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 received an AFI Life Achievement Award.
151 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 151
The Love Boat
1977
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tony Awards
1956
The Defenders
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Film '72
1971
Mr. Novak
1963
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Playwrights '56
1955
The Alcoa Hour
1955
The Night of the Hunter
1955
Hollywood
1980
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Duel in the Sun
1946
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Unforgiven
1960
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
Portrait of Jennie
1948
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
A Wedding
1978
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
Lionpower from MGM
1967
Warning Shot
1967
The Wind
1928
The Cobweb
1955
Orphans of the Storm
1921
The Whales of August
1987
The Scarlet Letter
1927
Sweet Liberty
1986
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
So Near, Yet So Far
1912
Follow Me, Boys!
1966
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Hearts of the World
1918
The Comedians
1967
The New York Hat
1912
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
The Spiral Staircase
1961
Romola
1924
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Home, Sweet Home
1914
Annie Laurie
1927
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
Twin Detectives
1976
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Top Man
1943
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913
True Heart Susie
1919
An Unseen Enemy
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912
Two Daughters of Eve
1912
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
Hambone and Hillie
1983
Way Down East
1920
Judith of Bethulia
1914
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
The White Sister
1923
La Bohème
1926
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
Orders to Kill
1958
The Enemy
1927
Hobson's Choice
1983
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
My Baby
1912
The Great Love
1918
Man's Enemy
1914
The Unwelcome Guest
1913
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
Thin Ice
1981
Early Directors on Directing
2009
Brutality
1912
Madonna of the Storm
1913
The Lily and the Rose
1915
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995
The Great Chase
1962
Pathways of Life
1916
The Sisters
1914
The One She Loved
1912
Langlois
1970
Lord Chumley
1914
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918
Sold for Marriage
1916
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914
The Greatest Question
1919
I Am Not a Racist
2019
One Romantic Night
1930
Lillian Gish
1984
The Painted Lady
1912
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
Film Fun
1955
The Lady and the Mouse
1913
Oil and Water
1913
Souls Triumphant
1917
The Battle of the Sexes
1914
The Informer
1912
Enoch Arden
1915
The Lost House
1915
The Left-Handed Man
1913
During the Round-Up
1913
A Modest Hero
1913
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988
The Comedians in Africa
1967
The Children Pay
1916
An Innocent Magdalene
1916
The House of Darkness
1913
The Quicksands
1914
His Double Life
1933
The Blue or the Gray
1913
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914
The Angel of Contention
1914
The Little Tease
1913
The Mothering Heart
1913
Diane of the Follies
1916
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913
A Misunderstood Boy
1913
The Flapper
2021
Gold and Glitter
1912
A Duel for Love
1914
A Cry for Help
1912
The Folly of Anne
1914
Daphne and the Pirate
1916
Night Hunter
2011
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993
The Hunchback
1914
His Lesson
1915
An Indian's Loyalty
1913
A Timely Interception
1913
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
The Tear That Burned
1914
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912
Captain Macklin
1915
From Farm to Fame
1922
Just Gold
1913
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963
The House Built Upon Sand
1916
The Stolen Bride
1913
The Movie Album
1932
So Runs the Way
1913
