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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Flapper
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:08/04/2021
I Am Not a Racist
Character:Elsie
Release Date:16/06/2019
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/05/2016
Night Hunter
Character:
Release Date:01/04/2011
Sigrid Holmquist
Character:Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Release Date:08/10/2010
Early Directors on Directing
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2009
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/08/2008
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Character:
Release Date:10/09/2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Character:Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Character:Self
Release Date:19/02/1995
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Character:Herself, Archive footage
Release Date:11/07/1988
The Whales of August
Character:Sarah Webber
Release Date:14/10/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/1987
Sweet Liberty
Character:Cecelia Burgess
Release Date:16/05/1986
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Character:Mrs Loftus
Release Date:10/02/1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1985
Lillian Gish
Character:Self
Release Date:16/07/1984
Hobson's Choice
Character:Miss Molly Winkle
Release Date:21/12/1983
Hambone and Hillie
Character:Hillie Radcliffe
Release Date:24/04/1983
Night of 100 Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:08/03/1982
Thin Ice
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:17/02/1981
A Wedding
Character:Nettie Sloan
Release Date:29/08/1978
Twin Detectives
Character:Billy Jo Haskins
Release Date:01/05/1976
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/04/1975
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/04/1974
Langlois
Character:Self
Release Date:19/09/1970
Arsenic and Old Lace
Character:Martha Brewster
Release Date:02/04/1969
The Comedians
Character:Mrs. Smith
Release Date:31/10/1967
The Comedians in Africa
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:31/08/1967
Warning Shot
Character:Alice Willows
Release Date:18/01/1967
Lionpower from MGM
Character:Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:01/01/1967
Follow Me, Boys!
Character:Hetty Seibert
Release Date:01/12/1966
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
Mrs. Winchester's House
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/10/1963
The Great Chase
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1962
The Spiral Staircase
Character:Mrs. Warren
Release Date:04/10/1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
The Unforgiven
Character:Mattilda Zachary
Release Date:06/04/1960
Orders to Kill
Character:Mrs. Summers
Release Date:25/07/1958
Film Fun
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:19/08/1955
The Night of the Hunter
Character:Rachel Cooper
Release Date:26/07/1955
The Cobweb
Character:Victoria Inch
Release Date:07/06/1955
The Trip to Bountiful
Character:Carrie Watts
Release Date:01/03/1953
Portrait of Jennie
Character:Mother Mary of Mercy
Release Date:25/12/1948
Duel in the Sun
Character:Laura Belle McCanles
Release Date:31/12/1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
Character:Miss Susie Slagle
Release Date:04/03/1946
Top Man
Character:Beth Warren
Release Date:17/09/1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Character:Mrs. Bergesen
Release Date:30/12/1942
His Double Life
Character:Alice Chalice
Release Date:14/12/1933
One Romantic Night
Character:Princess Alexandra
Release Date:30/04/1930
The Wind
Character:Letty
Release Date:15/09/1928
The Enemy
Character:Pauli Arndt
Release Date:08/12/1927
Annie Laurie
Character:Annie Laurie
Release Date:10/05/1927
The Scarlet Letter
Character:Hester Prynne
Release Date:08/01/1927
La Bohème
Character:Mimi
Release Date:13/03/1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character:Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1925
Romola
Character:Romola
Release Date:06/12/1924
The White Sister
Character:Angela Chiaromonte
Release Date:05/09/1923
From Farm to Fame
Character:Lillian Gish
Release Date:01/10/1922
Orphans of the Storm
Character:Henriette Girard
Release Date:28/12/1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Character:Herself
Release Date:22/02/1921
Way Down East
Character:Anna Moore
Release Date:03/09/1920
The Greatest Question
Character:Nellie Jarvis
Release Date:27/12/1919
True Heart Susie
Character:Susie May Trueheart
Release Date:01/06/1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Character:Lucy Burrows
Release Date:13/05/1919
A Romance of Happy Valley
Character:Jennie Timberlake
Release Date:26/01/1919
The Greatest Thing in Life
Character:Jeannette Peret
Release Date:22/12/1918
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1918
The Great Love
Character:Susie Broadplains
Release Date:11/08/1918
Hearts of the World
Character:The Girl - Marie Stephenson
Release Date:11/03/1918
Souls Triumphant
Character:Lillian Vale
Release Date:19/05/1917
The House Built Upon Sand
Character:Evelyn Dare
Release Date:31/12/1916
The Children Pay
Character:Millicent
Release Date:26/11/1916
Diane of the Follies
