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Lillian Gish

Film Actress / Film Director / Screenwriter / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Actress | * 10/14/1893 († 99, 02/27/1993) | Springfield, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
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Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th greatest female movie star of Classic Hollywood cinema. Having acted on stage with her sister as a child, Gish was a prominent film star from 1912 into the 1920s, being particularly associated with the films of director D. W. Griffith. This included her leading role in the highest-grossing film of the silent era, Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). Her other major films and performances from the silent era are: Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money. ...

The Night of the Hunter

NR

1955 | 3.9/5 | 1h 33min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine. ...

The Whales of August

NR

1987 | 3.7/5 | 1h 30min
Drama
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Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad. ...

Duel in the Sun

NR

1946 | 3.2/5 | 2h 24min
Western, Romance / Love, Drama
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Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his horse. Though Angela stands to inherit half of a large estate, her older half-sister burns the will and ...

The White Sister

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1923 | 3.7/5 | 2h 15min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Lillian Gish

Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Academy Honorary Award Kennedy Center Honors AFI Life Achievement Award National Board of Review Award for Best Actress Ohio Women's Hall of Fame Crystal Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
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Movies with Lillian Gish as Actress(123)

as (archival footage)2021 The Flapper
as Herself (archive footage)2016 The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Herself (Archive Footage)2008 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)2007 Cannes: All Access
as (archive footage)1998 Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Herself, Archive footage1988 Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Sarah Webber1987 The Whales of August
as Cecelia Burgess1986 Sweet Liberty
as Mrs Loftus1986 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Self (archive footage)1986 Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as herself1983 Lillian Gish
as Hillie Radcliffe1983 Hambone and Hillie
as Miss Molly Winkle1983 Hobson's Choice
as Grandmother1981 Thin Ice
as Nettie Sloan1978 A Wedding
as Billy Jo Haskins1976 Twin Detectives
as Self (archive footage)1975 Black Shadows on the Silver Screen
as herself1970 Langlois
as Martha Brewster1969 Arsenic and Old Lace
as Mrs. Smith1967 The Comedians
as Alice Willows1967 Warning Shot
as Self (uncredited)1967 The Comedians in Africa
as Hetty Seibert1966 Follow Me, Boys!
as (archive footage)1965 The Love Goddesses
as Narrator1963 Mrs. Winchester's House
as Mrs. Warren1961 The Spiral Staircase
as Self (archive footage)1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Mattilda Zachary1960 The Unforgiven
as Mrs. Summers1958 Orders to Kill
as Rachel Cooper1955 The Night of the Hunter
as (archive footage)1955 Film Fun
as Victoria Inch1955 The Cobweb
as Carrie Watts1953 The Trip to Bountiful
as Mother Mary of Mercy1948 Portrait of Jennie
as Miss Susie Slagle1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
as Laura Belle McCanles1946 Duel in the Sun
as Beth Warren1943 Top Man
as Mrs. Bergesen1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Alice Chalice1933 His Double Life
as Princess Alexandra1930 One Romantic Night
as Letty1928 The Wind
as Pauli Arndt1927 The Enemy
as Hester Prynne1927 The Scarlet Letter
as Annie Laurie1927 Annie Laurie
as Mimi1926 La Bohème
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Romola1924 Romola
as Angela Chiaromonte1923 The White Sister
as herself1922 From Farm to Fame
as Henriette Girard1921 Orphans of the Storm
as herself1921 Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Anna Moore1920 Way Down East
as Nellie Jarvis1919 The Greatest Question
as Jennie Timberlake1919 A Romance of Happy Valley
as Lucy Burrows1919 Broken Blossoms
as Susie May Trueheart1919 True Heart Susie
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson1918 Hearts of the World
as Jeannette Peret1918 The Greatest Thing in Life
as Susie Broadplains1918 The Great Love
1918 Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
as Lillian Vale1917 Souls Triumphant
as Diane1916 Diane of the Follies
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Marfa1916 Sold for Marriage
as Millicent1916 The Children Pay
as Evelyn Dare1916 The House Built Upon Sand
as Dorothy Raleigh1916 An Innocent Magdalene
1916 Pathways of Life
as Daphne La Tour1916 Daphne and the Pirate
as Mary Randolph1915 The Lily and the Rose
as Dosia Dale1915 The Lost House
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie1915 The Birth of a Nation
as Annie Lee1915 Enoch Arden
as Beatrice1915 Captain Macklin
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)1915 His Lesson
as The Young Mother1914 Judith of Bethulia
as The Orphan - as an Adult1914 The Hunchback
as Mary Miller1914 The Green-Eyed Devil
as Kitty Belle1914 The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914 The Quicksands
as Eleanor Butterworth1914 Lord Chumley
as Anita - the Truant1914 The Tear That Burned
as Anne1914 The Folly of Anne
1914 A Duel for Love
as May1914 The Sisters
as Jane Andrews, the daughter1914 The Battle of the Sexes
as Nettie - the Angel1914 The Angel of Contention
as Grace Lisle1914 Man's Enemy
as Payne's Sweetheart1914 Home, Sweet Home
as Melissa Harlow1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as The Wife1913 The Mothering Heart
as The Mother1913 Madonna of the Storm
as The Ranchero's Daughter1913 During the Round-Up
as The Daughter1913 A Misunderstood Boy
as At Auction (uncredited)1913 The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife1913 A Modest Hero
as The Farmer's Daughter1913 A Timely Interception
as The Old Soldier's Daughter1913 The Left-Handed Man
as The Ranchero's Daughter1913 An Indian's Loyalty
as Verda1913 A Woman in the Ultimate
1913 The Stolen Bride
as The Rugmaker's Daughter1913 The Conscience of Hassan Bey
as The Nurse1913 The House of Darkness
as The First Brother's Sweetheart1913 Just Gold
as Girl in bandana1913 The Little Tease
as Fred's Wife1913 So Runs the Way
1913 The Blue or the Gray
as The First Sister1913 The Lady and the Mouse
as At Theatre1912 Brutality
as In Theatre Crowd1912 Two Daughters of Eve
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church1912 The New York Hat
1912 The One She Loved
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival1912 The Painted Lady
as Birthday Wellwisher1912 The Burglar’s Dilemma
as A Friend1912 So Near, Yet So Far
as The Young Woman1912 Gold and Glitter
as Walk on role1912 The Informer
as The Little Lady1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 My Baby
as The Maid1912 A Cry for Help
as The Younger Daughter1912 In the Aisles of the Wild
as Eldest Sister1912 An Unseen Enemy

