Dorothy McGuire

Actor Jun 14 (died age 85) Omaha, Nebraska, USA 1943–2002 (59 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

Dorothy Hackett McGuire 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.

Known For

Film

Swiss Family Robinson

Mother

Film

The Spiral Staircase

Helen

Film

Gentleman's Agreement

Kathy Lacy

Film

Old Yeller

Katie Coates

Film

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Katie Nolan

Film

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Virgin Mary

Film

Friendly Persuasion

Eliza Birdwell

Film

Rich Man, Poor Man

Mary Jordache

Filmography

Acting (59)

Movies (46)

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002

as Self (archive)

Caroline?

as Flora Atkins

The Last Best Year

as Anne

I Never Sang for My Father

1988

as Margaret Garrison

Summer Heat

as Narrator

American Geisha

as Ann Suzuki

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

as (archive footage)

Amos

as Hester Farrell

Between the Darkness and the Dawn

as Beryl Foster

Ghost Dancing

as Sarah Bowman

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

1979

as Effie Webb

6.0

The Runaways

1975

as Angela Lakey

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

1973

as Mother (voice)

6.0

Another Part of the Forest

1972

as Lavinia Hubbard

She Waits

as Sarah Wilson

Flight of the Doves

as Granny O'Flaherty

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

as The Virgin Mary

6.4

Summer Magic

1963

as Mrs. Margaret Carey

6.6

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Self (uncredited)

Susan Slade

as Leah Slade

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

as Mother

6.9

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960

as Cora Flood

6.4

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

A Summer Place

as Sylvia Hunter

This Earth Is Mine

as Martha Fairon

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

1959

as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker

6.0

Old Yeller

1957

as Katie Coates

6.9

The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

as Self

Friendly Persuasion

as Eliza Birdwell

Trial

as Abbe Nyle

Three Coins in the Fountain

as Miss Frances

Make Haste to Live

as Crystal Benson

Invitation

as Ellen Pierce

I Want You

as Nancy Greer

Callaway Went Thataway

as Deborah Patterson

Mister 880

as Ann Winslow

Mother Didn't Tell Me

1950

as Jane Morgan

6.2

The Art Director

1949

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

6.0

Gentleman's Agreement

as Kathy Lacy

The Spiral Staircase

as Helen

Till the End of Time

as Pat Ruscomb

Claudia and David

as Claudia Naughton

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1945

as Katie Nolan

7.5

The Enchanted Cottage

as Laura Pennington

Reward Unlimited

as Peggy

Claudia

as Claudia

Television (13)

Highway to Heaven

St. Elsewhere

as Augusta Endicott

Hotel

Little Women

as Marmee March

The Love Boat

as Hanna Hamilton

Rich Man, Poor Man

as Mary Jordache

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

MGM Parade

Climax!

as Janet Spence

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Flora Atkins

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Judith Traherne

What's My Line?

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Jody Norris