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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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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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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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) | 1986-01-01 |
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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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Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | 1983-12-21 |
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Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | 1983-04-24 |
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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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Lionpower from MGM | 1967-01-01 | |
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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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The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | 1967-08-31 |
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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 Spiral Staircase | Mrs. Warren | 1961-10-04 |
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
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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 Cobweb | Victoria Inch | 1955-06-07 |
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The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | 1955-07-27 |
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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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Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle McCanles | 1946-12-31 |
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Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | 1946-03-04 |
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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 Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | 1927-01-08 |
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The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | 1927-12-08 |
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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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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Herself | 1921-02-22 |
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Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | 1921-12-28 |
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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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The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | 1918-08-11 |
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The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | 1918-12-22 |
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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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Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | 1917-05-19 |
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Sold for Marriage | Marfa | 1916-04-15 |
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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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Diane of the Follies | Diane | 1916-09-24 |
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An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | 1916-06-18 |
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Pathways of Life | 1916-01-01 | |
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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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The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | 1915-11-06 |
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Captain Macklin | Beatrice | 1915-04-22 |
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The Lost House | Dosia Dale | 1915-03-25 |
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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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Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | 1915-04-08 |
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The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | 1914-06-14 |
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The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews, the daughter | 1914-04-12 |
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Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | 1914-06-14 |
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Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | 1914-08-01 |
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The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | 1914-07-05 |
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The Quicksands | 1914-05-01 | |
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A Duel for Love | 1914-01-01 | |
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The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | 1914-11-08 |
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The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | 1914-04-12 |
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The Sisters | May | 1914-11-29 |
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Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | 1914-03-08 |
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Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | 1914-05-16 |
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The Folly of Anne | Anne | 1914-11-14 |
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The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | 1914-02-28 |
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The Stolen Bride | 1913-04-07 | |
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The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction (uncredited) | 1913-03-15 |
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The Blue or the Gray | 1913-11-29 | |
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The House of Darkness | The Nurse | 1913-05-10 |
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Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) | 1913-02-10 |
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A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | 1913-09-03 |
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The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | 1913-04-21 |
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A Modest Hero | The Wife | 1913-09-08 |
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | 1913-12-01 |
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The Mothering Heart | The Wife | 1913-06-21 |
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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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Just Gold | The First Brother's Sweetheart | 1913-05-24 |
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During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | 1913-07-19 |
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So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | 1913-10-11 |
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A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | 1913-04-19 |
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The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister | 1913-04-26 |
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A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | 1913-06-07 |
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An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | 1913-08-15 |
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The Little Tease | Girl in bandana | 1913-04-12 |
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Brutality | At Theatre | 1912-12-02 |
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A Cry for Help | The Maid | 1912-12-23 |
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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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Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | 1912-11-11 |
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An Unseen Enemy | Eldest Sister | 1912-09-09 |
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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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In the Aisles of the Wild | The Younger Daughter | 1912-10-14 |
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The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | 1912-10-24 |
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The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | 1912-12-05 |
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The One She Loved | 1912-10-21 | |
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The Informer | Walk on role | 1912-11-21 |
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My Baby | 1912-11-14 |
