Lillian Gish

Known for ActingBorn 1893-10-14Died 1993-02-27Springfield, 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.Read more

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

The Trip to Bountiful

Pathways of Life

The Quicksands

Thin Ice

Top Man

The Movie Album

Hollywood

A Duel for Love

The Folly of Anne

Man's Enemy

Miss Susie Slagle's

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown

Night of 100 Stars II

Twin Detectives

The Spiral Staircase

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Night of the Hunter

The Women Who Run Hollywood

From Farm to Fame

The Kennedy Center Honors

His Lesson

Sigrid Holmquist

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

Mr. Novak

Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'

The Whales of August

Orders to Kill

Hobson's Choice

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Arsenic and Old Lace

Portrait of Jennie

The Wind

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Night of 100 Stars

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

The Alcoa Hour

The Dick Cavett Show

The White Sister

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Scarlet Letter

Follow Me, Boys!

Lillian Gish

The Ed Sullivan Show

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

True Heart Susie

The Green-Eyed Devil