Dorothy Gibson (May 17, 1889 â€" February 17, 1946) was a pioneering
American silent film actress, artist's model, and singer active in the
early 20th century. She is best remembered as a survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic and for starring in the first motion picture
based on the disaster.Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889 to John
A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen as Dorothy Winifred Brown in
Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and
her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she
appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and
vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in
Charles Frohman's musical The Dairymaids (1907). She was also a
regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the
Hippodrome Theatre.In 1909, the year before she married George Henry
Battier, Jr., Dorothy Gibson began posing for famous commercial artist
Harrison Fisher, becoming one of his favorite models. Dorothy's image
appeared regularly on posters, postcards, various merchandising
products and in book illustrations over the next three years. Fisher
also often chose her likeness for the covers of best-selling magazines
such as Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, and the Saturday Evening
Post. Dorothy was widely publicized during this time as "The Original
Harrison Fisher Girl".
American silent film actress, artist's model, and singer active in the
early 20th century. She is best remembered as a survivor of the
sinking of the Titanic and for starring in the first motion picture
based on the disaster.Dorothy Gibson was born on May 17, 1889 to John
A. Brown and Pauline Caroline Boesen as Dorothy Winifred Brown in
Hoboken, New Jersey. Her father died when she was three years old, and
her mother married John Leonard Gibson. Between 1906 and 1911, she
appeared on stage as a singer and dancer in a number of theatre and
vaudeville productions, the most important being on Broadway in
Charles Frohman's musical The Dairymaids (1907). She was also a
regular chorus member in shows produced by the Shubert Brothers at the
Hippodrome Theatre.In 1909, the year before she married George Henry
Battier, Jr., Dorothy Gibson began posing for famous commercial artist
Harrison Fisher, becoming one of his favorite models. Dorothy's image
appeared regularly on posters, postcards, various merchandising
products and in book illustrations over the next three years. Fisher
also often chose her likeness for the covers of best-selling magazines
such as Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, and the Saturday Evening
Post. Dorothy was widely publicized during this time as "The Original
Harrison Fisher Girl".
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