Lillian Gish
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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- Born:
- Oct 14, 1893 In Springfield, Ohio, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 146
- First Appeared:
- In the movie An Unseen Enemy 1912-09-09
- Latest Project:
- Movie AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special 2023-12-30
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special | Self (archive footage) | 2023-12-30 |
| Movie | The Flapper | (archival footage) | 2021-04-08 |
| Movie | The Women Who Run Hollywood | Herself (archive footage) | 2016-05-16 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Sigrid Holmquist | Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | 2010-10-08 |
| Movie | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2008-08-29 |
| Movie | Cannes: All Access | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-27 |
| Movie | D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 | Unknown | 2002-09-10 |
| Movie | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
| Movie | Moving Pictures: The Night of the Hunter | Interviewee | 1995-02-19 |
| Movie | Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me | Herself, Archive footage | 1988-07-11 |
| Movie | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | 1987-10-14 |
| Movie | Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess | 1986-05-16 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mrs Loftus | 1986-02-10 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Movie | Lillian Gish | Herself | 1983-01-01 |
| Movie | Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | 1983-04-24 |
| Movie | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | 1983-12-21 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
| Movie | Thin Ice | Grandmother | 1981-02-17 |
| Series | Hollywood | Self | 1980-01-08 |
| Movie | A Wedding | Nettie Sloan | 1978-08-29 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton | Interviewee | 1978-08-31 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Mrs. Williams | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | 1976-05-01 |
| Movie | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1975-04-19 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | Langlois | Self | 1970-09-19 |
| Movie | Arsenic and Old Lace | Martha Brewster | 1969-04-02 |
| Series | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968-06-06 |
| Movie | Warning Shot | Alice Willows | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
| Movie | The Comedians | Mrs. Smith | 1967-10-31 |
| Movie | Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert | 1966-12-01 |
| Movie | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
| Movie | Mrs. Winchester's House | Narrator | 1963-10-31 |
| Series | Mr. Novak | Maude Phipps | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bessie Carnby | 1962-09-20 |
| Movie | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
| Movie | The Spiral Staircase | Mrs. Warren | 1961-10-04 |
| Series | The Defenders | Mrs. Cooper | 1961-09-16 |
| Movie | The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary | 1960-04-06 |
| Movie | Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers | 1958-07-25 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Self - Award Accepter | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | The Alcoa Hour | Esther Crampton | 1955-10-16 |
| Movie | Film Fun | (archive footage) | 1955-08-19 |
| Movie | The Cobweb | Victoria Inch | 1955-06-07 |
| Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
| Movie | The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | 1955-08-26 |
| Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts | 1953-03-01 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grandma Moses | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948-06-20 |
| Movie | Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy | 1948-12-25 |
| Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
| Movie | Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | 1946-03-04 |
| Movie | Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
| Movie | Top Man | Beth Warren | 1943-09-17 |
| Movie | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen | 1942-12-30 |
| Movie | His Double Life | Alice Chalice | 1933-12-14 |
| Movie | One Romantic Night | Princess Alexandra | 1930-04-30 |
| Movie | The Wind | Letty | 1928-09-15 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | 1927-01-08 |
| Movie | The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | 1927-12-08 |
| Movie | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | 1927-05-10 |
| Movie | La Bohème | Mimi | 1926-03-13 |
| Movie | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
| Movie | Romola | Romola | 1924-12-06 |
| Movie | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | 1923-09-05 |
| Movie | From Farm to Fame | Lillian Gish | 1922-10-01 |
| Movie | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Herself | 1921-02-22 |
