Gene Gauntier
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Gene of the Northland (1915)
Jeanne La Roche
Come Back to Erin (1914)
Peggy O'Malley
For Ireland's Sake (1914)
Eileen Donaghue
The Shaughraun (1912)
Claire Ffoliott
From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
Mary
A Prisoner of the Harem (1912)
Alice Durand
Winning a Widow (1912)
An American Widow
Tragedy of the Desert (1912)
Miriam — the Doctor's Wife
Captured by Bedouins (1912)
Doris Barnett
An Arabian Tragedy (1912)
Lucashah / Ayub's 1st Wife
Dust of the Desert (1912)
You Remember Ellen (1912)
Ellen
His Mother (1912)
Miss Foster - the Banker's Daughter
The Colleen Bawn (1911)
Eily O'Connor, the 'Colleen Bawn'
Rory O'More (1911)
Kathleen
The Special Messenger (1911)
Nancy
The Little Soldier of ’64 (1911)
When the Dead Return (1911)
Marcele
The Fiddler’s Requiem (1911)
Dolores
A Sawmill Hero (1911)
Jennie
Her Chum’s Brother (1911)
For Love of an Enemy (1911)
Hallie Colburn
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg (1910)
Nan, The Girl Spy
When Lovers Part (1910)
The Little Spreewald Maiden (1910)
Frieda - the Spreewald Maiden
The Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
Aileene
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged (1910)
Anastasia
The Navajo's Bride (1910)
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy (1910)
Nan
The Stepmother (1910)
The Romance of a Trained Nurse (1910)
A Slave to Drink (1909)
Jenny
The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War (1909)
Nan
The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
Wedding Party
The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
Nellie Carson (unconfirmed)
Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
Party Guest
The Stage Rustler (1908)
The Man in the Box (1908)
Gang Member
Thompson's Night Out (1908)
Mrs. Smith
The Scarlet Letter (1908)
Hester Prynne
Way Down East (1908)
Evangeline (1908)
Evangeline
Ben Hur (1907)
Skyscrapers (1906)

Crew

Gene of the Northland (1915)
Scenario Writer
A Celebrated Case (1914)
Scenario Writer
Come Back to Erin (1914)
Producer | Writer
The Shaughraun (1912)
Writer
Ireland, the Oppressed (1912)
Writer
From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
Scenario Writer
The Poacher's Pardon (1912)
Writer
Winning a Widow (1912)
Writer
Captured by Bedouins (1912)
Writer
An Arabian Tragedy (1912)
Scenario Writer | Story
Dust of the Desert (1912)
Writer
You Remember Ellen (1912)
Writer
His Mother (1912)
Writer
The Colleen Bawn (1911)
Director | Writer
Rory O'More (1911)
Writer
The Special Messenger (1911)
Writer
The Little Soldier of ’64 (1911)
Writer
The Fiddler’s Requiem (1911)
Writer
A Sawmill Hero (1911)
Writer
Her Chum’s Brother (1911)
Writer
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg (1910)
Writer
When Lovers Part (1910)
Writer
The Little Spreewald Maiden (1910)
Assistant Director | Scenario Writer
The Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
Writer
The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged (1910)
Writer
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy (1910)
Writer
The Stepmother (1910)
Writer
The Romance of a Trained Nurse (1910)
Writer
A Slave to Drink (1909)
Writer
The Grandmother (1909)
Director | Writer
The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War (1909)
Writer
Hulda's Lovers (1908)
Writer
The Scarlet Letter (1908)
Writer
Way Down East (1908)
Writer
Evangeline (1908)
Writer
Ben Hur (1907)
Writer | Co-Director
Why Girls Leave Home (1907)
Writer