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.
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Filmography
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Movies 147
self 34
TV Shows 16
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Director 1
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)
The Flapper (2021)
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Night Hunter (2011)
Sigrid Holmquist (2010)
Never Apologize (2008)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008)
Cannes: All Access (2007)
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter' (2002)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
Citizen Langlois (1995)
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' (1995)
The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993)
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1993)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988)
The Whales of August (1987)
Sweet Liberty (1986)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Hobson's Choice (1983)
Hambone and Hillie (1983)
Lillian Gish (1983)
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Thin Ice (1981)
Hollywood (1980)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
A Wedding (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Twin Detectives (1976)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975)
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
Letter to Jane (1972)
The Silent Years (1971)
Langlois (1970)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Comedians (1967)
The Comedians in Africa (1967)
Warning Shot (1967)
Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
The Love Goddesses (1965)
Mrs. Winchester's House (1963)
Mr. Novak (1963)
The Great Chase (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
The Defenders (1961)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
Project XX: The Story of Will Rogers (1961)
The Unforgiven (1960)
Orders to Kill (1958)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Alcoa Hour (1955)
Playwrights '56 (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Film Fun (1955)
The Cobweb (1955)
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)
The Trip to Bountiful (1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
Gaslight Follies (1945)
Top Man (1943)
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
His Double Life (1933)
The Movie Album (1932)
One Romantic Night (1930)
The Wind (1928)
The Enemy (1927)
Annie Laurie (1927)
The Scarlet Letter (1927)
La Bohème (1926)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Romola (1924)
The White Sister (1923)
From Farm to Fame (1922)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
Way Down East (1920)
Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
The Greatest Question (1919)
True Heart Susie (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
The Great Love (1918)
Hearts of the World (1918)
Souls Triumphant (1917)
The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
The Children Pay (1916)
Diane of the Follies (1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Sold for Marriage (1916)
Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
Pathways of Life (1916)
The Lily and the Rose (1915)
Captain Macklin (1915)
Enoch Arden (1915)
The Lost House (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
His Lesson (1915)
The Sisters (1914)
The Folly of Anne (1914)
The Tear That Burned (1914)
Man's Enemy (1914)
The Angel of Contention (1914)
Lord Chumley (1914)
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
The Quicksands (1914)
The Battle of the Sexes (1914)
The Hunchback (1914)
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
A Duel for Love (1914)
The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
The Blue or the Gray (1913)
Madonna of the Storm (1913)
So Runs the Way (1913)
A Modest Hero (1913)
A Woman in the Ultimate (1913)
An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
During the Round-Up (1913)
The Mothering Heart (1913)
A Timely Interception (1913)
Just Gold (1913)
The House of Darkness (1913)
The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
The Left-Handed Man (1913)
A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
The Little Tease (1913)
The Stolen Bride (1913)
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
Oil and Water (1913)
A Cry for Help (1912)
The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
The New York Hat (1912)
Brutality (1912)
The Informer (1912)
My Baby (1912)
Gold and Glitter (1912)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
The Painted Lady (1912)
The One She Loved (1912)
In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
An Unseen Enemy (1912)
I Am Not a Racist
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1893-10-14
Deathday1993-02-27 (99 years old)
Birth NameLillian Diana Gish
Birth PlaceSpringfield, United States of America
Height
FatherJames Leigh Gish
MotherMary Gish
SiblingsDorothy Gish
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesSpringfield, United States of America
Also Known AsLillian Diana Gish, The First Lady of American Cinema, Dorothy Elizabeth Carter, 릴리안 기쉬, 릴리안 기시, 릴리언 기쉬, 릴리언 기시
AwardsCrystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors, National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, Academy Honorary Award, AFI Life Achievement Award
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