Lillian Gish
Known for Acting · 151 credits
- Born
- 1893-10-14
- Died
- 1993-02-27
- Place of birth
- Springfield, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Lillian Diana Gish · The First Lady of American Cinema · Dorothy Elizabeth Carter · 릴리안 기쉬 · 릴리안 기시 · 릴리언 기쉬
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
The Love Boat
1977
as Mrs. Williams
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Award Accepter / Self - Presenter
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Bessie Carnby
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Abby / Narrator / Carrie Watts
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Louisa Clarendon / Mrs. Cooper
Film '72
1971
as Self
Mr. Novak
1963
as Maude Phipps
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Playwrights '56
1955
The Alcoa Hour
1955
as Esther Crampton
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Grandma Moses
Movies (135)
The Night of the Hunter
1955
as Rachel Cooper
The Unforgiven
1960
as Mattilda Zachary
A Wedding
1978
as Nettie Sloan
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Laura Belle McCanles
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
as Lucy Burrows
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
My Baby
1912
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Thin Ice
1981
as Grandmother
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986
as Mrs Loftus
La Bohème
1926
as Mimi
Just Gold
1913
as The First Brother's Sweetheart
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Portrait of Jennie
1948
as Mother Mary of Mercy
The Comedians
1967
as Mrs. Smith
Judith of Bethulia
1914
as The Young Mother
The Whales of August
1987
as Sarah Webber
Film Fun
1955
as (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Lord Chumley
1914
as Eleanor Butterworth
The Cobweb
1955
as Victoria Inch
The White Sister
1923
as Angela Chiaromonte
Warning Shot
1967
as Alice Willows
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
as Hetty Seibert
Lionpower from MGM
1967
as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sweet Liberty
1986
as Cecelia Burgess
Lillian Gish
1984
as Self
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
as Mrs. Bergesen
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Scarlet Letter
1927
as Hester Prynne
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Annie Laurie
1927
as Annie Laurie
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
as The Little Lady
Orphans of the Storm
1921
as Henriette Girard
Top Man
1943
as Beth Warren
Twin Detectives
1976
as Billy Jo Haskins
Way Down East
1920
as Anna Moore
The Enemy
1927
as Pauli Arndt
Early Directors on Directing
2009
as Self
The Wind
1928
as Letty
Hambone and Hillie
1983
as Hillie Radcliffe
Langlois
1970
as Self
The One She Loved
1912
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
as Melissa Harlow
The Sisters
1914
as May
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
Orders to Kill
1958
as Mrs. Summers
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
as Miss Susie Slagle
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Home, Sweet Home
1914
as Payne's Sweetheart
The Informer
1912
as Walk on role
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
as Birthday Wellwisher
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
as The First Sister
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
as A Friend
Sold for Marriage
1916
as Marfa
Romola
1924
as Romola
True Heart Susie
1919
as Susie May Trueheart
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
as Carrie Watts
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
as Jeannette Peret
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Love
1918
as Susie Broadplains
The Children Pay
1916
as Millicent
A Duel for Love
1914
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
as Martha Brewster
The Greatest Question
1919
as Nellie Jarvis
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
as Jane Andrews, the daughter
The New York Hat
1912
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
The Mothering Heart
1913
as The Wife
During the Round-Up
1913
as The Ranchero's Daughter
Hobson's Choice
1983
as Miss Molly Winkle
I Am Not a Racist
2019
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brutality
1912
as At Theatre
The Tear That Burned
1914
as Anita - the Truant
The Painted Lady
1912
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
Hearts of the World
1918
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
as In Theatre Crowd
Captain Macklin
1915
as Beatrice
The Little Tease
1913
as Girl in bandana
An Unseen Enemy
1912
as Eldest Sister
The Lily and the Rose
1915
as Mary Randolph
The Spiral Staircase
1961
as Mrs. Warren
Daphne and the Pirate
1916
as Daphne La Tour
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
as Self (archive footage)
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914
as Mary Miller
The Comedians in Africa
1967
as Self (uncredited)
The Great Chase
1962
The Stolen Bride
1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913
as Verda
An Innocent Magdalene
1916
as Dorothy Raleigh
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self (archive footage)
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
as The Younger Daughter
Enoch Arden
1915
as Annie Lee
Oil and Water
1913
as In First Audience (uncredited)
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919
as Jennie Timberlake
Diane of the Follies
1916
as Diane
A Cry for Help
1912
as The Maid
The Angel of Contention
1914
as Nettie - the Angel
The Hunchback
1914
as The Orphan - as an Adult
Pathways of Life
1916
The House of Darkness
1913
as The Nurse
The Flapper
2021
as (archive footage)
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
as The Ranchero's Daughter
The Blue or the Gray
1913
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Quicksands
1914
Man's Enemy
1914
as Grace Lisle
His Double Life
1933
as Alice Chalice
From Farm to Fame
1922
as Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
The Folly of Anne
1914
as Anne
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995
as Self
The Lost House
1915
as Dosia Dale
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
as At Auction (uncredited)
One Romantic Night
1930
as Princess Alexandra
A Timely Interception
1913
as The Farmer's Daughter
A Modest Hero
1913
as The Wife
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
as The Daughter
About 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). S… With 151 credits spanning from 1912 to 2021, Lillian Gish has appeared in 135 films and 16 TV shows.
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- The Night of the Hunter (1955) — as Rachel Cooper
- The Unforgiven (1960) — as Mattilda Zachary
- A Wedding (1978) — as Nettie Sloan
- Duel in the Sun (1946) — as Laura Belle McCanles
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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