Dorothy McGuire
Date of birth: 1916-06-14
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Dorothy Hackett McGuire, 多萝西·麦圭尔
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.
Movie Credits
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is give
Summer Heat
1987-05-29
The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945-02-28
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's
Old Yeller
1957-12-25
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother whi
The Spiral Staircase
1946-01-26
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Gentleman's Agreement
1947-11-11
A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism.
Three Coins in the Fountain
1954-05-01
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into
The Last Best Year
1990-11-04
Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she con
Friendly Persuasion
1956-10-30
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio
The Enchanted Cottage
1945-04-28
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his
Swiss Family Robinson
1960-12-21
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressiv
A Summer Place
1959-11-18
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children beg
Flight of the Doves
1971-04-02
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a mas
Make Haste to Live
1954-03-25
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.
Callaway Went Thataway
1951-11-15
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on t
Susan Slade
1961-11-08
A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.
Till the End of Time
1946-07-23
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss o
Mister 880
1950-09-29
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is als
Caroline?
1990-04-29
Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the story of a mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter
Ghost Dancing
1983-05-30
Farm widow Sarah Bowman has been impoverished by the siphoning of her water supply. A nearby big-cit
Trial
1955-10-07
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom
This Earth Is Mine
1959-07-08
Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide wheth
Invitation
1952-01-29
A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960-09-28
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes ba
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959-02-20
In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combin
Claudia
1943-11-04
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand l
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
1985-12-23
A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.
Mother Didn't Tell Me
1950-03-03
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite war
I Want You
1951-12-22
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea h
Claudia and David
1946-02-25
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles
Amos
1985-09-29
Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or spe
Summer Magic
1963-07-07
Mother Carey, a Bostonian widow, and her three children move to Maine. Postmaster Osh Popham helps t
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick,
The Runaways
1975-04-01
A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft
American Geisha
1986-09-11
On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.
I Never Sang for My Father
1988-06-15
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it
Another Part of the Forest
1972-10-02
A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of gree
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
1973-10-23
Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, a
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
1979-01-02
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
1957-11-20
"The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" is an episode of Disneyland which aired on November 20, 1957. I
The Art Director
1949-11-12
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This s
Reward Unlimited
1944-05-25
Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
She Waits
1972-01-28
When a newlywed woman is taken to her husband's hometown to meet his mother, she is possessed by the
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986-01-28
What better way to say goodnight than with Disney's Greatest Lullabies? Soothing refrains from mast
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002-05-07
A look behind the scenes at Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960-12-18
A behind-the-scenes show on the filming of Swiss Family Robinson on the West Indian island of Tobago