Dorothy McGuire

Dorothy McGuire

Nascimento : 1916-06-14, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Morte : 2001-09-13

História

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.

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Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire

Filmes

Caroline?
Flora Atkins
Hallmark Hall of Fame presents the story of a mysterious woman claiming to be the deceased daughter of a rich man tries to solve the problems of his untrusting son and supposedly physically and mentally handicaped daughter. But one question stands in her way: is she really Caroline?
I Never Sang for My Father
Margaret Garrison
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.
Summer Heat
Narrator
The young wife of a tobacco farmer falls in love with their handsome hired hand.
American Geisha
Ann Suzuki
On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house.
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
Margaret Carey
What better way to say goodnight than with Disney's Greatest Lullabies? Soothing refrains from masterfully crafted shorts and features you come to know and love. The most poignant, precious moments from the vast Disney library presented in this enchanted series. Certain to turn any child into a Sleeping Beauty--the best lullabies in the world--from Disney!
Between the Darkness and the Dawn
Beryl Foster
A 17-year-old girl lapses into a coma and wakes up 20 years later.
Amos
Hester Farrell
Amos Lasher loses his wife and home in an accident, finding himself in the care of the state, or specifically speaking, the Sunset Nursing Home. Here he finds the head nurse, Daisy Daws, ruling the cowed patients with an iron hand, but as his determination to get out of Sunset grows, the more sinister his situation becomes.
Ghost Dancing
Sarah Bowman
Farm widow Sarah Bowman has been impoverished by the siphoning of her water supply. A nearby big-city aqueduct has priority over water rights, leaving the rural outskirts virtually dry. Attempting to bring her cause to the forefront, Sarah dynamites the reservoir, half-hoping that she'll be "martyred" in the process. When she fails to arouse public support, she targets the local power plant for her next blast. Assistant DA Anne Greyfeather, who as an orphaned Indian girl was virtually raised by Sarah, decides to challenge the water-department bureaucracy on McGuire's behalf.
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel
Effie Webb
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
The Runaways
Angela Lakey
A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm.
Fernão Capelo Gaivota
Mother
Filme que marcou uma geração e transformou o livro de Richard Bach num best-seller que vendeu 40 milhões de cópias e viajou por 70 países do mundo. Fernão Capelo Gaivota é uma ave que não se contenta em voar apenas para comer. Ele tem prazer em voar e esforça-se em aprender tudo sobre vôo. Por ser diferente do bando, é expulso. Com excelente trilha sonora de Neil Diamond e magnífica fotografia, o filme é uma parábola. Faz uma analogia entre o homem e a gaivota, no sentido de mostrar as dificuldades de superação dos limites, do encontro com a liberdade verdadeira, pautada no amor e na compreensão do outro.
Another Part of the Forest
Lavinia Hubbard
A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of greedy, ruthless individuals.
She Waits
Sarah Wilson
When a newlywed woman is taken to her husband's hometown to meet his mother, she is possessed by the vengeful spirit of his previous wife.
As Trapaças do Falcão
Granny O'Flaherty
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.
A Maior História de Todos os Tempos
The Virgin Mary
A vida de Jesus de Nazaré (Max von Sydow). Seu nascimento, as pregações, milagres, julgamento, crucificação e ressurreição.
Um Verão Mágico
Mrs. Margaret Carey
Família norte-americana passa por dificuldades após o falecimento do pai, acabam sendo obrigadas a deixar a cidade grande e morar numa pequena casa de campo. É quando surge o antigo proprietário da casa, trazendo grandes mudanças.
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
O Erro de Susan Slade
Leah Slade
A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass the baby off as her own.
A Cidadela dos Robinsons
Mother
Depois de um naufrágio, a família Robinson fica abandonada em uma ilha habitada apenas por uma impressionante variedade de vida selvagem. Num verdadeiro espírito de pioneiro, eles rapidamente se sentem em casa, mas logo enfrentam um perigo ainda maior do que a natureza: piratas assustadores. É uma aventura estimulante, adequada para toda a família, adaptação Disney do romance clássico de Johann Wyss. Com as estrelas Dorothy McGuire e John Mills como mãe e pai Robinson.
Sombras no Fim da Escada
Cora Flood
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.
Amores Clandestinos
Sylvia Hunter
Ken Jorgeson (Richard Egan) é um importante homem de negócios que resolve levar sua esposa Helen (Constance Ford) e sua filha Molly (Sandra Dee) a uma ilha fora da costa de Maine, local onde foi salva-vidas, para passar as tão esperadas férias. Já no resort, Molly conhece Johnny Hunter (Troy Donahue) por quem se apaixona perdidamente. O que eles não sabem é que o pai de Molly, Ken, e a mãe de Johnny, Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), tiveram uma ardente e intensa paixão na adolescência, exatamente no mesmo resort. O reencontro dos dois irá reacender um amor adolescente que nunca se apagou completamente, criando um clima tenso mesclado de paixão e traição.
