Dorothy McGuire

Biography

Dorothy Hackett McGuire (June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001) 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

The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Virgin Mary
Summer Heat
Narrator
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Katie Nolan
Old Yeller
Katie Coates
The Spiral Staircase
Helen
Gentleman's Agreement
Kathy Lacy
Three Coins in the Fountain
Miss Frances
The Last Best Year
Anne
Friendly Persuasion
Eliza Birdwell
The Enchanted Cottage
Laura Pennington
Swiss Family Robinson
Mother
A Summer Place
Sylvia Hunter
Flight of the Doves
Granny O'Flaherty
Make Haste to Live
Crystal Benson
Callaway Went Thataway
Deborah Patterson
Susan Slade
Leah Slade
Till the End of Time
Pat Ruscomb
Mister 880
Ann Winslow
Caroline?
Flora Atkins
Ghost Dancing
Sarah Bowman
Trial
Abbe Nyle
This Earth Is Mine
Martha Fairon
Invitation
Ellen Pierce
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Cora Flood
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
Claudia
Claudia
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Beryl Foster
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Jane Morgan
I Want You
Nancy Greer
Claudia and David
Claudia Naughton
Amos
Hester Farrell
Summer Magic
Mrs. Margaret Carey
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
The Runaways
Angela Lakey
American Geisha
Ann Suzuki
I Never Sang for My Father
Margaret Garrison
Another Part of the Forest
Lavinia Hubbard
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Mother (voice)
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Effie Webb
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
Self
The Art Director
Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reward Unlimited
Peggy
She Waits
Sarah Wilson
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
(archive footage)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds