Gene Gauntier

May 17, 1885 - Dec 18, 1966 (81 years old) in Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Gene Gauntier, born Eugenia Gauntier Liggett, was an American screenwriter, director and actress who was one of the pioneers of the motion picture industry. A writer, director and actress in films from mid 1906 to 1920, she wrote screenplays for 31 films.

Known For

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Ben Hur

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The Shaughraun

Claire Ffoliott

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Evangeline

Evangeline

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The Taming of the Shrew

Wedding Party

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Gene of the Northland

Jeanne La Roche

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Winning a Widow

An American Widow

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The Man in the Box

Gang Member

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A Prisoner of the Harem

Alice Durand

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A Sawmill Hero

Jennie

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Tragedy of the Desert

Miriam — the Doctor's Wife

Credits

Gene of the Northland 1915

Jeanne La Roche

★ NR
Come Back to Erin 1914

Peggy O'Malley

★ 5
The Eye of the Government 1914

★ NR
For Ireland's Sake 1914

Eileen Donaghue

★ 5
Lady Peggy’s Escape 1913

Lady Peggy

★ NR
The Wives of Jamestown 1913

Lady Geraldine

★ NR
The Shaughraun 1912

Claire Ffoliott

★ NR
The Mayor from Ireland 1912

Bridget O'Donovan

★ NR
From the Manger to the Cross 1912

Mary

★ 5.1
A Prisoner of the Harem 1912

Alice Durand

★ NR
Winning a Widow 1912

An American Widow

★ NR
Tragedy of the Desert 1912

Miriam — the Doctor's Wife

★ NR
Captured by Bedouins 1912

Doris Barnett

★ NR
An Arabian Tragedy 1912

Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife

★ NR
Dust of the Desert 1912

★ NR
You Remember Ellen 1912

Ellen

★ 5
Far from Erin's Isle 1912

Kathleen

★ NR
Vagabonds 1912

Nell

★ NR
His Mother 1912

Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter

★ 4
The O'Neill 1912

Elinor

★ NR
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid 1911

Kathleen

★ NR
The Colleen Bawn 1911

Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'

★ 6.5
Rory O'More 1911

Kathleen

★ 4.2
The Special Messenger 1911

Nancy

★ NR
The Little Soldier of ’64 1911

★ NR
When the Dead Return 1911

Marcele

★ NR
The Fiddler’s Requiem 1911

Dolores

★ NR
A Sawmill Hero 1911

Jennie

★ NR
The Irish Honeymoon 1911

Maggie McClusky

★ NR
Her Chum’s Brother 1911

★ NR
For Love of an Enemy 1911

Hallie Colburn

★ 4
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg 1910

Nan, The Girl Spy

★ 5.5
When Lovers Part 1910

★ 4
The Little Spreewald Maiden 1910

Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden

★ NR
The Lad from Old Ireland 1910

Aileene

★ 5.1
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged 1910

Anastasia

★ NR
The Navajo's Bride 1910

★ 4
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy 1910

Nan

★ NR
The Stepmother 1910

★ NR
The Romance of a Trained Nurse 1910

★ NR
A Slave to Drink 1909

Jenny

★ NR
The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War 1909

Nan

★ NR
The Taming of the Shrew 1908

Wedding Party

★ 4.9
The Girl and the Outlaw 1908

Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)

★ 3
Betrayed by a Handprint 1908

Party Guest

★ 2.9
The Stage Rustler 1908

★ 3.5
The Man in the Box 1908

Gang Member

★ 3
Thompson's Night Out 1908

Mrs. Smith

★ 2
The Scarlet Letter 1908

Hester Prynne

★ NR
Way Down East 1908

★ NR
Evangeline 1908

Evangeline

★ NR
Ben Hur 1907

★ 4.5
Skyscrapers 1906

★ 4.5