Lillian Gish
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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
Credits
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
as Rachel Cooper
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Duel in the Sun (1946)
as Laura Belle McCanles
The Unforgiven (1960)
as Mattilda Zachary
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)
as Mrs Loftus
In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
as The Younger Daughter
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
as Mother Mary of Mercy
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Whales of August (1987)
as Sarah Webber
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
as Lucy Burrows
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)
Actor
Sparrow (1978)
as Widow
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
as Hetty Seibert
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Warning Shot (1967)
as Alice Willows
Captain Macklin (1915)
as Beatrice
A Wedding (1978)
as Nettie Sloan
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
as Self (uncredited)
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
The Cobweb (1955)
as Victoria Inch
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
as Mrs. Bergesen
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
as Henriette Girard
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Night Hunter (2011)
Actor
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
as Melissa Harlow
Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
as Martha Brewster
The Comedians (1967)
as Mrs. Smith
Lillian Gish (1984)
as Self
The White Sister (1923)
as Angela Chiaromonte
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Sweet Liberty (1986)
as Cecelia Burgess
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
as Miss Susie Slagle
The Sisters (1914)
as May
Lionpower from MGM (1967)
as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
as The Little Lady
Hearts of the World (1918)
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
Early Directors on Directing (2009)
as Self
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1993)
as Self (Archive footage)
Film Fun (1955)
as (archive footage)
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)
as Kitty Belle
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
as Jennie Timberlake
Romola (1924)
as Romola
The One She Loved (1912)
Actor
The Trip to Bountiful (1953)
as Carrie Watts
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
as A Friend
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
as Payne's Sweetheart
The Folly of Anne (1914)
as Anne
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
as Herself
The Tear That Burned (1914)
as Anita - the Truant
The Wind (1928)
as Letty
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' (1995)
as Self
The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
as Jeannette Peret
Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
as Daphne La Tour
Hambone and Hillie (1983)
as Hillie Radcliffe
I Am Not a Racist (2019)
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Battle of the Sexes (1914)
as Jane Andrews, the daughter
The New York Hat (1912)
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
Langlois (1970)
as Self
Way Down East (1920)
as Anna Moore
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
as The Ranchero's Daughter
Orders to Kill (1958)
as Mrs. Summers
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius (1975)
as Self
Brutality (1912)
as At Theatre
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
as In Theatre Crowd
Just Gold (1913)
as The First Brother's Sweetheart
Diane of the Follies (1916)
as Diane
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
as Birthday Wellwisher
Twin Detectives (1976)
as Billy Jo Haskins
Madonna of the Storm (1913)
as The Mother
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
as The Young Mother
The Angel of Contention (1914)
as Nettie - the Angel
So Runs the Way (1913)
as Fred's Wife
The Lily and the Rose (1915)
as Mary Randolph
A Cry for Help (1912)
as The Maid
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
as The First Sister
Discovering: Robert Mitchum (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
A Duel for Love (1914)
Actor
The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
as Evelyn Dare
Hobson's Choice (1983)
as Miss Molly Winkle
The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
as The Rugmaker's Daughter
During the Round-Up (1913)
as The Ranchero's Daughter
Oil and Water (1913)
as In First Audience (uncredited)
The Flapper (2021)
as (archive footage)
The Left-Handed Man (1913)
as The Old Soldier's Daughter
The Blue or the Gray (1913)
Actor
The Scarlet Letter (1927)
as Hester Prynne
The House of Darkness (1913)
as The Nurse
An Unseen Enemy (1912)
as Eldest Sister
Gold and Glitter (1912)
as The Young Woman
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
as Mrs. Warren
Mrs. Winchester's House (1963)
as Narrator
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Top Man (1943)
as Beth Warren
A Woman in the Ultimate (1913)
as Verda
The Stolen Bride (1913)
Actor
The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
as Mary Miller
Annie Laurie (1927)
as Annie Laurie
The Enemy (1927)
as Pauli Arndt
The Greatest Question (1919)
as Nellie Jarvis
La Bohème (1926)
as Mimi
A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
as The Daughter
The Children Pay (1916)
as Millicent
True Heart Susie (1919)
as Susie May Trueheart
The Movie Album (1932)
as (archive footage)
Souls Triumphant (1917)
as Lillian Vale
A Modest Hero (1913)
as The Wife
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
Actor
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
as At Auction (uncredited)
The Great Love (1918)
as Susie Broadplains
One Romantic Night (1930)
as Princess Alexandra
The Painted Lady (1912)
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
Enoch Arden (1915)
as Annie Lee
His Double Life (1933)
as Alice Chalice
The Great Chase (1962)
Actor
A Timely Interception (1913)
as The Farmer's Daughter
His Lesson (1915)
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
The Little Tease (1913)
as Girl in bandana
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
as Dorothy Raleigh
The Informer (1912)
as Walk on role
The Mothering Heart (1913)
as The Wife
Thin Ice (1981)
as Grandmother
My Baby (1912)
Actor
Lord Chumley (1914)
as Eleanor Butterworth
The Lost House (1915)
as Dosia Dale
From Farm to Fame (1922)
as Lillian Gish
The Hunchback (1914)
as The Orphan - as an Adult
Pathways of Life (1916)
Actor
The Quicksands (1914)
Actor
Sold for Marriage (1916)
as Marfa
Man's Enemy (1914)
as Grace Lisle