Lillian Gish
120 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 14, 1893
- Died
- Feb 27, 1993 (age 99)
- Place of birth
- Springfield, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Lillian Diana Gish · The First Lady of American Cinema · Dorothy Elizabeth Carter · 릴리안 기쉬
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Film
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★ 5.9 The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Film
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★ 7.1 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Film
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★ 6.9 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 · Film
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★ 6.2 The Unforgiven
1960 · Film
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★ 6.4 Duel in the Sun
1946 · Film
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★ 6.2 The Love Boat
1977 · TV
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★ 7.3 The Wind
1928 · Film
Lillian Gish: movies and TV shows
Acting (127)
- 2021 The Flapper
as (archive footage)
- 2019 I Am Not a Racist
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011
- 2010 Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
- 2002
- 1998 Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
- 1987 The Whales of August
as Sarah Webber
- 1986 Sweet Liberty
as Cecelia Burgess
- 1986 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs Loftus
- 1983 Hobson's Choice
as Miss Molly Winkle
- 1983 Hambone and Hillie
as Hillie Radcliffe
- 1981 Thin Ice
as Grandmother
- 1978 A Wedding
as Nettie Sloan
- 1978 Sparrow
as Widow
- 1977
- 1976 Twin Detectives
as Billy Jo Haskins
- 1969 Arsenic and Old Lace
as Martha Brewster
- 1967 The Comedians
as Mrs. Smith
- 1967 Warning Shot
as Alice Willows
- 1966 Follow Me, Boys!
as Hetty Seibert
- 1963 Mrs. Winchester's House
as Narrator
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961 The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Warren
- 1961
- 1960 The Unforgiven
as Mattilda Zachary
- 1958 Orders to Kill
as Mrs. Summers
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Film Fun
as (archive footage)
- 1955 The Night of the Hunter
as Rachel Cooper
- 1955 The Cobweb
as Victoria Inch
- 1953 The Trip to Bountiful
as Carrie Watts
- 1951
- 1950
- 1948 Portrait of Jennie
as Mother Mary of Mercy
- 1948
- 1946 Duel in the Sun
as Laura Belle McCanles
- 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
as Miss Susie Slagle
- 1943 Top Man
as Beth Warren
- 1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Mrs. Bergesen
- 1933 His Double Life
as Alice Chalice
- 1932 The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
- 1930 One Romantic Night
as Princess Alexandra
- 1928 The Wind
as Letty
- 1927 The Enemy
as Pauli Arndt
- 1927 Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie
- 1927 The Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne
- 1926 La Bohème
as Mimi
- 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1924 Romola
as Romola
- 1923 The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte
- 1922 From Farm to Fame
as Lillian Gish
- 1921 Orphans of the Storm
as Henriette Girard
- 1920 Way Down East
as Anna Moore
- 1919 The Greatest Question
as Nellie Jarvis
- 1919 True Heart Susie
as Susie May Trueheart
- 1919 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as Lucy Burrows
- 1919 A Romance of Happy Valley
as Jennie Timberlake
- 1918 The Greatest Thing in Life
as Jeannette Peret
- 1918
- 1918 The Great Love
as Susie Broadplains
- 1918 Hearts of the World
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
- 1917 Souls Triumphant
as Lillian Vale
- 1916 The House Built Upon Sand
as Evelyn Dare
- 1916 The Children Pay
as Millicent
- 1916 Diane of the Follies
as Diane
- 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
- 1916 An Innocent Magdalene
as Dorothy Raleigh
- 1916 Sold for Marriage
as Marfa
- 1916 Daphne and the Pirate
as Daphne La Tour
- 1916
- 1915 The Lily and the Rose
as Mary Randolph
- 1915 Captain Macklin
as Beatrice
- 1915 Enoch Arden
as Annie Lee
- 1915 The Lost House
as Dosia Dale
- 1915 The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
- 1915 His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
- 1914 The Sisters
as May
- 1914 The Folly of Anne
as Anne
- 1914 The Tear That Burned
as Anita - the Truant
- 1914 Man's Enemy
as Grace Lisle
- 1914 The Angel of Contention
as Nettie - the Angel
- 1914 The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as Kitty Belle
- 1914 Lord Chumley
as Eleanor Butterworth
- 1914 Home, Sweet Home
as Payne's Sweetheart
- 1914
- 1914 The Hunchback
as The Orphan - as an Adult
- 1914 The Battle of the Sexes
as Jane Andrews, the daughter
- 1914 Judith of Bethulia
as The Young Mother
- 1914 The Green-Eyed Devil
as Mary Miller
- 1914
- 1913 The Conscience of Hassan Bey
as The Rugmaker's Daughter
- 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Melissa Harlow
- 1913
- 1913 Madonna of the Storm
as The Mother
- 1913 So Runs the Way
as Fred's Wife
- 1913 A Modest Hero
as The Wife
- 1913 A Woman in the Ultimate
as Verda
- 1913 An Indian's Loyalty
as The Ranchero's Daughter
- 1913 During the Round-Up
as The Ranchero's Daughter
- 1913 The Mothering Heart
as The Wife
- 1913 A Timely Interception
as The Farmer's Daughter
- 1913 Just Gold
as The First Brother's Sweetheart
- 1913 The House of Darkness
as The Nurse
- 1913 The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Sister
- 1913 The Left-Handed Man
as The Old Soldier's Daughter
- 1913 A Misunderstood Boy
as The Daughter
- 1913 The Little Tease
as Girl in bandana
- 1913
- 1913 The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
- 1913 Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)
- 1912 A Cry for Help
as The Maid
- 1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher
- 1912 The New York Hat
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
- 1912 Brutality
as At Theatre
- 1912 The Informer
as Walk on role
- 1912
- 1912 Gold and Glitter
as The Young Woman
- 1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Little Lady
- 1912 The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
- 1912
- 1912 In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Younger Daughter
- 1912 So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend
- 1912 Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd
- 1912 An Unseen Enemy
as Eldest Sister
Behind the camera (3)
- 1993
- 1920 Remodeling Her Husband
Director, Scenario Writer, Story
- 1918
Talk shows and appearances (29)
- 2016
- 2014
- 2009
- 2008
- 1995
- 1995
- 1993
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1982
- 1980 Hollywood
5 episodes
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
1 episode
- 1978 The South Bank Show
1 episode
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
2 episodes
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1970
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1967
- 1967
- 1961
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1 episode
- 1921