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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.
Acted in 101
2020s
- 2021
The Flapper
(archive footage)
2010s
- 2019
I Am Not a Racist
Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2011
Night Hunter
Movie
- 2010
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2000s
- 2002
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Movie
1990s
- 1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
- 1986
Sweet Liberty
Cecelia Burgess
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mrs Loftus · 4 episodes
- 1983
Hobson's Choice
Miss Molly Winkle
Hambone and Hillie
Hillie Radcliffe
- 1981
Thin Ice
Grandmother
1970s
- 1978
A Wedding
Nettie Sloan
- 1977
- 1976
Twin Detectives
Billy Jo Haskins
1960s
- 1969
Arsenic and Old Lace
Martha Brewster
- 1967
Warning Shot
Alice Willows
- 1966
Follow Me, Boys!
Hetty Seibert
- 1963
- 1962
The Great Chase
Movie
- 1961
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Warren
- 1960
1950s
- 1958
Orders to Kill
Mrs. Summers
- 1955
The Alcoa Hour
Esther Crampton · 1 episode
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Grandma Moses · 1 episode
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
- 1946
Miss Susie Slagle's
Miss Susie Slagle
- 1943
Top Man
Beth Warren
- 1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Mrs. Bergesen
1930s
- 1933
His Double Life
Alice Chalice
- 1932
The Movie Album
(archive footage)
- 1930
One Romantic Night
Princess Alexandra
1920s
- 1928
- 1927
The Enemy
Pauli Arndt
Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie
The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne
- 1926
La Bohème
Mimi
- 1925
- 1924
Romola
Romola
- 1923
The White Sister
Angela Chiaromonte
- 1922
From Farm to Fame
Lillian Gish
- 1921
Orphans of the Storm
Henriette Girard
- 1920
Way Down East
Anna Moore
1910s
- 1919
The Greatest Question
Nellie Jarvis
True Heart Susie
Susie May Trueheart
- 1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
Jeannette Peret
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
Movie
The Great Love
Susie Broadplains
- 1917
Souls Triumphant
Lillian Vale
- 1916
The Children Pay
Millicent
An Innocent Magdalene
Dorothy Raleigh
Sold for Marriage
Marfa
Daphne and the Pirate
Daphne La Tour
- 1915
The Lily and the Rose
Mary Randolph
Enoch Arden
Annie Lee
The Lost House
Dosia Dale
- 1914
The Sisters
May
The Tear That Burned
Anita - the Truant
The Angel of Contention
Nettie - the Angel
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
Kitty Belle
Home, Sweet Home
Payne's Sweetheart
The Battle of the Sexes
Jane Andrews, the daughter
- 1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Melissa Harlow
A Woman in the Ultimate
Verda
An Indian's Loyalty
The Ranchero's Daughter
The Mothering Heart
The Wife
A Timely Interception
The Farmer's Daughter
The House of Darkness
The Nurse
The Lady and the Mouse
The First Sister
The Little Tease
Girl in bandana
The Unwelcome Guest
At Auction (uncredited)
Oil and Water
In First Audience (uncredited)
- 1912
A Cry for Help
The Maid
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Birthday Wellwisher
The New York Hat
Customer in Shop / Outside Church
Brutality
At Theatre
The Informer
Walk on role
My Baby
Movie
Gold and Glitter
The Young Woman
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Little Lady
The Painted Lady
Belle at Ice Cream Festival
In the Aisles of the Wild
The Younger Daughter
So Near, Yet So Far
A Friend
Two Daughters of Eve
In Theatre Crowd
An Unseen Enemy
Eldest Sister
Wrote 2
1920s
- 1920
Remodeling Her Husband
Scenario Writer, Story
1910s
- 1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
Story
Directed 1
1920s
- 1920
Remodeling Her Husband
Director
Appearances28
2010s
- 2016
- 2014
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2009
Early Directors on Directing
Self
- 2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
1990s
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Self
- 1993
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
Self (Archive footage)
1980s
- 1988
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Self (archive footage)
- 1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
- 1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
- 1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
- 1984
- 1982
Night of 100 Stars
Self
- 1980
Hollywood
Self · 5 episodes
1970s
- 1978
- 1975
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
Self
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
- 1974
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973
- 1970
Langlois
Self
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1963
Mrs. Winchester's House
Narrator
- 1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1940s
- 1948
1920s
- 1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Herself
Thanked in the credits1
1990s
- 1993
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
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