O Vale das Paixões
Martha Fairon
Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide whether or not they wanted to cooperate with bootleggers to survive.
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Mrs. Emily 'Ma' Pennypacker
In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual life is revealed.
O Meu Melhor Companheiro
Katie Coates
O jovem Travis Coates (Tommy Kirk) fica encarregado de cuidar do rancho da família, junto com sua mãe e seu irmão mais novo, quando o pai dele viaja para levar uma boiada, na década de 1860. O pequeno Arliss Coates (Kevin Cocoran) acha um cão amarelo perdido na fazenda e resolve dar abrigo, mesmo com a resistência do irmão mais velho Travis. Logo, o cão passa a ser muito amado por todos, mas o seu tempo junto à família pode não durar muito.
The Best Doggoned Dog in the World
Herself
"The Best Doggoned Dog in the World" is an episode of Disneyland which aired on November 20, 1957. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and Larry Lansburgh. This episode provides a preview of Old Yeller, and also features Arizona Sheepdog.
Sublime Tentação
Eliza Birdwell
Em 1862, no estado de Indiana, Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), sua esposa Eliza (Dorothy McGuire), seus filhos adolescentes Josh (Anthony Perkins) e Mattie e o pequeno Jess, uma família de religiosos, vivem pacificamente em sua fazenda. Eliza é ministra em sua igreja e todos seguem os rígidos princípios de sua religião. Porém, quando às tropas rebeldes do sul ameaçam a família Birdweell e seus vizinhos e amigos, Jess decide lutar para defender duas terras e Jess, um homem de poucas palavras e muitos dons, é obrigado a tomar uma grande e difícil decisão de manter sua fé, indo contra os princípios de sua religião, ou lutar por aquilo que ama…
A Fúria dos Justos
Abbe Nyle
A história de um julgamento de assassinato onde um menino mexicano é acusado da morte de uma menina caucasiana.
A Fonte dos Desejos
Miss Frances
Garotas americanas sonham em encontrar romance em Roma, mas isto não é para secretárias, diz Anita. Mas Maria logo conhece o príncipe Dino de Cessi em uma festa na casa de seu chefe, que a convida a voar para Veneza em seu avião particular. Frances, que está em Roma há 15 anos como secretária de um escritor americano de sucesso que fala muito como George Bernard Shaw e é tão ilusória quanto o professor Henry Higgins em "My Fair Lady", diz a ela para dizer "não" e depois decide que juntos eles podem lidar com o homem apelidado de príncipe predador. Moedas jogadas na Fonte de Trevi podem realmente funcionar como mágica.
Make Haste to Live
Crystal Benson
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.
Invitation
Ellen Pierce
A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Não Quero Dizer-te Adeus
Nancy Greer
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.
Esperto Contra Esperto
Deborah Patterson
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
Senhor 880
Ann Winslow
O Skipper é um velho charmoso amado por todos os seus vizinhos. O que eles não sabem é que ele também é o Sr. 880, um falsário amador que surpreendentemente conseguiu escapar do Serviço Secreto por 20 anos. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
Mother Didn't Tell Me
Jane Morgan
Jane Morgan (Dorothy McGuire) marries handsome doctor William Wright (William Lundigan), despite warnings from a host of other doctor's wives that she will be neglected and lonely, thanks to his career. Based on the novel The Doctor Has Three Faces by Mary Bard and billed as a movie with "all the answers" for new wives, this dated little film follows Jane's struggles to adapt her life to better suit her husband's needs.
The Art Director
A film's art director is in charge of the set, from conception to construction to furnishing. This short film walks the viewer through art directors' responsibilities and the demands on their talents. They read a script carefully and design a set to capture the time and place, the social strata, and the mood. They must be scholars of the history of architecture, furnishings, and fashion. They choose the colors on a set in anticipation of the lighting and the mood. Their work also sets styles, from Art Deco in the 20's to 30s modernism. Then it's on to the next project.
A Luz é Para Todos
Kathy Lacy
Um dos primeiros filmes a abordar diretamente o preconceito racial, esta aclamada adaptação do best seller de Laura Z. Hobson’s tem Gregory Peck como um jornalista encarregado de escrever uma série de artigos sobre o anti-semitismo. Procurando a abordagem adequada, ele resolve se passar por judeu e logo descobre como é ser vítima da intolerância religiosa.
Noite na Alma
Pat Ruscomb
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
Claudia and David
Claudia Naughton
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Silêncio nas Trevas
Helen
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
The Enchanted Cottage
Laura Pennington
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
Laços Humanos
Katie Nolan
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Reward Unlimited
Peggy
Short film about nurse service in wartime.
Claudia
Claudia
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.