Dorothy McGuire
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
- Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn…
- Dir. Kazan's restrained debut, adapting Betty Smith's novel about a family of immigrants making do in the Brooklyn tenements of the early 20th…
- Spiral Staircase, The (1946)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Ethel Barrymore, George Brent
- This creaky staircase descends into a spooky mansion of cantankerous matriarchs, mute nymphettes, 'weak' stepsons and impending murder. Dated, yes,…
- 3 Coins in the Fountain (Three Coins in the Fountain) (1954)
- Dir. Jean Negulesco
Feat. Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters…
- Likeable, but modest classic in which three women throw coins into the Fountain of Trevi in Rome, to try their romantic luck. Great tourist locales…
- Friendly Persuasion (1956)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins…
- Gary Cooper headlines this sentimental yet atmospheric and beautifuly crafted drama about a Quaker family in southern Indiana whose pacifist beliefs…
- Old Yeller (1957)
- Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk…
- Many Mums and Dads (and Grand–folk) will remember queuing up for this Disney classic about a boy's love for his dog in 1850s Texas.
- Summer Place, A (1959)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue…
- Lush melodrama set on a remote isle with the two couples of different generations trapped in romantic asides and anxieties.
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Dir. Ken Annakin
Feat. John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur
- The shipwrecked family prove as resourceful as the eponymous army–knife in their fight for survival against Mother Nature and dastardly…
- Summer Magic (1963)
- Dir. James Neilson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, Dorothy McGuire
- Sweetly sentimental Disney version of the Kate Wiggins novel 'Mother Carey's Chickens', about a poor Boston family who make a drafty Maine homestead…
- Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia…
- Not the greatest movie ever made, however one might get a kick out of spotting all the famous faces in this reverant, picturesque epic about the life…
- Rich Man, Poor Man (Mini-series) (1976)
- Feat. Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, Susan Blakely…
- Popular TV Mini–Series with a superb ensemble cast based on the best–selling Irwin Shaw novel following the fate of two immigrant…
- Little Women (TV Mini-series) (1978)
- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Susan Dey, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ann Dusenberry…
- Emmy Award–winning two part miniseries adapting Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical novel. Mostly unsurprising except for the casting of…