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Dorothy Gibson
Gibson 1911 publicity photo
Born
Dorothy Winifred BrownMay 17, 1889 (05/17/1889) Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
Dead
February 17, 1946 (aged56) Paris, France
Occupation
Actress, singer and model
Years active
1906 - 1917
Dorothy Gibson (May 17, 1889 February 17, 1946) was a pioneer of silent film actress, model and singer of the artist active in the early 20th century. She is best known as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Biography
Biography
The daughter of John A. Brown and Pauline Boesen, Gibson was born Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey. His father died when she was three and his mother remarried John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatrical productions and vaudeville, the largest dairy is on Broadway in the musical by Charles Frohman (1907). It was also regular exhibitions vocalist produced by the Brothers Shubert Theatre at the Hippodrome.

Dorothy Gibson as illustrated by Harrison Fisher, 1911
In 1909, the year before her marriage to George Battier, Jr., Gibson began to ask for famous commercial artists Harrison Fisher, becoming one of his favorite models. Her image appeared regularly on posters, postcards, product merchandising and illustrations of various books over the next three years. Fisher also often chosen for its resemblance to the covers of magazines such as best-selling Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post. Gibson has been widely disseminated during this period "the woman from Harrison Fisher".
Meanwhile, Gibson separated Battier, if the couple has not divorced until about 1916.
Filmography
Represented by top theatrical agent Pat Casey Gibson came in 1911 in the early films, joining the Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) as a supplement and later the Lubin Studios as a stock player. She was hired as a grande dame of the new American branch of the den, based in Paris Studios in July 1911. It was an instant hit with the public, becoming one of the first actresses in the new medium of film to be promoted as a "star" of his own. Praised for its natural, subtle style of play, it was particularly effective as an actress in such a popular one-reelers as Miss Masquerading (1911) and finds love how a (1912), all of which was produced in Fort Lee, New Jersey, then the center of the American film industry booming.

Dorothy Gibson and Lamar Johnstone in a scene from the comedy, The Hold Up Lucky (1912)
Despite its popularity in comedies, one of its most important is that of Molly Pitcher in the historical drama, Hands Across the Sea (1911), the first vehicle Eclair and turn the first star. A role of Gibson's most famous screen is that of itself on saving the Titanic (1912), based on his experience in the legendary disaster. Saved from the Titanic, released one month after the sinking, was the first of many films about the event.

Dorothy Gibson in a promotional photo for Saved from the Titanic (1912)
The Titanic was the best known aspects of the life of Gibson. After traveling for six weeks in Italy with her mother, she was back on board the Titanic to make a new series of images to Flash in Fort Lee. The women had been playing bridge with friends in the lounge throughout the night of the fatal collision of the ship with the iceberg. Wi.

Posted on November 13, 2010.
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