Lillian Gish
Known for: Acting
Born: October 14, 1893
Died: February 27, 1993
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…
Known for
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
The Wind
1928
Way Down East
1920
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988
Early Directors on Directing
2009
True Heart Susie
1919
Orphans of the Storm
1921
The White Sister
1923
Romola
1924
The Scarlet Letter
1927
The Left-Handed Man
1913
An Unseen Enemy
1912
The Mothering Heart
1913
La Bohème
1926
Night Hunter
2011
Hambone and Hillie
1983
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919
One Romantic Night
1930
Hearts of the World
1918
The Greatest Question
1919
Annie Laurie
1927
The Lily and the Rose
1915
Daphne and the Pirate
1916
An Innocent Magdalene
1916
Diane of the Follies
1916
The Children Pay
1916
The House Built Upon Sand
1916
The Great Love
1918
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913
The Enemy
1927
Sold for Marriage
1916
Souls Triumphant
1917
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
Madonna of the Storm
1913
The Quicksands
1914
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
Lord Chumley
1914
The Angel of Contention
1914
Man's Enemy
1914
The Tear That Burned
1914
The Folly of Anne
1914
The Sisters
1914
The Lost House
1915
Captain Macklin
1915
Pathways of Life
1916
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
Lillian Gish
1984
The Great Chase
1962
I Am Not a Racist
2019
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
The Whales of August
1987
A Cry for Help
1912
During the Round-Up
1913
A Modest Hero
1913
So Runs the Way
1913
The Hunchback
1914
Enoch Arden
1915
The Spiral Staircase
1961
His Double Life
1933
A Duel for Love
1914
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
A Timely Interception
1913
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914
The Flapper
2021
The Night of the Hunter
1955
Orders to Kill
1958
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913
From Farm to Fame
1922
Home, Sweet Home
1914
Top Man
1943
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
Twin Detectives
1976
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993
Sparrow
1978
Portrait of Jennie
1948
Gold and Glitter
1912
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Hobson's Choice
1983
Film Fun
1955
The House of Darkness
1913
Brutality
1912
The Cobweb
1955
Warning Shot
1967
Langlois
1970
The Comedians in Africa
1967
Thin Ice
1981
The Unforgiven
1960
Duel in the Sun
1946
Sweet Liberty
1986
Judith of Bethulia
1914
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
The Comedians
1967
A Wedding
1978
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
Just Gold
1913
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
The Stolen Bride
1913
The New York Hat
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
The Blue or the Gray
1913
The One She Loved
1912
Oil and Water
1913
The Movie Album
1932
The Painted Lady
1912
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
His Lesson
1915
The Informer
1912
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
The Little Tease
1913
My Baby
1912
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
100 Years at the Movies
1994
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Mr. Novak
1963
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Playwrights '56
1955
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
The Defenders
1961
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Hollywood
1980
The Alcoa Hour
1955
The Love Boat
1977
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Film '72
1971
Tony Awards
1956