Lillian Gish
American actress (1893-1993) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 99
Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987.
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The Whales of AugustFilm, 1987Sarah Webber1984AFI Life Achievement AwardAward1982Kennedy Center HonorsAward1980Ohio Women's Hall of FameAward
HollywoodSeries, 19801979Crystal AwardAward1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries
A WeddingFilm, 1978Nettie Sloan1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1971Film '72Series1970Academy Honorary AwardAward1967
The ComediansFilm, Mrs. Smith1963
Mr. NovakSeries, Maude Phipps1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Bessie Carnby1958
Orders to KillFilm, Mrs. Summers1956
Tony AwardsSeries1955Playwrights '56Series1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Portrait of JennieFilm, 1948Mother Mary of Mercy1942
Commandos Strike at DawnFilm, Mrs. Bergesen1928
The WindFilm, Letty1926
La BohèmeFilm, Mimi1923
The White SisterFilm, Angela Chiaromonte1919
A Romance of Happy ValleyFilm, Jennie Timberlake1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesFilm, The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle1914
Home, Sweet HomeFilm, Payne's Sweetheart1912
An Unseen EnemyFilm, Eldest Sister1893Born14 October 1893People around Lillian
D. W. Griffith Directed The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Lionel Barrymore Also in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Harry Carey Also in Duel in the Sun (1947)
Henry B. Walthall Also in The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Robert Harron Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Kate Bruce Also in Way Down East and Orphans of the Storm
Christy Cabanne Directed Judith of Bethulia and Enoch Arden
John B. O'Brien Directed Captain Macklin (1915)
Alfred Paget Also in Intolerance and Judith of Bethulia
Donald Crisp Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Mae Marsh Also in Intolerance and Judith of Bethulia
Irving Thalberg Produced Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)
James Kirkwood Directed Lord Chumley and The Green-Eyed Devil
Josephine Crowell Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
George Fawcett Also in Intolerance and True Heart Susie
Gertrude Bambrick Also in Judith of Bethulia and The New York Hat
Charles Hill Mailes Also in An Unseen Enemy and Judith of Bethulia
George Nichols Also in Broken Blossoms (1919)
King Vidor Directed Duel in the Sun and La Bohème
Henry King Directed Romola (1924)
Elmo Lincoln Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Jack Pickford Also in The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Walter Long Also in The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance
Elmer Booth Also in The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
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The Night of the Hunter 1955
The Wind 1928
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Portrait of Jennie 1948
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
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Filmography 40
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Television 17
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![Dorothy and Lillian Gish with actress Helen Ray,[5] their leading lady in Her First False Step (1903)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Gish_family_1900.jpg/330px-Gish_family_1900.jpg)
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Gish was dubbed the "First Lady of the Screen" by Vanity Fair in 1927 and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th-greatest female movie star of classical Hollywood cinema.
