Dorothy McGuire

Born: 1916-06-14 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Died: 2001-09-13

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2002

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making as Self (archive)

1990

Caroline? as Flora Atkins
The Last Best Year as Anne

1988

I Never Sang for My Father as Margaret Garrison

1987

Summer Heat as Narrator

1986

American Geisha as Ann Suzuki
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 as (archive footage)

1985

Amos as Hester Farrell
Between the Darkness and the Dawn as Beryl Foster

1984

Highway to Heaven

1983

Ghost Dancing as Sarah Bowman

1982

Hotel
St. Elsewhere as Augusta Endicott

1979

The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel as Effie Webb

1978

Little Women as Marmee March

1977

The Love Boat as Hanna Hamilton

1976

Rich Man, Poor Man as Mary Jordache

1975

The Runaways as Angela Lakey

1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
Jonathan Livingston Seagull as Mother (voice)

1972

She Waits as Sarah Wilson
Another Part of the Forest as Lavinia Hubbard

1971

Flight of the Doves as Granny O'Flaherty

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told as The Virgin Mary

1963

Summer Magic as Mrs. Margaret Carey

1961

Susan Slade as Leah Slade
Hollywood: The Selznick Years as Self (uncredited)

1960

Swiss Family Robinson as Mother
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Cora Flood
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1959

A Summer Place as Sylvia Hunter
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker as Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
This Earth Is Mine as Martha Fairon

1957

Old Yeller as Katie Coates
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World as Self

1956

Friendly Persuasion as Eliza Birdwell

1955

Trial as Abbe Nyle

1954

Climax! as Janet Spence
Three Coins in the Fountain as Miss Frances
Make Haste to Live as Crystal Benson

1952

Invitation as Ellen Pierce

1951

Callaway Went Thataway as Deborah Patterson
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Flora Atkins
I Want You as Nancy Greer

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents as Judith Traherne
What's My Line? as Self
Lux Video Theatre as Jody Norris
Mister 880 as Ann Winslow
Mother Didn't Tell Me as Jane Morgan

1949

The Art Director as Self / Kathy Lacy (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Claudia as Claudia