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.
138 movies · 16 shows
The Flapper
2021·0.0
I Am Not a Racist
2019·0.0
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016·7.1
Night Hunter
2011·6.0
Sigrid Holmquist
2010·7.0
Early Directors on Directing
2009·0.0
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008·5.0
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002·0.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998·10.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995·7.0
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993·6.0
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988·0.0
The Whales of August
1987·7.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987·6.0
Sweet Liberty
1986·5.3
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986·6.6
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986·8.0
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
Lillian Gish
1984·6.5
Hobson's Choice
1983·7.0
Hambone and Hillie
1983·5.7
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
Thin Ice
1981·9.0
The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton
1978·0.0
A Wedding
1978·6.3
Sparrow
1978·0.0
Twin Detectives
1976·8.0
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975·0.0
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974·7.2
Langlois
1970·5.3
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969·7.0
The Comedians
1967·6.1
The Comedians in Africa
1967·5.8
Warning Shot
1967·6.4
Lionpower from MGM
1967·6.3
Follow Me, Boys!
1966·6.7
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963·0.0
The Great Chase
1962·6.4
The Spiral Staircase
1961·8.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961·7.0
The Unforgiven
1960·6.2
Orders to Kill
1958·7.2
Film Fun
1955·5.3
The Night of the Hunter
1955·7.9
The Cobweb
1955·5.7
The Trip to Bountiful
1953·10.0
Portrait of Jennie
1948·7.2
Duel in the Sun
1946·6.4
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946·8.5
Top Man
1943·9.0
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942·5.5
His Double Life
1933·6.5
The Movie Album
1932·7.5
One Romantic Night
1930·5.8
The Wind
1928·7.3
The Enemy
1927·6.3
Annie Laurie
1927·6.8
The Scarlet Letter
1927·7.1
La Bohème
1926·6.4
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925·7.3
Romola
1924·6.7
The White Sister
1923·7.2
From Farm to Fame
1922·8.0
Orphans of the Storm
1921·6.8
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921·0.0
Way Down East
1920·6.9
The Greatest Question
1919·6.1
True Heart Susie
1919·7.0
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919·6.9
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919·6.9
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918·0.0
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918·7.0
The Great Love
1918·0.0
Hearts of the World
1918·6.0
Souls Triumphant
1917·0.0
The House Built Upon Sand
1916·0.0
The Children Pay
1916·0.0
Diane of the Follies
1916·0.0
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916·7.1
An Innocent Magdalene
1916·0.0
Sold for Marriage
1916·5.9
Daphne and the Pirate
1916·1.0
Pathways of Life
1916·10.0
The Lily and the Rose
1915·0.0
Captain Macklin
1915·0.0
Enoch Arden
1915·6.3
The Lost House
1915·0.0
The Birth of a Nation
1915·5.9
His Lesson
1915·8.0
The Sisters
1914·0.0
The Folly of Anne
1914·9.0
The Tear That Burned
1914·0.0
Man's Enemy
1914·9.0
The Angel of Contention
1914·7.0
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914·0.0
Lord Chumley
1914·7.0
Home, Sweet Home
1914·5.0
The Quicksands
1914·10.0
The Hunchback
1914·0.0
The Battle of the Sexes
1914·0.0
Judith of Bethulia
1914·6.1
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914·7.0
A Duel for Love
1914·9.0
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913·0.0
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913·5.9
The Blue or the Gray
1913·0.0
Madonna of the Storm
1913·0.0
So Runs the Way
1913·0.0
A Modest Hero
1913·0.0
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913·0.0
An Indian's Loyalty
1913·0.0
During the Round-Up
1913·0.0
The Mothering Heart
1913·5.6
A Timely Interception
1913·4.8
Just Gold
1913·0.0
The House of Darkness
1913·5.0
The Lady and the Mouse
1913·0.0
The Left-Handed Man
1913·0.0
A Misunderstood Boy
1913·0.0
The Little Tease
1913·5.0
The Stolen Bride
1913·0.0
The Unwelcome Guest
1913·5.0
Oil and Water
1913·0.0
A Cry for Help
1912·0.0
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912·5.3
The New York Hat
1912·5.6
Brutality
1912·0.0
The Informer
1912·0.0
My Baby
1912·5.5
Gold and Glitter
1912·0.0
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912·6.2
The Painted Lady
1912·5.7
The One She Loved
1912·0.0
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912·0.0
So Near, Yet So Far
1912·5.9
Two Daughters of Eve
1912·0.0
An Unseen Enemy
1912·5.6