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.
Broken Blossoms
(Lucy Burrows)
The Birth of a Nation
(Stoneman's Daughter Elsie)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle)
The Night of the Hunter
(Rachel Cooper)
The Wind
(Letty)
The Unforgiven
(Mattilda Zachary)
Way Down East
(Anna Moore)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
(Herself, Archive footage)
Duel in the Sun
(Laura Belle McCanles)
Portrait of Jennie
(Mother Mary of Mercy)
Orders to Kill
(Mrs. Summers)
Early Directors on Directing
Follow Me, Boys!
(Hetty Seibert)
I Am Not a Racist
(Elsie)
True Heart Susie
(Susie May Trueheart)
Orphans of the Storm
(Henriette Girard)
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
(The Little Lady)
A Wedding
(Nettie Sloan)
Sweet Liberty
(Cecelia Burgess)
The Whales of August
(Sarah Webber)
The White Sister
(Angela Chiaromonte)
Romola
(Romola)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
(Self (archive footage))
The Cobweb
(Victoria Inch)
Two Daughters of Eve
(In Theatre Crowd)
The Scarlet Letter
(Hester Prynne)
Gold and Glitter
(The Young Woman)
A Cry for Help
(The Maid)
During the Round-Up
(The Ranchero's Daughter)
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
(The Rugmaker's Daughter)
The Left-Handed Man
(The Old Soldier's Daughter)
A Modest Hero
(The Wife)
So Runs the Way
(Fred's Wife)
Just Gold
(The First Brother's Sweetheart)
The Hunchback
(The Orphan - as an Adult)
Warning Shot
(Alice Willows)
The Mothering Heart
(The Wife)
An Unseen Enemy
(Eldest Sister)
Judith of Bethulia
(The Young Mother)
Commandos Strike at Dawn
(Mrs. Bergesen)
Enoch Arden
(Annie Lee)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
(Melissa Harlow)
La Bohème
(Mimi)
Night Hunter
The New York Hat
(Customer in Shop / Outside Church)
Hambone and Hillie
(Hillie Radcliffe)
From Farm to Fame
(Lillian Gish)
The Spiral Staircase
(Mrs. Warren)
The Painted Lady
(Belle at Ice Cream Festival)
His Double Life
(Alice Chalice)
A Romance of Happy Valley
(Jennie Timberlake)
So Near, Yet So Far
(A Friend)
The Burglar’s Dilemma
(Birthday Wellwisher)
One Romantic Night
(Princess Alexandra)
Home, Sweet Home
(Payne's Sweetheart)
Hearts of the World
(The Girl - Marie Stephenson)
The Greatest Question
(Nellie Jarvis)
Annie Laurie
(Annie Laurie)
The Lily and the Rose
(Mary Randolph)
Top Man
(Beth Warren)
A Duel for Love
His Lesson
(Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited))
Miss Susie Slagle's
(Miss Susie Slagle)
The Comedians
(Mrs. Smith)
Daphne and the Pirate
(Daphne La Tour)
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
(Self (archive footage))
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Mrs Loftus)
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
Diane of the Follies
(Diane)
The Children Pay
(Millicent)
The House Built Upon Sand
(Evelyn Dare)
An Innocent Magdalene
(Dorothy Raleigh)
The Greatest Thing in Life
(Jeannette Peret)
The Great Love
(Susie Broadplains)
An Indian's Loyalty
(The Ranchero's Daughter)
A Woman in the Ultimate
(Verda)
The Enemy
(Pauli Arndt)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
(Self (archive footage))
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Langlois
(Self)
Sold for Marriage
(Marfa)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
(Self (archive footage))
Souls Triumphant
(Lillian Vale)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
(Herself)
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
The Comedians in Africa
(Self (uncredited))
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited))
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Cannes: All Access
(Self (archive footage))
The Little Tease
(Girl in bandana)
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
(Self)
Arsenic and Old Lace
(Martha Brewster)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
(Lucy - The Girl (archive footage))
The Battle of the Sexes
(Jane Andrews, the daughter)
Sigrid Holmquist
(Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage))
Hobson's Choice
(Miss Molly Winkle)
A Timely Interception
(The Farmer's Daughter)
The Love Goddesses
((archive footage))
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
Mrs. Winchester's House
(Narrator)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
(Self (archive footage))
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
(Self (archive footage))
Thin Ice
(Grandmother)
The Lady and the Mouse
(The First Sister)
Film Fun
((archive footage))
Madonna of the Storm
(The Mother)
The Angel of Contention
(Nettie - the Angel)
In the Aisles of the Wild
(The Younger Daughter)
The Trip to Bountiful
(Carrie Watts)
A Misunderstood Boy
(The Daughter)
Lord Chumley
(Eleanor Butterworth)
The Sisters
(May)
The House of Darkness
(The Nurse)
The Quicksands
Man's Enemy
(Grace Lisle)
The Tear That Burned
(Anita - the Truant)
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
(Kitty Belle)
Captain Macklin
(Beatrice)
Pathways of Life
The Lost House
(Dosia Dale)
The Green-Eyed Devil
(Mary Miller)
The Folly of Anne
(Anne)
Twin Detectives
(Billy Jo Haskins)
The Blue or the Gray
The Informer
(Walk on role)
My Baby
The Stolen Bride
The One She Loved
The Unwelcome Guest
(At Auction (uncredited))
Oil and Water
(In First Audience (uncredited))
Brutality
(At Theatre)
The Flapper
((archive footage))
Lillian Gish
(Herself)
Night of 100 Stars
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Grandma Moses)
The Philco Television Playhouse
(Abby)
Mr. Novak
(Maude Phipps)
Robert Montgomery Presents
Playwrights '56
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
The Defenders
(Louisa Clarendon)
The Defenders
(Mrs. Cooper)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Hollywood
(Self)
The Alcoa Hour
(Esther Crampton)
Tony Awards
(Self - Award Accepter)
The Philco Television Playhouse
(Narrator)
The Philco Television Playhouse
(Carrie Watts)
The Love Boat
(Mrs. Williams)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
VM Show Vol. 2
(Rachel Cooper (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
(Bessie Carnby)
