Lillian Gish
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.
Filmography (153 titles)
MovieThe Flapper
(archive footage) · 2021
MovieI Am Not a Racist
Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2019
7.1MovieThe Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage) · 2016
6.0MovieNight Hunter
2011
7.0MovieSigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) · 2010
MovieEarly Directors on Directing
Self · 2009
5.0MovieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage) · 2008
MovieD.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
10.0MovieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) · 1998
8.0MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage) · 1995
7.0MovieMoving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Self · 1995
6.0MovieThe Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
Self (Archive footage) · 1993
MovieLillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Herself, Archive footage · 1988
7.0MovieThe Whales of August
Sarah Webber · 1987
6.0MovieHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self · 1987
5.3MovieSweet Liberty
Cecelia Burgess · 1986
6.6MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mrs Loftus · 1986
8.0MovieGreta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage) · 1986
6.8MovieNight of 100 Stars II
Self · 1985
6.5MovieLillian Gish
Self · 1984
7.0MovieHobson's Choice
Miss Molly Winkle · 1983
5.7MovieHambone and Hillie
Hillie Radcliffe · 1983
5.8MovieNight of 100 Stars
Self · 1982
9.0MovieThin Ice
Grandmother · 1981
8.4ShowHollywood
Self · 1980
7.4ShowThe Kennedy Center Honors
Self · 1978
6.3MovieA Wedding
Nettie Sloan · 1978
Sparrow
Widow · 1978
6.3ShowThe Love Boat
Mrs. Williams · 1977
8.0MovieTwin Detectives
Billy Jo Haskins · 1976