Lillian Gish
Acting
1893-10-14 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
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.
movieThe Flapper
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movieI Am Not a Racist
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2019 · 0.0
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage) · 2016 · 7.1
movieNight Hunter
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movieSigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) · 2010 · 7.0
movieEarly Directors on Directing
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movieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage) · 2008 · 5.0
movieD.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
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movieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) · 1998 · 10.0
movieMoving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
as Self · 1995 · 7.0
movieThe Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
as Self (Archive footage) · 1993 · 6.0
movieLillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Herself, Archive footage · 1988 · 0.0
movieThe Whales of August
as Sarah Webber · 1987 · 7.0
movieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self · 1987 · 6.0
movieSweet Liberty
as Cecelia Burgess · 1986 · 5.4
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs Loftus · 1986 · 6.6
movieGreta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage) · 1986 · 8.0
movieNight of 100 Stars II
as Self · 1985 · 8.0
movieLillian Gish
as Self · 1984 · 6.5
movieHobson's Choice
as Miss Molly Winkle · 1983 · 7.0
movieHambone and Hillie
as Hillie Radcliffe · 1983 · 5.7
movieNight of 100 Stars
as Self · 1982 · 6.8
movieThin Ice
as Grandmother · 1981 · 9.0
tvHollywood
as Self · 1980 · 8.4