Dorothy McGuire

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Dorothy McGuire

Acting June 14, 1916

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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 fi…

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What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

7.4 1984 TV Show
St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

5.7 1982 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

6.0 1950 TV Show
Hotel

Hotel

6.8 1982 TV Show
Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

6.8 1960 Movie
Climax!

Climax!

3.8 1954 TV Show
Old Yeller

Old Yeller

6.9 1957 Movie
Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement

7.0 1947 Movie
The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

7.0 1946 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2002
    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Movie Self (archive)

  2. 1990
    The Last Best Year

    Movie Anne

  3. 1990
    Caroline?

    Movie Flora Atkins

  4. 1988
    I Never Sang for My Father

    Movie Margaret Garrison

  5. 1987
    Summer Heat

    Movie Narrator

  6. 1986
    American Geisha

    Movie Ann Suzuki

  7. 1986
    Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

    Movie (archive footage)

  8. 1985
    Between the Darkness and the Dawn

    Movie Beryl Foster

  9. 1985
    Amos

    Movie Hester Farrell

  10. 1984
    Highway to Heaven

    TV show Jane Thompson

  11. 1983
    Ghost Dancing

    Movie Sarah Bowman

  12. 1982
    St. Elsewhere

    TV show Augusta Endicott

  13. 1982
    Hotel

    TV show

  14. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Margaret Garrison

  15. 1979
    The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel

    Movie Effie Webb

  16. 1978
    Little Women

    TV show Marmee March

More credits
  1. 1977
    The Love Boat

    TV show Hanna Hamilton

  2. 1976
    Rich Man, Poor Man

    TV show Mary Jordache

  3. 1975
    The Runaways

    Movie Angela Lakey

  4. 1973
    Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    Movie Mother (voice)

  5. 1973
    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    TV show Self

  6. 1972
    Another Part of the Forest

    Movie Lavinia Hubbard

  7. 1972
    She Waits

    Movie Sarah Wilson

  8. 1971
    Flight of the Doves

    Movie Granny O'Flaherty

  9. 1965
    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    Movie The Virgin Mary

  10. 1963
    Summer Magic

    Movie Mrs. Margaret Carey

  11. 1961
    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  12. 1961
    Susan Slade

    Movie Leah Slade

  13. 1960
    Swiss Family Robinson

    Movie Mother

  14. 1960
    Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

    Movie

  15. 1960
    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    Movie Cora Flood

  16. 1959
    A Summer Place

    Movie Sylvia Hunter

  17. 1959
    This Earth Is Mine

    Movie Martha Fairon

  18. 1959
    The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker

    Movie Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker

  19. 1957
    Old Yeller

    Movie Katie Coates

  20. 1957
    The Best Doggoned Dog in the World

    Movie Self

  21. 1956
    Friendly Persuasion

    Movie Eliza Birdwell

  22. 1955
    Trial

    Movie Abbe Nyle

  23. 1955
    MGM Parade

    TV show

  24. 1954
    Climax!

    TV show Janet Spence