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Lillian Gish Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1893-10-14

Birthplace:
Springfield, Ohio, USA

Credits:
154 Total Roles

Lillian Gish

Acting

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2021 The Flapper MOVIE (archive footage)
2019 I Am Not a Racist MOVIE Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016 The Women Who Run Hollywood MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2011 Night Hunter MOVIE Self
2010 Sigrid Holmquist MOVIE Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2009 Early Directors on Directing MOVIE Self
2008 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies MOVIE Self (archive footage)
2002 D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 MOVIE Self
1998 Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists MOVIE Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
1995 Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' MOVIE Self

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