Dorothy Gibson (born Dorothy Winifred Brown; May 17, 1889 – February 17, 1946) was an American actress, socialite and artist's model, active in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of the Titanic and starred in the first motion picture based on the disaster.

Dorothy Gibson, 22, of New York, New York, was born Dorothy Winifred Brown in Hoboken, New Jersey, the daughter of John A. and Pauline Boesen Brown. John Brown died when Dorothy was a child and her mother married John Leonard Gibson.

Dorothy Gibson. Actress: Saved from the Titanic. Dorothy Winnifred Brown was born at the home of her parents, Pauline Caroline Boesen Brown and John Brown on May 17, 1889 at 320 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Feb 28, 2022 · Born Dorothy Winifred Brown, Dorothy Gibson was a silent film actress who starred in a movie about the Titanic disaster — just a month after surviving it. Her silent film career was in full swing by the time she survived the historic disaster.

Dorothy Gibson had an extremely promising career before the Titanic, but there’s a reason we don’t know her as well today as her contemporary Mary Pickford: She quit acting entirely after her ordeal on Saved from the Titanic.

Saved from the Titanic was a 1912 American silent short film starring Dorothy Gibson, an American film actress who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912. Premiering in the United States just 31 days after the event, it was the earliest dramatization of the tragedy.

Dorothy Gibson. Actress: Saved from the Titanic. Dorothy Winnifred Brown was born at the home of her parents, Pauline Caroline Boesen Brown and John Brown on May 17, 1889 at 320 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Miss Dorothy Winifred Gibson was an American silent film actress, model, and Titanic survivor who gained fame for starring in the first motion picture about the disaster, “Saved from the Titanic,” just one month after the ship’s sinking.

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RMS Titanic Disaster Survivor, Actress. A survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking, her life was more colorful than her films. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, she started out as a model for fashion illustrator Harrison Fisher and began appearing in films for the Eclair studio in 1911. She also became romantically involved...