Cast
Lillian Gish
Acting
Cast
Lillian Gish
Known for
Acting
Born
1893-10-14
From
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Died
1993-02-27
Also known as Lillian Diana Gish, The First Lady of American Cinema, Dorothy Elizabeth Carter
Biography
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 β 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.
The Night of the Hunter
as Rachel Cooper
The Unforgiven
as Mattilda Zachary
A Wedding
as Nettie Sloan
Duel in the Sun
as Laura Belle McCanles
The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as Lucy Burrows
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
My Baby
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Thin Ice
as Grandmother
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs Loftus
La Bohème
as Mimi
Just Gold
as The First Brother's Sweetheart
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
Portrait of Jennie
as Mother Mary of Mercy
The Comedians
as Mrs. Smith
Judith of Bethulia
as The Young Mother
The Whales of August
as Sarah Webber
Film Fun
as (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Lord Chumley
as Eleanor Butterworth
The Cobweb
as Victoria Inch
The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte
Warning Shot
as Alice Willows
Follow Me, Boys!
as Hetty Seibert
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sweet Liberty
as Cecelia Burgess
Lillian Gish
as Self
Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Mrs. Bergesen
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
The Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Little Lady
Orphans of the Storm
as Henriette Girard
Top Man
as Beth Warren
Twin Detectives
as Billy Jo Haskins
Way Down East
as Anna Moore
The Enemy
as Pauli Arndt
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
The Wind
as Letty
Hambone and Hillie
as Hillie Radcliffe
Langlois
as Self
The One She Loved
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Melissa Harlow
The Sisters
as May
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
Orders to Kill
as Mrs. Summers
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Miss Susie Slagle
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Home, Sweet Home
as Payne's Sweetheart
The Informer
as Walk on role
The Burglarβs Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher
The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Sister
So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend
Sold for Marriage
as Marfa
Romola
as Romola
True Heart Susie
as Susie May Trueheart
The Trip to Bountiful
as Carrie Watts
The Greatest Thing in Life
as Jeannette Peret
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Great Love
as Susie Broadplains
The Children Pay
as Millicent
A Duel for Love
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Martha Brewster
The Greatest Question
as Nellie Jarvis
The Battle of the Sexes
as Jane Andrews, the daughter
The New York Hat
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
The Mothering Heart
as The Wife
During the Round-Up
as The Ranchero's Daughter
Hobson's Choice
as Miss Molly Winkle
I Am Not a Racist
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
Brutality
as At Theatre
The Tear That Burned
as Anita - the Truant
The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
Hearts of the World
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd
Captain Macklin
as Beatrice
The Little Tease
as Girl in bandana
An Unseen Enemy
as Eldest Sister
The Lily and the Rose
as Mary Randolph
The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Warren
Daphne and the Pirate
as Daphne La Tour
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
The Green-Eyed Devil
as Mary Miller
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)
The Great Chase
The Stolen Bride
A Woman in the Ultimate
as Verda
An Innocent Magdalene
as Dorothy Raleigh
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Younger Daughter
Enoch Arden
as Annie Lee
Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)
A Romance of Happy Valley
as Jennie Timberlake
Diane of the Follies
as Diane
A Cry for Help
as The Maid
The Angel of Contention
as Nettie - the Angel
The Hunchback
as The Orphan - as an Adult
Pathways of Life
The House of Darkness
as The Nurse
The Flapper
as (archive footage)
An Indian's Loyalty
as The Ranchero's Daughter
The Blue or the Gray
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
The Quicksands
Man's Enemy
as Grace Lisle
His Double Life
as Alice Chalice
From Farm to Fame
as Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
The Folly of Anne
as Anne
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
as Self
The Lost House
as Dosia Dale
The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)
One Romantic Night
as Princess Alexandra
A Timely Interception
as The Farmer's Daughter
A Modest Hero
as The Wife
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Daughter
The House Built Upon Sand
as Evelyn Dare
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Herself
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Herself, Archive footage
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as Kitty Belle
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
as The Rugmaker's Daughter
Madonna of the Storm
as The Mother
Gold and Glitter
as The Young Woman
Night Hunter
Souls Triumphant
as Lillian Vale
Mrs. Winchester's House
as Narrator
The Left-Handed Man
as The Old Soldier's Daughter
So Runs the Way
as Fred's Wife
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
as Self (Archive footage)
His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)