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Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

ActingBorn October 14, 1893Died February 27, 1993 (age 99)Springfield, Ohio, USA

Biography

Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's seminal Birth of a Nation (1915). Her sound-era film appearances were sporadic, but included memorable roles in the controversial western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the offbeat thriller Night of the Hunter (1955). She did considerable television work from the early 1950s into the 1980s, and closed her career playing, for the first time, opposite Bette Davis in the 1987 film The Whales of August. The American Film Institute (AFI) named Gish 17th among the greatest female stars of all time. She was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1971, and in 1984 she received an AFI Life Achievement Award.

Filmography

2021
The Flapper

as (archive footage)

Movie
2019
I Am Not a Racist

as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2011Movie
2010
Sigrid Holmquist

as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

Movie
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)

Movie
1993
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

as Self (Archive footage)

Movie
1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me

as Herself, Archive footage

Movie
1987
The Whales of August

as Sarah Webber

Movie
1986
Sweet Liberty

as Cecelia Burgess

Movie
1986Movie
1985Movie
1984Movie
1983
Hobson's Choice

as Miss Molly Winkle

Movie
1983
Hambone and Hillie

as Hillie Radcliffe

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Thin Ice

as Grandmother

Movie
1980
Hollywood

as Self

TV
1978
A Wedding

as Nettie Sloan

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Mrs. Williams

TV
1976
Twin Detectives

as Billy Jo Haskins

Movie
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1970
Langlois

as Self

Movie
1969
Arsenic and Old Lace

as Martha Brewster

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967
The Comedians

as Mrs. Smith

Movie
1967
The Comedians in Africa

as Self (uncredited)

Movie
1967
Warning Shot

as Alice Willows

Movie
1967
Lionpower from MGM

as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1966
Follow Me, Boys!

as Hetty Seibert

Movie
1963Movie
1963
Mr. Novak

as Maude Phipps

TV
1962TV
1961
The Spiral Staircase

as Mrs. Warren

Movie
1961
The Defenders

as Louisa Clarendon

TV
1961
The Defenders

as Mrs. Cooper

TV
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1960
The Unforgiven

as Mattilda Zachary

Movie
1958
Orders to Kill

as Mrs. Summers

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Award Accepter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955
The Alcoa Hour

as Esther Crampton

TV
1955
Film Fun

as (archive footage)

Movie
1955
The Night of the Hunter

as Rachel Cooper

Movie
1955
The Cobweb

as Victoria Inch

Movie
1953
The Trip to Bountiful

as Carrie Watts

Movie
1951TV
1948
Portrait of Jennie

as Mother Mary of Mercy

Movie
1948TV
1946
Duel in the Sun

as Laura Belle McCanles

Movie
1946
Miss Susie Slagle's

as Miss Susie Slagle

Movie
1943
Top Man

as Beth Warren

Movie
1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn

as Mrs. Bergesen

Movie
1933
His Double Life

as Alice Chalice

Movie
1932
The Movie Album

as (archive footage)

Movie
1930
One Romantic Night

as Princess Alexandra

Movie
1928
The Wind

as Letty

Movie
1927
The Enemy

as Pauli Arndt

Movie
1927
Annie Laurie

as Annie Laurie

Movie
1927
The Scarlet Letter

as Hester Prynne

Movie
1926
La Bohème

as Mimi

Movie
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1924
Romola

as Romola

Movie
1923
The White Sister

as Angela Chiaromonte

Movie
1922
From Farm to Fame

as Lillian Gish

Movie
1921
Orphans of the Storm

as Henriette Girard

Movie
1920
Way Down East

as Anna Moore

Movie
1919
The Greatest Question

as Nellie Jarvis

Movie
1919
True Heart Susie

as Susie May Trueheart

Movie
1919
A Romance of Happy Valley

as Jennie Timberlake

Movie
1918
The Greatest Thing in Life

as Jeannette Peret

Movie
1918
The Great Love

as Susie Broadplains

Movie
1918
Hearts of the World

as The Girl - Marie Stephenson

Movie
1917
Souls Triumphant

as Lillian Vale

Movie
1916Movie
1916
The Children Pay

as Millicent

Movie
1916Movie
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle

Movie
1916
An Innocent Magdalene

as Dorothy Raleigh

Movie
1916Movie
1916
Daphne and the Pirate

as Daphne La Tour

Movie
1915
The Lily and the Rose

as Mary Randolph

Movie
1915
Captain Macklin

as Beatrice

Movie
1915
Enoch Arden

as Annie Lee

Movie
1915
The Lost House

as Dosia Dale

Movie
1915
The Birth of a Nation

as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Movie
1915
His Lesson

as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
The Tear That Burned

as Anita - the Truant

Movie
1914
Man's Enemy

as Grace Lisle

Movie
1914
The Angel of Contention

as Nettie - the Angel

Movie
1914Movie
1914
Lord Chumley

as Eleanor Butterworth

Movie
1914
Home, Sweet Home

as Payne's Sweetheart

Movie
1914
The Hunchback

as The Orphan - as an Adult

Movie
1914
The Battle of the Sexes

as Jane Andrews, the daughter

Movie
1914
Judith of Bethulia

as The Young Mother

Movie
1914
The Green-Eyed Devil

as Mary Miller

Movie
1913
The Conscience of Hassan Bey

as The Rugmaker's Daughter

Movie
1913Movie
1913Movie
1913
So Runs the Way

as Fred's Wife

Movie
1913
A Modest Hero

as The Wife

Movie
1913Movie
1913
An Indian's Loyalty

as The Ranchero's Daughter

Movie
1913
During the Round-Up

as The Ranchero's Daughter

Movie
1913Movie
1913
A Timely Interception

as The Farmer's Daughter

Movie
1913
Just Gold

as The First Brother's Sweetheart

Movie
1913Movie
1913
The Lady and the Mouse

as The First Sister

Movie
1913
The Left-Handed Man

as The Old Soldier's Daughter

Movie
1913
A Misunderstood Boy

as The Daughter

Movie
1913
The Little Tease

as Girl in bandana

Movie
1913
The Unwelcome Guest

as At Auction (uncredited)

Movie
1913
Oil and Water

as In First Audience (uncredited)

Movie
1912
A Cry for Help

as The Maid

Movie
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma

as Birthday Wellwisher

Movie
1912
The New York Hat

as Customer in Shop / Outside Church

Movie
1912
Brutality

as At Theatre

Movie
1912
The Informer

as Walk on role

Movie
1912Movie
1912
Gold and Glitter

as The Young Woman

Movie
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley

as The Little Lady

Movie
1912
The Painted Lady

as Belle at Ice Cream Festival

Movie
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild

as The Younger Daughter

Movie
1912Movie
1912
Two Daughters of Eve

as In Theatre Crowd

Movie
1912
An Unseen Enemy

as Eldest Sister

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 14, 1893
Day of DeathFebruary 27, 1993
Place of BirthSpringfield, Ohio, USA
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