Gene Gauntier

Biography

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

Ben Hur

From the Manger to the Cross

Betrayed by a Handprint

The Girl and the Outlaw

The Taming of the Shrew

The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged

Tragedy of the Desert

The Colleen Bawn

All Movies (54)

• Gene of the Northland1915 · as Jeanne La Roche
• Come Back to Erin1914 · as Peggy O'Malley
• The Eye of the Government1914
• For Ireland's Sake1914 · as Eileen Donaghue
• Lady Peggy’s Escape1913 · as Lady Peggy
• The Wives of Jamestown1913 · as Lady Geraldine
• The Shaughraun1912 · as Claire Ffoliott
• The Mayor from Ireland1912 · as Bridget O'Donovan
• From the Manger to the Cross1912 · as Mary
• A Prisoner of the Harem1912 · as Alice Durand
• Winning a Widow1912 · as An American Widow
• Tragedy of the Desert1912 · as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
• Captured by Bedouins1912 · as Doris Barnett
• An Arabian Tragedy1912 · as Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife
• Dust of the Desert1912
• You Remember Ellen1912 · as Ellen
• Far from Erin's Isle1912 · as Kathleen
• Vagabonds1912 · as Nell
• His Mother1912 · as Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter
• The O'Neill1912 · as Elinor
• The Fishermaid of Ballydavid1911 · as Kathleen
• The Colleen Bawn1911 · as Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'
• Rory O'More1911 · as Kathleen
• The Special Messenger1911 · as Nancy
• The Little Soldier of ’641911
• When the Dead Return1911 · as Marcele
• The Fiddler’s Requiem1911 · as Dolores
• A Sawmill Hero1911 · as Jennie
• The Irish Honeymoon1911 · as Maggie McClusky
• Her Chum’s Brother1911
• For Love of an Enemy1911 · as Hallie Colburn
• The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg1910 · as Nan, The Girl Spy
• When Lovers Part1910
• The Little Spreewald Maiden1910 · as Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden
• The Lad from Old Ireland1910 · as Aileene
• The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged1910 · as Anastasia
• The Navajo's Bride1910
• The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy1910 · as Nan
• The Stepmother1910
• The Romance of a Trained Nurse1910
• A Slave to Drink1909 · as Jenny
• The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War1909 · as Nan
• The Taming of the Shrew1908 · as Wedding Party
• The Girl and the Outlaw1908 · as Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)
• Betrayed by a Handprint1908 · as Party Guest
• The Stage Rustler1908
• The Man in the Box1908 · as Gang Member
• Thompson's Night Out1908 · as Mrs. Smith
• Scarlet Letter1908 · as Hester Prynne
• Way Down East1908
• Evangeline1908 · as Evangeline
• Ben Hur1907
• Skyscrapers1906
• The Paymaster1906