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