Lillian Gish


    Starbirth:
    October 14, 1893
    Supernova:
    February 27, 1993
    Birthplace:
    Springfield, Ohio, USA
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Overview

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lillian Gish, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special Self (archive footage) 2023
The Flapper (archival footage) 2021
The Women Who Run Hollywood Herself (archive footage) 2016
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
Night Hunter 2011
Sigrid Holmquist Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) 2010
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Self (archive footage) 2008
Cannes: All Access Self (archive footage) 2007
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 2002
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter' Self (archive footage) 2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) 1998
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' Self 1995
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me Herself, Archive footage 1988
The Whales of August Sarah Webber 1987
Sweet Liberty Cecelia Burgess 1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mrs Loftus 1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown Self (archive footage) 1986
Night of 100 Stars II Self 1985
Hobson's Choice Miss Molly Winkle 1983
Hambone and Hillie Hillie Radcliffe 1983
Lillian Gish Herself 1983
Night of 100 Stars Self 1982
Thin Ice Grandmother 1981
A Wedding Nettie Sloan 1978
Twin Detectives Billy Jo Haskins 1976
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen Self (archive footage) 1975
Langlois Self 1970
Arsenic and Old Lace Martha Brewster 1969
The Comedians Mrs. Smith 1967
The Comedians in Africa Self (uncredited) 1967
Warning Shot Alice Willows 1967
Follow Me, Boys! Hetty Seibert 1966
The Love Goddesses (archive footage) 1965
Mrs. Winchester's House Narrator 1963
The Spiral Staircase Mrs. Warren 1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Self (archive footage) 1961
The Unforgiven Mattilda Zachary 1960
Orders to Kill Mrs. Summers 1958
The Night of the Hunter Rachel Cooper 1955
Film Fun (archive footage) 1955
The Cobweb Victoria Inch 1955
The Trip to Bountiful Carrie Watts 1953
Portrait of Jennie Mother Mary of Mercy 1948
Duel in the Sun Laura Belle McCanles 1946
Miss Susie Slagle's Miss Susie Slagle 1946
Top Man Beth Warren 1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn Mrs. Bergesen 1942
His Double Life Alice Chalice 1933
One Romantic Night Princess Alexandra 1930
The Wind Letty 1928
The Enemy Pauli Arndt 1927
Annie Laurie Annie Laurie 1927
The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne 1927
La Bohème Mimi 1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) 1925
Romola Romola 1924
The White Sister Angela Chiaromonte 1923
From Farm to Fame Lillian Gish 1922
Orphans of the Storm Henriette Girard 1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) Herself 1921
Way Down East Anna Moore 1920
The Greatest Question Nellie Jarvis 1919
True Heart Susie Susie May Trueheart 1919
Broken Blossoms Lucy Burrows 1919
A Romance of Happy Valley Jennie Timberlake 1919
The Greatest Thing in Life Jeannette Peret 1918
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal 1918
The Great Love Susie Broadplains 1918
Hearts of the World The Girl - Marie Stephenson 1918
Souls Triumphant Lillian Vale 1917
The House Built Upon Sand Evelyn Dare 1916
The Children Pay Millicent 1916
Diane of the Follies Diane 1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle 1916
An Innocent Magdalene Dorothy Raleigh 1916
Sold for Marriage Marfa 1916
Daphne and the Pirate Daphne La Tour 1916
Pathways of Life 1916
The Lily and the Rose Mary Randolph 1915
Captain Macklin Beatrice 1915
Enoch Arden Annie Lee 1915
The Lost House Dosia Dale 1915
The Birth of a Nation Stoneman's Daughter Elsie 1915
His Lesson Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) 1915
The Sisters May 1914
The Folly of Anne Anne 1914
The Tear That Burned Anita - the Truant 1914
Man's Enemy Grace Lisle 1914
The Angel of Contention Nettie - the Angel 1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle Kitty Belle 1914
Lord Chumley Eleanor Butterworth 1914
Home, Sweet Home Payne's Sweetheart 1914
The Quicksands 1914
The Hunchback The Orphan - as an Adult 1914
The Battle of the Sexes Jane Andrews, the daughter 1914
Judith of Bethulia The Young Mother 1914
The Green-Eyed Devil Mary Miller 1914
A Duel for Love 1914
The Conscience of Hassan Bey The Rugmaker's Daughter 1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Melissa Harlow 1913
The Blue or the Gray 1913
Madonna of the Storm The Mother 1913
So Runs the Way Fred's Wife 1913
A Modest Hero The Wife 1913
A Woman in the Ultimate Verda 1913
An Indian's Loyalty The Ranchero's Daughter 1913
During the Round-Up The Ranchero's Daughter 1913
The Mothering Heart The Wife 1913
A Timely Interception The Farmer's Daughter 1913
Just Gold The First Brother's Sweetheart 1913
The House of Darkness The Nurse 1913
The Lady and the Mouse The First Sister 1913
The Left-Handed Man The Old Soldier's Daughter 1913
A Misunderstood Boy The Daughter 1913
The Little Tease Girl in bandana 1913
The Stolen Bride 1913
The Unwelcome Guest At Auction (uncredited) 1913
Oil and Water In First Audience (uncredited) 1913
A Cry for Help The Maid 1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma Birthday Wellwisher 1912
The New York Hat Customer in Shop / Outside Church 1912
Brutality At Theatre 1912
The Informer Walk on role 1912
My Baby 1912
Gold and Glitter The Young Woman 1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley The Little Lady 1912
The Painted Lady Belle at Ice Cream Festival 1912
The One She Loved 1912
In the Aisles of the Wild The Younger Daughter 1912
So Near, Yet So Far A Friend 1912
Two Daughters of Eve In Theatre Crowd 1912
An Unseen Enemy Eldest Sister 1912
Early Directors on Directing
I Am Not a Racist Elsie
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The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self <mt>
The Ed Sullivan Show Self <mt>
The Philco Television Playhouse Abby <mt>
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Grandma Moses <mt>
Mr. Novak Maude Phipps <mt>
The Kennedy Center Honors Self <mt>
Playwrights '56 <blank> <mt>
Tony Awards Self - Presenter <mt>
Hollywood Self <mt>
Tony Awards Self - Award Accepter <mt>
The Love Boat Mrs. Williams <mt>
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest <mt>
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Bessie Carnby <mt>
The Defenders Louisa Clarendon <mt>
The Defenders Mrs. Cooper <mt>
The Alcoa Hour Esther Crampton <mt>
The Philco Television Playhouse Narrator <mt>
The Philco Television Playhouse Carrie Watts <mt>
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