrote screenplays for 31 films.

Acting

1912

An Arabian Tragedy

as Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife

1912

1912

The Shaughraun

as Claire Ffoliott

1908

1915

Gene of the Northland

as Jeanne La Roche

1908

The Taming of the Shrew

as Wedding Party

1908

1908

The Man in the Box

as Gang Member

1908

The Girl and the Outlaw

as Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)

1910

The Little Spreewald Maiden

as Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden

1910

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

as Nan, The Girl Spy

1911

For Love of an Enemy

as Hallie Colburn

1912

1911

1909

1908

Evangeline

as Evangeline

1911

The Colleen Bawn

as Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'

1911

Rory O'More

as Kathleen

1911

1912

Captured by Bedouins

as Doris Barnett

1912

Winning a Widow

as An American Widow

1914

Come Back to Erin

as Peggy O'Malley

1914

For Ireland's Sake

as Eileen Donaghue

1912

His Mother

as Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter

1908

The Scarlet Letter

as Hester Prynne

1912

Tragedy of the Desert

as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife

1911

The Irish Honeymoon

as Maggie McClusky

1913

The Wives of Jamestown

as Lady Geraldine

1913

1912

1912

Vagabonds

as Nell

1912

The Mayor from Ireland

as Bridget O'Donovan

1912

The O'Neill

as Elinor

Production

1914

A Celebrated Case

as Scenario Writer

1912

1912

An Arabian Tragedy

as Scenario Writer

1912

1912

The Little Gluers

as Scenario Writer

1912

1907

Ben Hur

as Writer

1912

1915

Gene of the Northland

as Scenario Writer

1910

The Little Spreewald Maiden

as Assistant Director

1910

The Little Spreewald Maiden

as Scenario Writer

1909

The Grandmother

as Director

1909

1909

1908

Evangeline

as Writer

1911

The Colleen Bawn

as Director

1911

1912

1908

Way Down East

as Writer

1910

1908

1910

1911

Rory O'More

as Writer

1911

1912

1914

1914

1912

His Mother

as Writer

1908

1907

Ben Hur

as Co-Director

1911

1912

Vagabonds

as Writer

1912

The O'Neill

as Writer

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