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.
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The Flapper | (archive footage) | 2021-04-08 |
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I Am Not a Racist | Elsie | 2019-06-16 |
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Et la femme créa Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2016-05-16 |
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Night Hunter | 2011-04-01 | |
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Sigrid Holmquist | Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | 2010-10-08 |
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Early Directors on Directing | Self | 2009-01-01 |
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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) | 2008-08-29 |
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Bienvenue à Cannes | Self (archive footage) | 2007-10-27 |
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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 | 2002-09-10 | |
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' | Self | 1995-02-19 |
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Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me | Herself, Archive footage | 1988-07-11 |
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The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | 1987-10-14 |
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | 1987-05-18 |
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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-01 |
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Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess | 1986-05-16 |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mrs Loftus | 1986-02-10 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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Lillian Gish | Self | 1984-07-16 |
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Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | 1983-04-24 |
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Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | 1983-12-21 |
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Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 |
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Thin Ice | Grandmother | 1981-02-17 |
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A Wedding | Nettie Sloan | 1978-08-29 |
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Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | 1976-05-01 |
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1975-04-19 |
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974-04-11 |
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Langlois | Self | 1970-09-19 |
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Arsenic and Old Lace | Martha Brewster | 1969-04-02 |
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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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The Comedians | Mrs. Smith | 1967-10-31 |
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Warning Shot | Alice Willows | 1967-01-18 |
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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert | 1966-12-01 |
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Mrs. Winchester's House | Narrator | 1963-10-31 |
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The Great Chase | 1962-12-20 | |
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
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The Spiral Staircase | Mrs. Warren | 1961-10-04 |
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The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary | 1960-04-06 |
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Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers | 1958-07-25 |
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Film Fun | (archive footage) | 1955-08-19 |
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The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | 1955-07-27 |
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The Cobweb | Victoria Inch | 1955-06-07 |
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The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts | 1953-03-01 |
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Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy | 1948-12-25 |
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Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | 1946-03-04 |
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Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
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Top Man | Beth Warren | 1943-09-17 |
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Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen | 1942-12-30 |
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His Double Life | Alice Chalice | 1933-12-14 |
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One Romantic Night | Princess Alexandra | 1930-04-30 |
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The Wind | Letty | 1928-09-15 |
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Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | 1927-05-10 |
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The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | 1927-12-08 |
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The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | 1927-01-08 |
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La Bohème | Mimi | 1926-03-13 |
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 1925-12-25 |
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Romola | Romola | 1924-12-06 |
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The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | 1923-09-05 |
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From Farm to Fame | Lillian Gish | 1922-10-01 |
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Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | 1921-12-28 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Herself | 1921-02-22 |
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Way Down East | Anna Moore | 1920-09-03 |
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Lucy Burrows | 1919-05-13 |
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True Heart Susie | Susie May Trueheart | 1919-06-01 |
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The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis | 1919-12-27 |
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A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | 1919-01-26 |
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Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | 1918-11-17 | |
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Hearts of the World | The Girl - Marie Stephenson | 1918-03-11 |
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The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | 1918-12-22 |
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The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | 1918-08-11 |
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Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | 1917-05-19 |
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Pathways of Life | 1916-01-01 | |
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Sold for Marriage | Marfa | 1916-04-15 |
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Diane of the Follies | Diane | 1916-09-24 |
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An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | 1916-06-18 |
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The Children Pay | Millicent | 1916-11-26 |
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Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | 1916-03-04 |
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle | 1916-09-04 |
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The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | 1916-12-31 |
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The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | 1915-11-06 |
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The Lost House | Dosia Dale | 1915-03-25 |
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Captain Macklin | Beatrice | 1915-04-22 |
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Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | 1915-04-08 |
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His Lesson | Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) | 1915-01-05 |
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The Birth of a Nation | Stoneman's Daughter Elsie | 1915-03-08 |
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The Sisters | May | 1914-11-29 |
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Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | 1914-06-14 |
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The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | 1914-06-14 |
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The Quicksands | 1914-05-01 | |
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The Folly of Anne | Anne | 1914-11-14 |
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The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | 1914-07-05 |
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Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | 1914-08-01 |
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The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | 1914-11-08 |
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A Duel for Love | 1914-01-01 | |
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Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | 1914-05-16 |
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Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | 1914-03-08 |
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The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | 1914-04-12 |
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The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews, the daughter | 1914-04-12 |
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The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | 1914-02-28 |
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The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction (uncredited) | 1913-03-15 |
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Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) | 1913-02-10 |
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The House of Darkness | The Nurse | 1913-05-10 |
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The Stolen Bride | 1913-04-07 | |
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The Blue or the Gray | 1913-11-29 | |
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The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | 1913-12-20 |
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Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | 1913-10-25 |
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So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | 1913-10-11 |
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A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | 1913-06-07 |
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The Mothering Heart | The Wife | 1913-06-21 |
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | 1913-12-01 |
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An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | 1913-08-15 |
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A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | 1913-09-03 |
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A Modest Hero | The Wife | 1913-09-08 |
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The Little Tease | Girl in bandana | 1913-04-12 |
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During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | 1913-07-19 |
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A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | 1913-04-19 |
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The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | 1913-04-21 |
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The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister | 1913-04-26 |
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Just Gold | The First Brother's Sweetheart | 1913-05-24 |
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley | The Little Lady | 1912-10-31 |
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Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | 1912-09-19 |
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The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | 1912-10-24 |
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Brutality | At Theatre | 1912-12-02 |
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So Near, Yet So Far | A Friend | 1912-09-29 |
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The Burglar’s Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | 1912-12-16 |
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A Cry for Help | The Maid | 1912-12-23 |
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An Unseen Enemy | Eldest Sister | 1912-09-09 |
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Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | 1912-11-11 |
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The Informer | Walk on role | 1912-11-21 |
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The One She Loved | 1912-10-21 | |
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The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | 1912-12-05 |
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My Baby | 1912-11-14 | |
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In the Aisles of the Wild | The Younger Daughter | 1912-10-14 |
