Dorothy Elizabeth Gish (1898 - 1968)

Born 11 Mar 1898 in Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Malachi Rennie — married 26 Dec 1920 (to 19 Sep 1935) in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Died 4 Jun 1968 at age 70 in Rapallo, Genova, Liguria, Italy

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Biography

Dorothy Gish is Notable.

Famed American actress, died of pneumonia in Italy. Dorothy was the daughter of actress Mary Robinson McConnell, and younger sister of actress Lillian Gish.^[1]

Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was born on 11 March 1898, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States. At the time of her birth, her father, James Leigh Gish, was 25 and her mother, the actress Mary McConnell, was 21. ^[2][3]

Dorothy married James Malachi Rennie on 26 December 1920, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. Marriage announcement:^[4]

2 Pretty Film Stars Elope

Dorothy Gish and Constance Talmadge Secretly Led to Altars Sunday.

New York, Dec. 30--Two of Filmland's most popular stars, Dorothy Gish and Constance Talmadge, eloped to Greenwich, Conn., last Sunday and were married without a single moving picture camera to clink out the scene.

Miss Gish was married to James Rennie, who plays Pancho in "Spanish Love," and Miss Talmadge was married to John Pialogous, a Greek tobacco importer of 1 Liberty street, who lives at the St. Regis.

Since Sunday both Miss Gish and Miss Talmadge have been living with their mothers at the Savoy hotel, while their husbands have continued at their bachelor apartments.

Although Mrs. Gish was inclined to smile and make the best of the invasion of the Gish family by Mr. Rennie, whom she likes very much, Mrs. Talmadge was very much upset.

The studio work at the Talmadge plant in East Forty-eighth street was interrupted for the day, and when Miss Constance Talmadge received reporters she was in bed with a headache.

"Yes, we have a man in the family," was the way in which Lillian Gish, Dorothy's elder sister, announced the tidings.

The Gish girls have been in moving pictures for six years, and with their mother have been known as one of the happy and contented moving picture families that did not have a single male member in it.

There were no children, and the couple divorced 19 September 1935 in New Haven, Connecticut.^[5]

She lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1940^[6] and with her sister, Lillian, New York City, New York, United States in 1950.^[7]

She died on 4 June 1968, in Rapallo, Genova, Liguria, Italy, at the age of 70, and was buried in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.^[8][9]

Estate:^[10]

Dorothy Gish Leaves Estate

New York (AP)--Actress Dorothy Gish, who achieved silent-film fame with her sister Lillian, left an estate valued at $500,000 to $1 million, it was disclosed Wednesday when her will was filed for probate in Surrogate's Court.

Miss Gish died in Raphallo, Italy, on June 4 at the age of 70.

Miss Gish made a number of bequests, but left the bulk of her estate to Lillian in a lifetime trust.

The principal, upon Lillian's death, will go to the Actors' Fund of America.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Dorothy Gish
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VN71-CYP : accessed 17 December 2014), Dorthy Elizabeth Gish, 11 Mar 1898; citing Birth, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, reference p 90, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,030,825.
3. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-W14X : Wed Nov 01 07:48:41 UTC 2023), Entry for Dorothy E Gish, 1920.
4. ↑ 2 Pretty Film Stars Elope Dorothy Gish and Constance Talmadge Secretly Led to Altars Sunday More THE KALAMAZOO GAZETTE Thursday, Dec 30, 1920 Kalamazoo, MI Page: 1
5. ↑ Dorothy Gish Divorce Suit Heard in Private. DAILY TIMES Thursday, Sep 19, 1935 Chicago, IL Page: 3.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7MJ-ZTX : Tue Nov 28 15:05:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Dorothy Gish, 1940.
7. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XRQ-W22V : Wed Oct 04 12:54:27 UTC 2023), Entry for Lillian Diana Gish and Dorothy Gish, April 1, 1950.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JBRB-7J6 : accessed 17 December 2014), Dorothy Gish, Jun 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial
10. ↑ The Evening Times. Thursday, Jun 27, 1968 Trenton, NJ Page: 8.

See also:

• "New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JJCG-R2Z : accessed 17 December 2014), Dorothy E. Gish, 15 Oct 1917; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Philadelphia, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).