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.

Cast

Ben Hur

A Prisoner of the Harem

(Alice Durand)

Dust of the Desert

An Arabian Tragedy

(Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife)

The Shaughraun

(Claire Ffoliott)

Skyscrapers

Betrayed by a Handprint

(Party Guest)

Gene of the Northland

(Jeanne La Roche)

The Taming of the Shrew

(Wedding Party)

From the Manger to the Cross

(Mary)

Thompson's Night Out

(Mrs. Smith)

The Man in the Box

(Gang Member)

The Girl and the Outlaw

(Nellie Carson (unconfirmed))

The Stage Rustler

The Little Spreewald Maiden

(Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden)

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

(Nan, The Girl Spy)

For Love of an Enemy

(Hallie Colburn)

The Lad from Old Ireland

(Aileene)

You Remember Ellen

(Ellen)

The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged

(Anastasia)

When the Dead Return

(Marcele)

A Slave to Drink

(Jenny)

Evangeline

(Evangeline)

The Colleen Bawn

(Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn')

Way Down East

The Stepmother

The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

(Nan)

Rory O'More

(Kathleen)

Come Back to Erin

(Peggy O'Malley)

A Sawmill Hero

(Jennie)

Winning a Widow

(An American Widow)

The Little Soldier of ’64

His Mother

(Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter)

Captured by Bedouins

(Doris Barnett)

The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

(Nan)

The Fiddler’s Requiem

(Dolores)

Her Chum’s Brother

When Lovers Part

For Ireland's Sake

(Eileen Donaghue)

The Special Messenger

(Nancy)

The Scarlet Letter

(Hester Prynne)

The Romance of a Trained Nurse

The Navajo's Bride

Tragedy of the Desert

(Miriam — the Doctor's Wife)

The Irish Honeymoon

(Maggie McClusky)

The Wives of Jamestown

(Lady Geraldine)

Lady Peggy’s Escape

(Lady Peggy)

The Eye of the Government

Far from Erin's Isle

(Kathleen)

Vagabonds

(Nell)

The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

(Kathleen)

The Mayor from Ireland

(Bridget O'Donovan)

The O'Neill

(Elinor)

Crew

A Celebrated Case

(Scenario Writer)

An Arabian Tragedy

(Scenario Writer)

Dust of the Desert

(Writer)

The Poacher's Pardon

(Writer)

An Arabian Tragedy

(Story)

Ireland, the Oppressed

(Writer)

The Shaughraun

(Writer)

The Little Gluers

(Scenario Writer)

The Lad from Old Ireland

(Writer)

Ben Hur

(Writer)

From the Manger to the Cross

(Scenario Writer)

Gene of the Northland

(Scenario Writer)

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

(Writer)

The Little Spreewald Maiden

(Scenario Writer)

The Little Spreewald Maiden

(Assistant Director)

The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged

(Writer)

The Grandmother

(Director)

The Grandmother

(Writer)

A Slave to Drink

(Writer)

Evangeline

(Writer)

The Colleen Bawn

(Writer)

The Colleen Bawn

(Director)

You Remember Ellen

(Writer)

Why Girls Leave Home

(Writer)

The Stepmother

(Writer)

Hulda's Lovers

(Writer)

The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

(Writer)

The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

(Writer)

The Little Soldier of ’64

(Writer)

Way Down East

(Writer)

When Lovers Part

(Writer)

The Fiddler’s Requiem

(Writer)

Rory O'More

(Writer)

Her Chum’s Brother

(Writer)

Come Back to Erin

(Producer)

A Sawmill Hero

(Writer)

Winning a Widow

(Writer)

Captured by Bedouins

(Writer)

Come Back to Erin

(Writer)

His Mother

(Writer)

The Special Messenger

(Writer)

The Scarlet Letter

(Writer)

The Romance of a Trained Nurse

(Writer)

Ben Hur

(Co-Director)

The Irish Honeymoon

(Writer)

The Wives of Jamestown

(Writer)

Lady Peggy’s Escape

(Writer)

Far from Erin's Isle

(Writer)

Vagabonds

(Writer)

The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

(Writer)

The Mayor from Ireland

(Writer)

The O'Neill

(Writer)