Lillian Gish
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1893
- Died
- February 27, 1993 (aged 99)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Flapper
Movie · as (archive footage)
I Am Not a Racist
Movie · as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Night Hunter
Movie
Sigrid Holmquist
Movie · as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Early Directors on Directing
Movie · as Self
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Movie · as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
Movie · as Self (Archive footage)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Whales of August
Movie · as Sarah Webber
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Sweet Liberty
Movie · as Cecelia Burgess
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Mrs Loftus
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
TV · as Mrs Loftus · 4 eps
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
Lillian Gish
Movie · as Self
Hambone and Hillie
Movie · as Hillie Radcliffe
Hobson's Choice
Movie · as Miss Molly Winkle
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
Thin Ice
Movie · as Grandmother
Hollywood
TV · as Self · 5 eps
A Wedding
Movie · as Nettie Sloan
Sparrow
Movie · as Widow
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
The Love Boat
TV · as Mrs. Williams · 1 ep
Twin Detectives
Movie · as Billy Jo Haskins
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
Movie · as Self
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Langlois
Movie · as Self
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie · as Martha Brewster
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Warning Shot
Movie · as Alice Willows
The Comedians
Movie · as Mrs. Smith
The Comedians in Africa
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
Movie · as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Follow Me, Boys!
Movie · as Hetty Seibert
Mrs. Winchester's House
Movie · as Narrator
Mr. Novak
TV · as Maude Phipps · 1 ep
The Great Chase
Movie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Bessie Carnby · 1 ep
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Spiral Staircase
Movie · as Mrs. Warren
The Defenders
TV · as Louisa Clarendon, Mrs. Cooper · 1 ep
The Unforgiven
Movie · as Mattilda Zachary
Orders to Kill
Movie · as Mrs. Summers
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Award Accepter, Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Night of the Hunter
Movie · as Rachel Cooper
The Cobweb
Movie · as Victoria Inch
Film Fun
Movie · as (archive footage)
Playwrights '56
TV · 1 ep
The Alcoa Hour
TV · as Esther Crampton · 1 ep
The Trip to Bountiful
Movie · as Carrie Watts
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Grandma Moses · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · 2 eps
Portrait of Jennie
Movie · as Mother Mary of Mercy
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Abby, Narrator, Carrie Watts · 1 ep
Duel in the Sun
Movie · as Laura Belle McCanles
Miss Susie Slagle's
Movie · as Miss Susie Slagle
Top Man
Movie · as Beth Warren
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Movie · as Mrs. Bergesen
His Double Life
Movie · as Alice Chalice
The Movie Album
Movie · as (archive footage)
One Romantic Night
Movie · as Princess Alexandra
The Wind
Movie · as Letty
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Hester Prynne
Annie Laurie
Movie · as Annie Laurie
The Enemy
Movie · as Pauli Arndt
La Bohème
Movie · as Mimi
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Romola
Movie · as Romola
The White Sister
Movie · as Angela Chiaromonte
From Farm to Fame
Movie · as Lillian Gish
Orphans of the Storm
Movie · as Henriette Girard
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Movie · as Herself
Way Down East
Movie · as Anna Moore
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Movie · as Lucy Burrows
True Heart Susie
Movie · as Susie May Trueheart
A Romance of Happy Valley
Movie · as Jennie Timberlake
The Greatest Question
Movie · as Nellie Jarvis
Hearts of the World
Movie · as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
The Great Love
Movie · as Susie Broadplains
The Greatest Thing in Life
Movie · as Jeannette Peret
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
Movie
Souls Triumphant
Movie · as Lillian Vale
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie · as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Daphne and the Pirate
Movie · as Daphne La Tour
An Innocent Magdalene
Movie · as Dorothy Raleigh
Diane of the Follies
Movie · as Diane
The Children Pay
Movie · as Millicent
The House Built Upon Sand
Movie · as Evelyn Dare
Sold for Marriage
Movie · as Marfa
Pathways of Life
Movie
The Birth of a Nation
Movie · as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Enoch Arden
Movie · as Annie Lee
The Lily and the Rose
Movie · as Mary Randolph
His Lesson
Movie · as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
The Lost House
Movie · as Dosia Dale
Captain Macklin
Movie · as Beatrice
The Hunchback
Movie · as The Orphan - as an Adult
Judith of Bethulia
Movie · as The Young Mother
Home, Sweet Home
Movie · as Payne's Sweetheart
A Duel for Love
Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
Movie · as Jane Andrews, the daughter
The Green-Eyed Devil
Movie · as Mary Miller
The Quicksands
Movie
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
Movie · as Kitty Belle
Lord Chumley
Movie · as Eleanor Butterworth
The Angel of Contention
Movie · as Nettie - the Angel
Man's Enemy
Movie · as Grace Lisle
The Tear That Burned
Movie · as Anita - the Truant
The Folly of Anne
Movie · as Anne
The Sisters
Movie · as May
The Left-Handed Man
Movie · as The Old Soldier's Daughter
Just Gold
Movie · as The First Brother's Sweetheart
During the Round-Up
Movie · as The Ranchero's Daughter
A Modest Hero
Movie · as The Wife
So Runs the Way
Movie · as Fred's Wife
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
Movie · as The Rugmaker's Daughter
The Mothering Heart
Movie · as The Wife
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Movie · as Melissa Harlow
An Indian's Loyalty
Movie · as The Ranchero's Daughter
A Woman in the Ultimate
Movie · as Verda
The Little Tease
Movie · as Girl in bandana
A Timely Interception
Movie · as The Farmer's Daughter
The Lady and the Mouse
Movie · as The First Sister
A Misunderstood Boy
Movie · as The Daughter
Madonna of the Storm
Movie · as The Mother
The House of Darkness
Movie · as The Nurse
The Blue or the Gray
Movie
Oil and Water
Movie · as In First Audience (uncredited)
The Unwelcome Guest
Movie · as At Auction (uncredited)
The Stolen Bride
Movie
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Movie · as The Little Lady
Two Daughters of Eve
Movie · as In Theatre Crowd
Gold and Glitter
Movie · as The Young Woman
A Cry for Help
Movie · as The Maid
An Unseen Enemy
Movie · as Eldest Sister
The New York Hat
Movie · as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
The Painted Lady
Movie · as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
So Near, Yet So Far
Movie · as A Friend
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Movie · as Birthday Wellwisher
In the Aisles of the Wild
Movie · as The Younger Daughter
The Informer
Movie · as Walk on role
The One She Loved
Movie
My Baby
Movie
Brutality
Movie · as At Theatre