Lillian Gish
Acting
Born October 14, 1893 — Died February 27, 1993
From Springfield, Ohio, USA
Also known as Lillian Diana Gish, The First Lady of American Cinema, Dorothy Elizabeth Carter
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, includ...
Filmography
The Flapper
(archive footage)
2021
I Am Not a Racist
Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
20167.1
Night Hunter
20116.0
Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
20107.0
Early Directors on Directing
Self
2009
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
20085.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
199810.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
19958.0
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Self
19957.0
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
Self (Archive footage)
19936.0
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Herself, Archive footage
1988
The Whales of August
Sarah Webber
19877.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
19876.0
Sweet Liberty
Cecelia Burgess
19865.3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mrs Loftus
19866.6
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
19868.0
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
19856.8
Lillian Gish
Self
19846.5
Hobson's Choice
Miss Molly Winkle
19837.0
Hambone and Hillie
Hillie Radcliffe
19835.7
Night of 100 Stars
Self
19825.8
Thin Ice
Grandmother
19819.0
—
The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton
Self
1978
A Wedding
Nettie Sloan
19786.3
—
Sparrow
Widow
1978
Twin Detectives
Billy Jo Haskins
19768.0
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1975
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.2
Langlois
Self
19705.3
Arsenic and Old Lace
Martha Brewster
19697.0
The Comedians
Mrs. Smith
19676.1
The Comedians in Africa
Self (uncredited)
19675.8
Warning Shot
Alice Willows
19676.4
Lionpower from MGM
Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
19676.3
Follow Me, Boys!
Hetty Seibert
19666.7
Mrs. Winchester's House
Narrator
1963
The Great Chase
19626.4
The Spiral Staircase
Mrs. Warren
19618.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
19617.0
The Unforgiven
Mattilda Zachary
19606.2
Orders to Kill
Mrs. Summers
19587.2
—
Film Fun
(archive footage)
19555.3
The Night of the Hunter
Rachel Cooper
19557.9
The Cobweb
Victoria Inch
19555.7
—
The Trip to Bountiful
Carrie Watts
195310.0
Portrait of Jennie
Mother Mary of Mercy
19487.2
Duel in the Sun
Laura Belle McCanles
19466.4
Miss Susie Slagle's
Miss Susie Slagle
19468.5
Top Man
Beth Warren
19439.0
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Mrs. Bergesen
19425.5
His Double Life
Alice Chalice
19336.5
The Movie Album
(archive footage)
19327.5
One Romantic Night
Princess Alexandra
19305.8
The Wind
Letty
19287.3
The Enemy
Pauli Arndt
19276.3
Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie
19276.8
The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne
19277.1
La Bohème
Mimi
19266.4
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
19257.3
Romola
Romola
19246.7
The White Sister
Angela Chiaromonte
19237.2
From Farm to Fame
Lillian Gish
19228.0
Orphans of the Storm
Henriette Girard
19216.8
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Herself
1921
Way Down East
Anna Moore
19206.9
The Greatest Question
Nellie Jarvis
19196.1
True Heart Susie
Susie May Trueheart
19197.0
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Lucy Burrows
19196.9
A Romance of Happy Valley
Jennie Timberlake
19196.9
The Greatest Thing in Life
Jeannette Peret
1918
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
19187.0
The Great Love
Susie Broadplains
1918
Hearts of the World
The Girl - Marie Stephenson
19186.0
Souls Triumphant
Lillian Vale
1917
—
The House Built Upon Sand
Evelyn Dare
1916
The Children Pay
Millicent
1916
—
Diane of the Follies
Diane
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
19167.1
An Innocent Magdalene
Dorothy Raleigh
1916
Sold for Marriage
Marfa
19165.9
Daphne and the Pirate
Daphne La Tour
19161.0
—
Pathways of Life
191610.0
The Lily and the Rose
Mary Randolph
1915
—
Captain Macklin
Beatrice
1915
Enoch Arden
Annie Lee
19156.3
The Lost House
Dosia Dale
1915
The Birth of a Nation
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
19155.9
—
His Lesson
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
19158.0
The Sisters
May
1914
—
The Folly of Anne
Anne
19149.0
The Tear That Burned
Anita - the Truant
1914
—
Man's Enemy
Grace Lisle
19149.0
The Angel of Contention
Nettie - the Angel
19147.0
—
Lord Chumley
Eleanor Butterworth
19147.0
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
Kitty Belle
1914
Home, Sweet Home
Payne's Sweetheart
19145.0
—
The Quicksands
191410.0
—
The Hunchback
The Orphan - as an Adult
1914
The Battle of the Sexes
Jane Andrews, the daughter
1914
Judith of Bethulia
The Young Mother
19146.1
—
The Green-Eyed Devil
Mary Miller
19147.0
—
A Duel for Love
19149.0
—
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
The Rugmaker's Daughter
1913
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
Melissa Harlow
19135.9
—
The Blue or the Gray
1913
—
Madonna of the Storm
The Mother
1913
—
So Runs the Way
Fred's Wife
1913
—
A Modest Hero
The Wife
1913
A Woman in the Ultimate
Verda
1913
An Indian's Loyalty
The Ranchero's Daughter
1913
—
During the Round-Up
The Ranchero's Daughter
1913
The Mothering Heart
The Wife
19135.6
A Timely Interception
The Farmer's Daughter
19134.8
—
Just Gold
The First Brother's Sweetheart
1913
The House of Darkness
The Nurse
19135.0
The Lady and the Mouse
The First Sister
1913
—
The Left-Handed Man
The Old Soldier's Daughter
1913
—
A Misunderstood Boy
The Daughter
1913
The Little Tease
Girl in bandana
19135.0
—
The Stolen Bride
1913
The Unwelcome Guest
At Auction (uncredited)
19135.0
Oil and Water
In First Audience (uncredited)
1913
A Cry for Help
The Maid
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
Birthday Wellwisher
19125.3
The New York Hat
Customer in Shop / Outside Church
19125.6
Brutality
At Theatre
1912
The Informer
Walk on role
1912
My Baby
19125.5
Gold and Glitter
The Young Woman
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Little Lady
19126.2
The Painted Lady
Belle at Ice Cream Festival
19125.7
—
The One She Loved
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild
The Younger Daughter
1912
So Near, Yet So Far
A Friend
19125.9
Two Daughters of Eve
In Theatre Crowd
1912
An Unseen Enemy
Eldest Sister
19125.6