
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