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Lillian Gish

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lillian Gish, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 14, 1893 In Springfield, Ohio, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
77
First Appeared:
In the movie An Unseen Enemy 1912-09-09
Latest Project:
Movie The Women Who Run Hollywood 2016-05-16
Known For
Poster of Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Poster of Enoch Arden
Poster of Judith of Bethulia
Poster of The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Filmography
Movie The Women Who Run Hollywood Herself (archive footage) 2016-05-16
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Self (archive footage) 2008-08-29
Movie Cannes: All Access Self (archive footage) 2007-10-27
Movie The Whales of August Sarah Webber 1987-10-14
Movie Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown Self (archive footage) 1986-01-01
Movie Sweet Liberty Cecelia Burgess 1986-05-16
Movie The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mrs Loftus 1986-02-10
Movie Night of 100 Stars II Self 1985-03-10
Movie Hambone and Hillie Hillie Radcliffe 1983-04-24
Movie Night of 100 Stars Self 1982-03-08
Series Hollywood 1980-01-08
Movie A Wedding Nettie Sloan 1978-08-29
Series The Kennedy Center Honors Unknown 1978-12-28
Movie The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton Interviewee 1978-08-31
Movie Letter to Jane Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) 1972-10-10
Movie Langlois Self 1970-09-19
Movie Warning Shot Alice Willows 1967-01-18
Movie The Comedians Mrs. Smith 1967-10-31
Movie Follow Me, Boys! Hetty Seibert 1966-12-01
Series Mr. Novak Unknown 1963-09-24
Movie The Unforgiven Mattilda Zachary 1960-04-06
Movie Orders to Kill Mrs. Summers 1958-07-25
Series Playwrights '56 Unknown 1955-10-04
Movie The Cobweb Victoria Inch 1955-06-07
Movie The Night of the Hunter Rachel Cooper 1955-08-26
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Unknown 1948-06-20
Movie Portrait of Jennie Mother Mary of Mercy 1948-12-25
Series The Philco Television Playhouse Unknown 1948-10-03
Movie Miss Susie Slagle's Miss Susie Slagle 1946-03-04
Movie Duel in the Sun Laura Belle McCanles 1946-12-31
Movie Top Man Beth Warren 1943-09-17
Movie Commandos Strike at Dawn Mrs. Bergesen 1942-12-30
Movie His Double Life Alice Chalice 1933-12-14
Movie One Romantic Night Princess Alexandra 1930-04-30
Movie The Wind Letty 1928-09-15
Movie The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne 1927-01-08
Movie Annie Laurie Annie Laurie 1927-05-10
Movie The Enemy Pauli Arndt 1927-12-08
Movie La Bohème Mimi 1926-03-13
Movie Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) 1925-12-25
Movie Romola Romola 1924-12-06
Movie The White Sister Angela Chiaromonte 1923-09-05
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) Herself 1921-02-22
Movie Way Down East Anna Moore 1920-09-03
Movie A Romance of Happy Valley Jennie Timberlake 1919-01-26
Movie True Heart Susie Susie May Trueheart 1919-06-01
Movie The Greatest Question Nellie Jarvis 1919-12-27
Movie The Great Love Susie Broadplains 1918-08-11
Movie Hearts of the World The Girl - Marie Stephenson 1918-03-11
Movie The Greatest Thing in Life Jeannette Peret 1918-12-22
Movie Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal 1918-11-17
Movie Souls Triumphant Lillian Vale 1917-05-19
Movie An Innocent Magdalene Dorothy Raleigh 1916-06-18
Movie Sold for Marriage Marfa 1916-04-15
Movie Daphne and the Pirate Daphne La Tour 1916-03-04
Movie Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle 1916-09-04
Movie Diane of the Follies Diane 1916-09-24
Movie The House Built Upon Sand Evelyn Dare 1916-12-31
Movie The Children Pay Millicent 1916-11-26
Movie Enoch Arden Annie Lee 1915-04-08
Movie The Lily and the Rose Mary Randolph 1915-11-06
Movie Home, Sweet Home Payne's Sweetheart 1914-05-16
Movie Judith of Bethulia The Young Mother 1914-03-08
Movie The Mothering Heart The Wife 1913-06-21
Movie An Indian's Loyalty The Ranchero's Daughter 1913-08-15
Movie A Woman in the Ultimate Verda 1913-09-03
Movie The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Melissa Harlow 1913-12-01
Movie The Painted Lady Belle at Ice Cream Festival 1912-10-24
Movie An Unseen Enemy Eldest Sister 1912-09-09
Movie The Musketeers of Pig Alley The Little Lady 1912-10-31
Movie So Near, Yet So Far A Friend 1912-09-29
Movie Brutality At Theatre 1912-12-02
Movie The Burglar’s Dilemma Birthday Wellwisher 1912-12-16
Movie The New York Hat Customer in Shop / Outside Church 1912-12-05
Movie The Informer Walk on role 1912-11-21
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