Lillian Gish
Acting
1893-10-14 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
The Flapper
2021 · Movie
I Am Not a Racist
2019 · Movie
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · Movie
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
2014 · Movie
Night Hunter
2011 · Movie
Sigrid Holmquist
2010 · Movie
Early Directors on Directing
2009 · Movie
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 · Movie
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002 · Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 · Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995 · Movie
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors
1993 · Movie
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993 · Movie
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988 · Movie
The Whales of August
1987 · Movie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
Sweet Liberty
1986 · Movie
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986 · Movie
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
Lillian Gish
1984 · Movie
Hobson's Choice
1983 · Movie
Hambone and Hillie
1983 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
Thin Ice
1981 · Movie
Hollywood
1980 · Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
A Wedding
1978 · Movie
Sparrow
1978 · Movie
The Love Boat
1977 · Series
Twin Detectives
1976 · Movie
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
1975 · Movie
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 · Movie
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974 · Movie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · Series
Film '72
1971 · Series
Langlois
1970 · Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969 · Movie
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
The Comedians
1967 · Movie
The Comedians in Africa
1967 · Movie
Warning Shot
1967 · Movie
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · Movie
Follow Me, Boys!
1966 · Movie
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963 · Movie
Mr. Novak
1963 · Series
The Great Chase
1962 · Movie
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Spiral Staircase
1961 · Movie
The Defenders
1961 · Series
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Movie
The Unforgiven
1960 · Movie
Orders to Kill
1958 · Movie
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
The Alcoa Hour
1955 · Series
Playwrights '56
1955 · Series
Film Fun
1955 · Movie
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Movie
The Cobweb
1955 · Movie
The Trip to Bountiful
1953 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Duel in the Sun
1946 · Movie
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946 · Movie
Top Man
1943 · Movie
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Movie
His Double Life
1933 · Movie
The Movie Album
1932 · Movie
One Romantic Night
1930 · Movie
The Wind
1928 · Movie
The Enemy
1927 · Movie
Annie Laurie
1927 · Movie
The Scarlet Letter
1927 · Movie
La Bohème
1926 · Movie
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · Movie
Romola
1924 · Movie
The White Sister
1923 · Movie
From Farm to Fame
1922 · Movie
Orphans of the Storm
1921 · Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921 · Movie
Way Down East
1920 · Movie
Remodeling Her Husband
1920 · Movie
The Greatest Question
1919 · Movie
True Heart Susie
1919 · Movie
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 · Movie
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 · Movie
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918 · Movie
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918 · Movie
The Great Love
1918 · Movie
Hearts of the World
1918 · Movie
Souls Triumphant
1917 · Movie
The House Built Upon Sand
1916 · Movie
The Children Pay
1916 · Movie
Diane of the Follies
1916 · Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · Movie
An Innocent Magdalene
1916 · Movie
Sold for Marriage
1916 · Movie
Daphne and the Pirate
1916 · Movie
Pathways of Life
1916 · Movie
The Lily and the Rose
1915 · Movie
Captain Macklin
1915 · Movie
Enoch Arden
1915 · Movie
The Lost House
1915 · Movie
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · Movie
His Lesson
1915 · Movie
The Sisters
1914 · Movie
The Folly of Anne
1914 · Movie
The Tear That Burned
1914 · Movie
Man's Enemy
1914 · Movie
The Angel of Contention
1914 · Movie
Lord Chumley
1914 · Movie
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914 · Movie
Home, Sweet Home
1914 · Movie
The Quicksands
1914 · Movie
The Hunchback
1914 · Movie
The Battle of the Sexes
1914 · Movie
Judith of Bethulia
1914 · Movie
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914 · Movie
A Duel for Love
1914 · Movie
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913 · Movie
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913 · Movie
The Blue or the Gray
1913 · Movie
Madonna of the Storm
1913 · Movie
So Runs the Way
1913 · Movie
A Modest Hero
1913 · Movie
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913 · Movie
An Indian's Loyalty
1913 · Movie
During the Round-Up
1913 · Movie
The Mothering Heart
1913 · Movie
A Timely Interception
1913 · Movie
Just Gold
1913 · Movie
The House of Darkness
1913 · Movie
The Lady and the Mouse
1913 · Movie
The Left-Handed Man
1913 · Movie
A Misunderstood Boy
1913 · Movie
The Little Tease
1913 · Movie
The Stolen Bride
1913 · Movie
The Unwelcome Guest
1913 · Movie
Oil and Water
1913 · Movie
A Cry for Help
1912 · Movie
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912 · Movie
The New York Hat
1912 · Movie
Brutality
1912 · Movie
The Informer
1912 · Movie
My Baby
1912 · Movie
Gold and Glitter
1912 · Movie
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 · Movie
The Painted Lady
1912 · Movie
The One She Loved
1912 · Movie
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912 · Movie
So Near, Yet So Far
1912 · Movie
Two Daughters of Eve
1912 · Movie
An Unseen Enemy
1912 · Movie