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Lillian Gish
American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter
Lillian Gish biography
Lillian Gish was an American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter, born on 14 October 1893 in Springfield, who died on 27 February 1993.
Lillian Gish's screen career began in 1912 with Two Daughters of Eve.
Lillian Gish appeared in 96 films and 23 television or streaming titles between 1912 and 2016.
Honours include Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Academy Honorary Award and Kennedy Center Honors.
- Also known as
- First Lady of American Cinema, Lillian De Guiche, Lilian Gish, Lillian Diana Gish
- Born
- 14 October 1893
- Died
- 27 February 1993 (aged 99)
- Birthplace
- Springfield
- Work
- Film actor, Film director, Autobiographer, Screenwriter, Stage actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1902 to 1988
- Awards
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Academy Honorary Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
- AFI Life Achievement Award
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
- Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
Lillian Gish filmography
96 films and 23 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Women Who Run Hollywood | |||
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | ||
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess | ||
| 1983 | Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | ||
| 1978 | A Wedding | Nettie Sloan | ||
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Alice Willows | ||
| 1967 | The Comedians | Mrs. Smith | ||
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert | ||
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses | |||
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary | ||
| 1958 | Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers | ||
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | ||
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Victoria Inch | ||
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy | ||
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | ||
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1943 | Top Man | Beth Warren | Alternate title: Man of the Family | |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen | ||
| 1933 | His Double Life | Alice Chalice | ||
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | English | ||
| 1928 | The Wind | Letty | ||
| 1927 | The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | Final reel is lost | |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | ||
| 1926 | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | ||
| 1926 | La Bohème | Mimi |
Show all 96 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator | Cameo (Uncredited) | |
| 1924 | Romola | Romola | ||
| 1923 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | ||
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | ||
| 1920 | Way Down East | Anna Moore | ||
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | , N/a | Director only Lost | |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms | Lucy Burrows | ||
| 1919 | True Heart Susie | True Heart Susie | ||
| 1919 | The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis | ||
| 1919 | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | ||
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | Marie Stephenson | ||
| 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | Lost | |
| 1918 | The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | Lost | |
| 1918 | Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | Lost | ||
| 1917 | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | Lost | |
| 1916 | Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | Lost | |
| 1916 | The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | Lost | |
| 1916 | The Children Pay | Millicent | ||
| 1916 | Sold for Marriage | Marfa | ||
| 1916 | Pathways of Life | |||
| 1916 | Intolerance | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle / Eternal Mother | ||
| 1916 | Diane of the Follies | Diane | Lost | |
| 1916 | An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | Lost | |
| 1915 | The Lost House | Dosia Dale | Lost | |
| 1915 | The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | ||
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Elsie Stoneman | ||
| 1915 | Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | ||
| 1915 | Captain Macklin | Beatrice | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Sisters | May | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Quicksands | Lost | ||
| 1914 | The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Battle of the Sexes | |||
| 1914 | The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | Lost | |
| 1914 | Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | ||
| 1914 | Lord Chumley | |||
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | English | ||
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | |||
| 1914 | The Folly of Anne | Anne | Lost | |
| 1913 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | ||
| 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction | Uncredited | |
| 1913 | The Mothering Heart | The Young Wife | ||
| 1913 | The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | ||
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister Woman | ||
| 1913 | The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | ||
| 1913 | The Blue or the Gray | |||
| 1913 | So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | Lost | |
| 1913 | Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | Lost | |
| 1913 | During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | Lost | |
| 1913 | An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | Lost | |
| 1913 | A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | Lost | |
| 1913 | The Little Tease | Girl in bandanna | Lost | |
| 1913 | The House of Darkness | The Nurse | ||
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience | Uncredited | |
| 1913 | Just Gold | The Sweetheart | ||
| 1913 | A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | ||
| 1913 | A Modest Hero | The Wife | Lost | |
| 1913 | A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | ||
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | |||
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | |||
| 1912 | The One She Loved | |||
| 1912 | The New York Hat | |||
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | English | ||
| 1912 | The Informer | |||
| 1912 | The Burglar's Dilemma | |||
| 1912 | So Near, Yet so Far | |||
| 1912 | In the Aisles of the Wild | |||
| 1912 | Gold and Glitter | |||
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Loftus | Episode: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" | |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | TV movie | |
| 1981 | Thin Ice | Grandmother | TV movie | |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Williams | Episode: "Isaac's Teacher" | |
| 1978 | Sparrow | Widow | TV movie | |
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | TV movie | |
| 1969 | Arsenic And Old Lace | Martha Brewster | TV movie | |
| 1964 | The Defenders | Mrs. Cooper | Episode: "Stowaway" | |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bessie Carnby | Episode: "Body in the Barn" | |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Miss Maude Phipps | Episode: "Hello, Miss Phipps" | |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | Stella Manville | Episode: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct" | |
| 1962 | The Defenders | Laura Clarendon | Episode: "Grandma TNT" | |
| 1960 | The Play of the Week | Dolly Talbo | Episode: "The Glass Harp" | |
| 1956 | The Alcoa Hour | Esther Crampton | Episode: "Mornings at Seven" | |
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Mary Todd Lincoln | Episode: "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" | |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | Mrs. Compson | Episode: "The Sound and the Fury" | |
| 1955 | Kraft Television Theatre | Mrs. Bibb | Episode: "I, Mrs. Bibb" | |
| 1954 | The Campbell Playhouse | Miss Harrington | Episode: "The Corner Druggist" | |
| 1954 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | ||
| 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Carrie Watts | Episode: "The Trip to Bountiful" | |
| 1952 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grandma Moses | Episode: "The Autobiography of Grandma Moses" | |
| 1951 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "Ladies in Retirement" | ||
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre | Sister Christina | Episode: "The Joyous Season" |