Character:Diane
Release Date:24/09/1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Character:The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Release Date:04/09/1916
An Innocent Magdalene
Character:Dorothy Raleigh
Release Date:18/06/1916
Sold for Marriage
Character:Marfa
Release Date:15/04/1916
Daphne and the Pirate
Character:Daphne La Tour
Release Date:04/03/1916
Pathways of Life
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1916
The Lily and the Rose
Character:Mary Randolph
Release Date:06/11/1915
Captain Macklin
Character:Beatrice
Release Date:22/04/1915
Enoch Arden
Character:Annie Lee
Release Date:08/04/1915
The Lost House
Character:Dosia Dale
Release Date:25/03/1915
The Birth of a Nation
Character:Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Release Date:08/03/1915
His Lesson
Character:Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
Release Date:05/01/1915
The Sisters
Character:May
Release Date:29/11/1914
The Folly of Anne
Character:Anne
Release Date:14/11/1914
The Tear That Burned
Character:Anita - the Truant
Release Date:08/11/1914
Man's Enemy
Character:Grace Lisle
Release Date:01/08/1914
The Angel of Contention
Character:Nettie - the Angel
Release Date:05/07/1914
Lord Chumley
Character:Eleanor Butterworth
Release Date:14/06/1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
Character:Kitty Belle
Release Date:14/06/1914
Home, Sweet Home
Character:Payne's Sweetheart
Release Date:16/05/1914
The Quicksands
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1914
The Hunchback
Character:The Orphan - as an Adult
Release Date:12/04/1914
The Battle of the Sexes
Character:Jane Andrews, the daughter
Release Date:12/04/1914
Judith of Bethulia
Character:The Young Mother
Release Date:08/03/1914
The Green-Eyed Devil
Character:Mary Miller
Release Date:28/02/1914
A Duel for Love
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1914
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
Character:The Rugmaker's Daughter
Release Date:20/12/1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Character:Melissa Harlow
Release Date:01/12/1913
The Blue or the Gray
Character:
Release Date:29/11/1913
Madonna of the Storm
Character:The Mother
Release Date:25/10/1913
So Runs the Way
Character:Fred's Wife
Release Date:11/10/1913
A Modest Hero
Character:The Wife
Release Date:08/09/1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
Character:Verda
Release Date:03/09/1913
An Indian's Loyalty
Character:The Ranchero's Daughter
Release Date:15/08/1913
During the Round-Up
Character:The Ranchero's Daughter
Release Date:19/07/1913
The Mothering Heart
Character:The Wife
Release Date:21/06/1913
A Timely Interception
Character:The Farmer's Daughter
Release Date:07/06/1913
Just Gold
Character:The First Brother's Sweetheart
Release Date:24/05/1913
The House of Darkness
Character:The Nurse
Release Date:10/05/1913
The Lady and the Mouse
Character:The First Sister
Release Date:26/04/1913
The Left-Handed Man
Character:The Old Soldier's Daughter
Release Date:21/04/1913
A Misunderstood Boy
Character:The Daughter
Release Date:19/04/1913
The Little Tease
Character:Girl in bandana
Release Date:12/04/1913
The Stolen Bride
Character:
Release Date:07/04/1913
The Unwelcome Guest
Character:At Auction (uncredited)
Release Date:15/03/1913
Oil and Water
Character:In First Audience (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1913
A Cry for Help
Character:The Maid
Release Date:23/12/1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Character:Birthday Wellwisher
Release Date:16/12/1912
The New York Hat
Character:Customer in Shop / Outside Church
Release Date:05/12/1912
Brutality
Character:At Theatre
Release Date:02/12/1912
The Informer
Character:Walk on role
Release Date:21/11/1912
My Baby
Character:
Release Date:14/11/1912
Gold and Glitter
Character:The Young Woman
Release Date:11/11/1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Character:The Little Lady
Release Date:31/10/1912
The Painted Lady
Character:Belle at Ice Cream Festival
Release Date:24/10/1912
The One She Loved
Character:
Release Date:21/10/1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
Character:The Younger Daughter
Release Date:14/10/1912
So Near, Yet So Far
Character:A Friend
Release Date:29/09/1912
Two Daughters of Eve
Character:In Theatre Crowd
Release Date:19/09/1912
An Unseen Enemy
Character:Eldest Sister
Release Date:09/09/1912
Television Appearances
Hollywood
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
The Love Boat
Character:Mrs. Williams
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
Mr. Novak
Character:Maude Phipps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character:Bessie Carnby
The Defenders
Character:Louisa Clarendon
The Defenders
Character:Mrs. Cooper
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Award Accepter
The Alcoa Hour
Character:Esther Crampton
Playwrights '56
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Grandma Moses
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Abby
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Narrator
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Carrie Watts
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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