| Movie | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | 1921-12-28 |
| Movie | Way Down East | Anna Moore | 1920-09-03 |
| Movie | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | 1919-01-26 |
| Movie | Broken Blossoms | Lucy Burrows | 1919-05-13 |
| Movie | The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis | 1919-12-27 |
| Movie | True Heart Susie | Susie May Trueheart | 1919-06-01 |
| Movie | Hearts of the World | The Girl - Marie Stephenson | 1918-03-11 |
| Movie | The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | 1918-08-11 |
| Movie | Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | 1918-11-17 | |
| Movie | The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | 1918-12-22 |
| Movie | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | 1917-05-19 |
| Movie | Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | 1916-03-04 |
| Movie | Sold for Marriage | Marfa | 1916-04-15 |
| Movie | Pathways of Life | 1916-01-01 | |
| Movie | An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | 1916-06-18 |
| Movie | The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | 1916-12-31 |
| Movie | The Children Pay | Millicent | 1916-11-26 |
| Movie | Diane of the Follies | Diane | 1916-09-24 |
| Movie | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle | 1916-09-04 |
| Movie | His Lesson | Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) | 1915-01-05 |
| Movie | The Birth of a Nation | Stoneman's Daughter Elsie | 1915-02-08 |
| Movie | The Lost House | Dosia Dale | 1915-03-25 |
| Movie | The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | 1915-11-06 |
| Movie | Captain Macklin | Beatrice | 1915-04-22 |
| Movie | Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | 1915-04-08 |
| Movie | The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | 1914-04-12 |
| Movie | The Quicksands | 1914-05-01 | |
| Movie | The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews, the daughter | 1914-04-12 |
| Movie | The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | 1914-02-28 |
| Movie | A Duel for Love | 1914-01-01 | |
| Movie | Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | 1914-05-16 |
| Movie | Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | 1914-03-08 |
| Movie | The Sisters | May | 1914-11-29 |
| Movie | Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | 1914-06-14 |
| Movie | The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | 1914-11-08 |
| Movie | The Folly of Anne | Anne | 1914-11-14 |
| Movie | The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | 1914-07-05 |
| Movie | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | 1914-06-14 |
| Movie | Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | 1914-08-01 |
| Movie | The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | 1913-04-21 |
| Movie | Just Gold | The First Brother's Sweetheart | 1913-05-24 |
| Movie | A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | 1913-04-19 |
| Movie | The House of Darkness | The Nurse | 1913-05-10 |
| Movie | Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) | 1913-02-10 |
| Movie | A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | 1913-06-07 |
| Movie | The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction (uncredited) | 1913-03-15 |
| Movie | The Stolen Bride | 1913-04-07 | |
| Movie | The Little Tease | Girl in bandana | 1913-04-12 |
| Movie | The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister | 1913-04-26 |
| Movie | Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | 1913-10-25 |
| Movie | The Blue or the Gray | 1913-11-29 | |
| Movie | The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | 1913-12-20 |
| Movie | The Mothering Heart | The Wife | 1913-06-21 |
| Movie | So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | 1913-10-11 |
| Movie | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | 1913-12-01 |
| Movie | A Modest Hero | The Wife | 1913-09-08 |
| Movie | An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | 1913-08-15 |
| Movie | During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | 1913-07-19 |
| Movie | A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | 1913-09-03 |
| Movie | The One She Loved | 1912-10-21 | |
| Movie | The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | 1912-10-24 |
| Movie | In the Aisles of the Wild | The Younger Daughter | 1912-10-14 |
| Movie | Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | 1912-09-19 |
| Movie | An Unseen Enemy | Eldest Sister | 1912-09-09 |
| Movie | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | The Little Lady | 1912-10-31 |
| Movie | So Near, Yet So Far | A Friend | 1912-09-29 |
| Movie | The Burglar’s Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | 1912-12-16 |
| Movie | The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | 1912-12-05 |
| Movie | A Cry for Help | The Maid | 1912-12-23 |
| Movie | Brutality | At Theatre | 1912-12-02 |
| Movie | The Informer | Walk on role | 1912-11-21 |
| Movie | My Baby | 1912-11-14 | |
| Movie | Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | 1912-11-11 |
