- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 14, 1893
- Place of Birth
- Springfield, Ohio, USA
- Died
- February 27, 1993
Lillian Gish
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 rec…
Filmography
movieThe Flapper
2021 · (archive footage)
movieI Am Not a Racist
2019 · Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieNight Hunter
2011
movieSigrid Holmquist
2010 · Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
movieEarly Directors on Directing
2009 · Self
movieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieD.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
movieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieMoving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995 · Self
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993 · Thanks
movieThe Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993 · Self (Archive footage)
movieLillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988 · Herself, Archive footage
movieThe Whales of August
1987 · Sarah Webber
movieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
movieSweet Liberty
1986 · Cecelia Burgess
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986 · Mrs Loftus
movieGreta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
movieLillian Gish
1984 · Self
movieHobson's Choice
1983 · Miss Molly Winkle
movieHambone and Hillie
1983 · Hillie Radcliffe
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
movieThin Ice
1981 · Grandmother
tvHollywood
1980 · Self
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieA Wedding
1978 · Nettie Sloan
Sparrow
1978 · Widow
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Mrs. Williams
movieTwin Detectives
1976 · Billy Jo Haskins
movieBlack Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieLetter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Self
Film '72
1971 · Self
movieLanglois
1970 · Self
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Martha Brewster
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe Comedians
1967 · Mrs. Smith
movieThe Comedians in Africa
1967 · Self (uncredited)
movieWarning Shot
1967 · Alice Willows
movieLionpower from MGM
1967 · Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieFollow Me, Boys!
1966 · Hetty Seibert
movieMrs. Winchester's House
1963 · Narrator
tvMr. Novak
1963 · Maude Phipps
movieThe Great Chase
1962
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Bessie Carnby
movieThe Spiral Staircase
1961 · Mrs. Warren
tvThe Defenders
1961 · Louisa Clarendon, Mrs. Cooper
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Unforgiven
1960 · Mattilda Zachary
movieOrders to Kill
1958 · Mrs. Summers
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Award Accepter, Self - Presenter
tvThe Alcoa Hour
1955 · Esther Crampton
Playwrights '56
1955
Film Fun
1955 · (archive footage)
movieThe Night of the Hunter
1955 · Rachel Cooper
movieThe Cobweb
1955 · Victoria Inch
The Trip to Bountiful
1953 · Carrie Watts
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Grandma Moses
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
moviePortrait of Jennie
1948 · Mother Mary of Mercy
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Abby, Narrator, Carrie Watts
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieDuel in the Sun
1946 · Laura Belle McCanles
movieMiss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Miss Susie Slagle
movieTop Man
1943 · Beth Warren
movieCommandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Mrs. Bergesen
movieHis Double Life
1933 · Alice Chalice
movieThe Movie Album
1932 · (archive footage)
movieOne Romantic Night
1930 · Princess Alexandra
movieThe Wind
1928 · Letty
movieThe Enemy
1927 · Pauli Arndt
movieAnnie Laurie
1927 · Annie Laurie
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1927 · Hester Prynne
movieLa Bohème
1926 · Mimi
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
movieRomola
1924 · Romola
movieThe White Sister
1923 · Angela Chiaromonte
movieFrom Farm to Fame
1922 · Lillian Gish
movieOrphans of the Storm
1921 · Henriette Girard
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921 · Herself
movieWay Down East
1920 · Anna Moore
movieRemodeling Her Husband
1920 · Director, Scenario Writer, Story
movieThe Greatest Question
1919 · Nellie Jarvis
movieTrue Heart Susie
1919 · Susie May Trueheart
movieBroken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 · Lucy Burrows
movieA Romance of Happy Valley
1919 · Jennie Timberlake
movieThe Greatest Thing in Life
1918 · Jeannette Peret, Story
movieLillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
movieThe Great Love
1918 · Susie Broadplains
movieHearts of the World
1918 · The Girl - Marie Stephenson
movieSouls Triumphant
1917 · Lillian Vale
The House Built Upon Sand
1916 · Evelyn Dare
movieThe Children Pay
1916 · Millicent
Diane of the Follies
1916 · Diane
movieIntolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
movieAn Innocent Magdalene
1916 · Dorothy Raleigh
movieSold for Marriage
1916 · Marfa
movieDaphne and the Pirate
1916 · Daphne La Tour
Pathways of Life
1916
movieThe Lily and the Rose
1915 · Mary Randolph
Captain Macklin
1915 · Beatrice
movieEnoch Arden
1915 · Annie Lee
movieThe Lost House
1915 · Dosia Dale
movieThe Birth of a Nation
1915 · Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
His Lesson
1915 · Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
movieThe Sisters
1914 · May
The Folly of Anne
1914 · Anne
movieThe Tear That Burned
1914 · Anita - the Truant
Man's Enemy
1914 · Grace Lisle
movieThe Angel of Contention
1914 · Nettie - the Angel
Lord Chumley
1914 · Eleanor Butterworth
movieThe Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914 · Kitty Belle
movieHome, Sweet Home
1914 · Payne's Sweetheart
The Quicksands
1914
The Hunchback
1914 · The Orphan - as an Adult
movieThe Battle of the Sexes
1914 · Jane Andrews, the daughter
movieJudith of Bethulia
1914 · The Young Mother
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914 · Mary Miller
A Duel for Love
1914
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913 · The Rugmaker's Daughter
movieThe Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913 · Melissa Harlow
The Blue or the Gray
1913
Madonna of the Storm
1913 · The Mother
So Runs the Way
1913 · Fred's Wife
A Modest Hero
1913 · The Wife
movieA Woman in the Ultimate
1913 · Verda
movieAn Indian's Loyalty
1913 · The Ranchero's Daughter
During the Round-Up
1913 · The Ranchero's Daughter
movieThe Mothering Heart
1913 · The Wife
movieA Timely Interception
1913 · The Farmer's Daughter
Just Gold
1913 · The First Brother's Sweetheart
movieThe House of Darkness
1913 · The Nurse
movieThe Lady and the Mouse
1913 · The First Sister
The Left-Handed Man
1913 · The Old Soldier's Daughter
A Misunderstood Boy
1913 · The Daughter
movieThe Little Tease
1913 · Girl in bandana
The Stolen Bride
1913
movieThe Unwelcome Guest
1913 · At Auction (uncredited)
movieOil and Water
1913 · In First Audience (uncredited)
movieA Cry for Help
1912 · The Maid
movieThe Burglar’s Dilemma
1912 · Birthday Wellwisher
movieThe New York Hat
1912 · Customer in Shop / Outside Church
movieBrutality
1912 · At Theatre
movieThe Informer
1912 · Walk on role
movieMy Baby
1912
movieGold and Glitter
1912 · The Young Woman
movieThe Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 · The Little Lady
movieThe Painted Lady
1912 · Belle at Ice Cream Festival
The One She Loved
1912
movieIn the Aisles of the Wild
1912 · The Younger Daughter
movieSo Near, Yet So Far
1912 · A Friend
movieTwo Daughters of Eve
1912 · In Theatre Crowd
movieAn Unseen Enemy
1912 · Eldest Sister