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