TV Shows/Series with Lillian Gish as Actress(17)

1980 Hollywood
as herself1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Mrs. Williams1977 The Love Boat
as herself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Maude Phipps1963 Mr. Novak
as Bessie Carnby1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Louisa Clarendon1961 The Defenders
as Mrs. Cooper1961 The Defenders
1955 Playwrights '56
as Esther Crampton1955 The Alcoa Hour
as Grandma Moses1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Abby1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Narrator1948 The Philco Television Playhouse
as Carrie Watts1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Movies with Lillian Gish as Crew(5)

Crew/Thanks1993 The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
Directing/Director1920 Remodeling Her Husband
Writing/Scenario Writer1920 Remodeling Her Husband
Writing/Story1920 Remodeling Her Husband
Writing/Story1918 The Greatest Thing in Life

Full Name: Lillian Diana Gish
Born: Saturday, 10/14 1893 (October) in Springfield, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 02/27 1993 (February) in New York City (aged: 99)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Member of: Daughters of the American Revolution
Siblings: Dorothy Gish
Father: James Leigh Gish
Mother: Mary Gish
Other names for Lillian Gish (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lillian Diana Gish"
"The First Lady of American Cinema"
"Dorothy Elizabeth Carter"
"릴리안 기쉬"
"릴리안 기시"
"릴리언 기쉬"
"릴리언 기시"
Lillian Gish frequently works together with these people:
D.W. Griffith (92x, Crew)
Robert Harron (31x, Actor)
Christy Cabanne (31x, Crew)
Lionel Barrymore (26x, Actor)
Billy Bitzer (26x, Crew)
Dorothy Gish (25x, Actress)
John Newland (24x, Crew)
Henry B. Walthall (23x, Actor)
Kate Bruce (23x, Actress)
Alfred Paget (19x, Actor)
Vaughn Taylor (19x, Actor)
Harry Carey (19x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6714, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024