Dorothy McGuire
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.
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Acting History
2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making as Self (archive)
1990The Last Best Year as Anne
1990Caroline? as Flora Atkins
1988I Never Sang for My Father as Margaret Garrison
1987Summer Heat as Narrator
1986American Geisha as Ann Suzuki
1986Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 as (archive footage)
1985Between the Darkness and the Dawn as Beryl Foster
1985Amos as Hester Farrell
1984Highway to Heaven
1983Ghost Dancing as Sarah Bowman
1982St. Elsewhere as Augusta Endicott
1982Hotel
1979The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Effie Webb
1978Little Women as Marmee March
1977The Love Boat as Hanna Hamilton
1976Rich Man, Poor Man as Mary Jordache
1975The Runaways as Angela Lakey
1973Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Mother (voice)
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972Another Part of the Forest as Lavinia Hubbard
1972She Waits as Sarah Wilson
1971Flight of the Doves as Granny O'Flaherty
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as The Virgin Mary
1963Summer Magic as Mrs. Margaret Carey
1961Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)
1961Susan Slade as Leah Slade
1960Swiss Family Robinson as Mother
1960Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Cora Flood
1959A Summer Place as Sylvia Hunter
1959This Earth Is Mine as Martha Fairon
1959The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
1957Old Yeller as Katie Coates
1957The Best Doggoned Dog in the World as Self
1956Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell
1955Trial as Abbe Nyle
1954Climax! as Janet Spence
1954Climax! as Miranda
1954Three Coins in the Fountain as Miss Frances
1954Make Haste to Live as Crystal Benson
1952Invitation as Ellen Pierce
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Flora Atkins
1951I Want You as Nancy Greer
1951Callaway Went Thataway as Deborah Patterson
1950Lux Video Theatre as Jody Norris
1950Mister 880 as Ann Winslow
1950Mother Didn't Tell Me as Jane Morgan
1950What's My Line? as Self
1950Robert Montgomery Presents as Judith Traherne
1949The Art Director as Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)
1947Gentleman's Agreement as Kathy Lacy
1946Till the End of Time as Pat Ruscomb
1946Claudia and David as Claudia Naughton
1946The Spiral Staircase as Helen
1945The Enchanted Cottage as Laura Pennington
1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Katie Nolan
1944Reward Unlimited as Peggy
1943Claudia as Claudia