Gene Gauntier

Gene Gauntier

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

Cast Credits

Gene of the Northland

as Jeanne La Roche

Come Back to Erin

as Peggy O'Malley

For Ireland's Sake

as Eileen Donaghue

The Wives of Jamestown

as Lady Geraldine

The Shaughraun

as Claire Ffoliott

The Mayor from Ireland

as Bridget O'Donovan

Winning a Widow

as An American Widow

Tragedy of the Desert

as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife

Captured by Bedouins

as Doris Barnett

An Arabian Tragedy

as Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife

Vagabonds

as Nell

His Mother

as Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter

The O'Neill

as Elinor

The Colleen Bawn

as Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'

Rory O'More

as Kathleen

The Irish Honeymoon

as Maggie McClusky

Crew Credits