Dorothy McGuire

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1916-06-14 (85 years old)

Deathday

2001-09-13

Place of Birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Dorothy McGuire

Biography

Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American actress from the 1940s to 1990. Some of her movies include: Gentleman's Agreement (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), The Enchanted Cottage, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and Old Yeller (as the mother). She passed away in 2001 at the age of 85.

Acting

1965

1987

Summer Heat

as Narrator

1945

1957

Old Yeller

as Katie Coates

1947

1954

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

1945

The Enchanted Cottage

as Laura Pennington

1959

A Summer Place

as Sylvia Hunter

1971

Flight of the Doves

as Granny O'Flaherty

1954

Make Haste to Live

as Crystal Benson

1951

Callaway Went Thataway

as Deborah Patterson

1961

Susan Slade

as Leah Slade

1946

Till the End of Time

as Pat Ruscomb

1950

Mister 880

as Ann Winslow

1990

Caroline?

as Flora Atkins

1983

Ghost Dancing

as Sarah Bowman

1955

Trial

as Abbe Nyle

1959

This Earth Is Mine

as Martha Fairon

1952

Invitation

as Ellen Pierce

1959

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker

1943

Claudia

as Claudia

1950

Mother Didn't Tell Me

as Jane Morgan

1951

I Want You

as Nancy Greer

1946

Claudia and David

as Claudia Naughton

1985

Amos

as Hester Farrell

1963

Summer Magic

as Mrs. Margaret Carey

1961

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)

1975

The Runaways

as Angela Lakey

1986

American Geisha

as Ann Suzuki

1988

I Never Sang for My Father

as Margaret Garrison

1972

Another Part of the Forest

as Lavinia Hubbard

1973

1949

The Art Director

as Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)

1944

1972

She Waits

as Sarah Wilson

1986

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