
Gene Gauntier
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1885-05-17
- Died
- 1966-12-18
- Place of birth
- Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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

Dust of the Desert
1912
Scarlet Letter
1908
as Hester Prynne
The Special Messenger
1911
as Nancy

Evangeline
1908
as Evangeline
The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911
as Dolores
A Prisoner of the Harem
1912
as Alice Durand
Movies (54)

Dust of the Desert
1912
Scarlet Letter
1908
as Hester Prynne
The Special Messenger
1911
as Nancy

Evangeline
1908
as Evangeline
The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911
as Dolores
A Prisoner of the Harem
1912
as Alice Durand

The Navajo's Bride
1910

An Arabian Tragedy
1912
as Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife

From the Manger to the Cross
1912
as Mary

The Lad from Old Ireland
1910
as Aileene

Winning a Widow
1912
as An American Widow

The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged
1910
as Anastasia
Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913
as Lady Peggy

Ben Hur
1907

The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
as Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)

The Taming of the Shrew
1908
as Wedding Party

Betrayed by a Handprint
1908
as Party Guest

Tragedy of the Desert
1912
as Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
The Irish Honeymoon
1911
as Maggie McClusky
The Stepmother
1910
The Eye of the Government
1914

The Wives of Jamestown
1913
as Lady Geraldine
The Stage Rustler
1908
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
1911
as Kathleen

Rory O'More
1911
as Kathleen

For Ireland's Sake
1914
as Eileen Donaghue

His Mother
1912
as Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter
The Man in the Box
1908
as Gang Member
Thompson's Night Out
1908
as Mrs. Smith
For Love of an Enemy
1911
as Hallie Colburn
Vagabonds
1912
as Nell
Her Chum’s Brother
1911

A Slave to Drink
1909
as Jenny
Gene of the Northland
1915
as Jeanne La Roche

You Remember Ellen
1912
as Ellen
The Little Soldier of ’64
1911
The Romance of a Trained Nurse
1910
Far from Erin's Isle
1912
as Kathleen

The Colleen Bawn
1911
as Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'

Come Back to Erin
1914
as Peggy O'Malley

The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
1910
as Nan

The Little Spreewald Maiden
1910
as Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
1910
as Nan, The Girl Spy
When Lovers Part
1910
The O'Neill
1912
as Elinor
The Shaughraun
1912
as Claire Ffoliott
Skyscrapers
1906

The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
1909
as Nan
The Mayor from Ireland
1912
as Bridget O'Donovan
A Sawmill Hero
1911
as Jennie

When the Dead Return
1911
as Marcele

Captured by Bedouins
1912
as Doris Barnett
Way Down East
1908
The Paymaster
1906
About 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. With 54 credits spanning from 1906 to 1915, Gene Gauntier has appeared in 54 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gene Gauntier Movies
- Dust of the Desert (1912)
- Scarlet Letter (1908) — as Hester Prynne
- The Special Messenger (1911) — as Nancy
- Evangeline (1908) — as Evangeline
- The Fiddler’s Requiem (1911) — as Dolores
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