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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 14, 1893
Died
February 27, 1993
Place of Birth
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Lillian Diana Gish
- The First Lady of American Cinema
- Dorothy Elizabeth Carter
- 릴리안 기쉬
- 릴리안 기시
- 릴리언 기쉬
- 릴리언 기시
Lillian Gish
1.3 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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(archive footage)
The Flapper
2021
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Elsie
I Am Not a Racist
2019
7.1
Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
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Night Hunter
2011
7.0
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
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Self
Early Directors on Directing
2009
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
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Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
7.0
Self
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995
Credits
The Flapper
as (archive footage)
2021
0.0
I Am Not a Racist
as Elsie
2019
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The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.1
Night Hunter
2011
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Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2010
7.0
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
2009
0.0
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
2008
5.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
1998
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Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
as Self
1995
7.0
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Herself, Archive footage
1988
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The Whales of August
as Sarah Webber
1987
7.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Sweet Liberty
as Cecelia Burgess
1986
5.3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs Loftus
1986
6.7
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
1986
8.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Lillian Gish
as Self
1984
6.5
Hobson's Choice
as Miss Molly Winkle
1983
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Hambone and Hillie
as Hillie Radcliffe
1983
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Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Thin Ice
as Grandmother
1981
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Hollywood
as Self
1980
8.3
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
A Wedding
as Nettie Sloan
1978
6.2
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Williams
1977
6.3
Twin Detectives
as Billy Jo Haskins
1976
6.0
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1975
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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Langlois
as Self
1970
4.5
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Martha Brewster
1969
7.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Comedians
as Mrs. Smith
1967
6.1
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
1967
5.3
Warning Shot
as Alice Willows
1967
6.3
Lionpower from MGM
1967
4.5
Follow Me, Boys!
as Hetty Seibert
1966
6.6
Mrs. Winchester's House
as Narrator
1963
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Mr. Novak
as Maude Phipps
1963
6.5
The Great Chase
1962
6.2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Bessie Carnby
1962
7.9
The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Warren
1961
6.0
The Defenders
as Louisa Clarendon
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Mrs. Cooper
1961
5.9
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1961
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The Unforgiven
as Mattilda Zachary
1960
6.2
Orders to Kill
as Mrs. Summers
1958
7.2
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Award Accepter
1956
5.9
The Alcoa Hour
as Esther Crampton
1955
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Playwrights '56
1955
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Film Fun
as (archive footage)
1955
4.0
The Night of the Hunter
as Rachel Cooper
1955
7.9
The Cobweb
as Victoria Inch
1955
5.6
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The Trip to Bountiful
as Carrie Watts
1953
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Grandma Moses
1951
7.2
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Portrait of Jennie
as Mother Mary of Mercy
1948
7.1
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Abby
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Narrator
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Carrie Watts
1948
6.3
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Duel in the Sun
as Laura Belle McCanles
1946
6.3
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Miss Susie Slagle
1946
10.0
Top Man
as Beth Warren
1943
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Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Mrs. Bergesen
1942
5.4
His Double Life
as Alice Chalice
1933
6.4
One Romantic Night
as Princess Alexandra
1930
5.3
The Wind
as Letty
1928
7.3
The Enemy
as Pauli Arndt
1927
5.5
Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie
1927
6.7
The Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne
1927
7.1
La Bohème
as Mimi
1926
6.3
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
7.3
Romola
as Romola
1924
6.6
The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte
1923
7.0
From Farm to Fame
as Lillian Gish
1922
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Orphans of the Storm
as Henriette Girard
1921
6.8
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Herself
1921
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Way Down East
as Anna Moore
1920
7.0
The Greatest Question
as Nellie Jarvis
1919
5.9
True Heart Susie
as Susie May Trueheart
1919
6.9
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as Lucy Burrows
1919
6.9
A Romance of Happy Valley
as Jennie Timberlake
1919
6.9
The Greatest Thing in Life
as Jeannette Peret
1918
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Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918
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The Great Love
as Susie Broadplains
1918
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Hearts of the World
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
1918
6.0
Souls Triumphant
as Lillian Vale
1917
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The House Built Upon Sand
as Evelyn Dare
1916
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The Children Pay
as Millicent
1916
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Diane of the Follies
as Diane
1916
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
1916
7.1
An Innocent Magdalene
as Dorothy Raleigh
1916
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Sold for Marriage
as Marfa
1916
5.9
Daphne and the Pirate
as Daphne La Tour
1916
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Pathways of Life
1916
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The Lily and the Rose
as Mary Randolph
1915
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Captain Macklin
as Beatrice
1915
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Enoch Arden
as Annie Lee
1915
6.3
The Lost House
as Dosia Dale
1915
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The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
1915
5.9
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His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
1915
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The Sisters
as May
1914
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The Folly of Anne
as Anne
1914
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The Tear That Burned
as Anita - the Truant
1914
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Man's Enemy
as Grace Lisle
1914
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The Angel of Contention
as Nettie - the Angel
1914
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Lord Chumley
as Eleanor Butterworth
1914
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The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as Kitty Belle
1914
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Home, Sweet Home
as Payne's Sweetheart
1914
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The Quicksands
1914
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The Battle of the Sexes
as Jane Andrews, the daughter
1914
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The Hunchback
as The Orphan - as an Adult
1914
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Judith of Bethulia
as The Young Mother
1914
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The Green-Eyed Devil
as Mary Miller
1914
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A Duel for Love
1914
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The Conscience of Hassan Bey
as The Rugmaker's Daughter
1913
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Melissa Harlow
1913
5.9
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The Blue or the Gray
1913
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Madonna of the Storm
as The Mother
1913
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So Runs the Way
as Fred's Wife
1913
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A Modest Hero
as The Wife
1913
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A Woman in the Ultimate
as Verda
1913
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An Indian's Loyalty
as The Ranchero's Daughter
1913
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During the Round-Up
as The Ranchero's Daughter
1913
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The Mothering Heart
as The Wife
1913
5.6
A Timely Interception
as The Farmer's Daughter
1913
4.8
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Just Gold
as The First Brother's Sweetheart
1913
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The House of Darkness
as The Nurse
1913
5.0
The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Sister
1913
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The Left-Handed Man
as The Old Soldier's Daughter
1913
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A Misunderstood Boy
as The Daughter
1913
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The Little Tease
as Girl in bandana
1913
5.0
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The Stolen Bride
1913
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The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
1913
5.0
Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)
1913
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A Cry for Help
as The Maid
1912
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The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher
1912
5.3
The New York Hat
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
1912
5.7
Brutality
as At Theatre
1912
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The Informer
as Walk on role
1912
0.0
My Baby
1912
5.5
Gold and Glitter
as The Young Woman
1912
0.0
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Little Lady
1912
6.2
The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
1912
5.5
The One She Loved
1912
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In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Younger Daughter
1912
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So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend
1912
5.9
Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd
1912
0.0
An Unseen Enemy
as Eldest Sister
1912
5.6