Lillian Gish
Date of birth: 1893-10-14
Place of birth: Springfield, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lillian Diana Gish, The First Lady of American Cinema, Dorothy Elizabeth Carter, 릴리안 기쉬, 릴리안 기시, 릴리언 기쉬, 릴리언 기시
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.
Movie Credits
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919-05-13
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal a
The Birth of a Nation
1915-03-08
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwin
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit
The Night of the Hunter
1955-07-27
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whe
The Wind
1928-09-15
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and s
The Unforgiven
1960-04-06
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daug
Way Down East
1920-09-03
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her l
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988-07-11
Called "the first lady of the silent screen," Lillian Gish was the archetypal silent film heroine —
Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself
Portrait of Jennie
1948-12-25
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Orders to Kill
1958-07-25
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a
Early Directors on Directing
2009-01-01
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to
Follow Me, Boys!
1966-12-01
Lem Siddons is part of a traveling band who has a dream of becoming a lawyer. Deciding to settle dow
I Am Not a Racist
2019-06-16
A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes of t
True Heart Susie
1919-06-01
Susie secretly loves her neighbor, William Jenkins, but neither, it seems, can confess their feeling
Orphans of the Storm
1921-12-28
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as siste
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912-10-31
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated
A Wedding
1978-08-29
Muffin's wedding to Dino Corelli is to be a big affair. Except the ageing priest isn't too sure of t
Sweet Liberty
1986-05-16
Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hol
The Whales of August
1987-10-14
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
The White Sister
1923-09-05
Angela Chiaromonte is the daughter of a wealthy Italian prince who is killed in a fall from his hors
Romola
1924-12-06
In Renaissance Florence, a Florentine trader meets a shipwrecked stranger, who introduces himself as
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and h
The Cobweb
1955-06-07
Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes – but
Two Daughters of Eve
1912-09-19
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story
The Scarlet Letter
1927-01-08
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. Afte
Gold and Glitter
1912-11-11
As the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be opened after
A Cry for Help
1912-12-23
Knocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and tr
During the Round-Up
1913-07-19
Called away on a deal, the ranchero left the foreman in full charge of the round-up. That was the op
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
1913-12-20
From the dungeon where the lean beasts prowled, Hassan Bey summoned from her young lover's arms the
The Left-Handed Man
1913-04-21
The thief was clever and he forged around the girl's sweetheart a chain of circumstantial evidence t
A Modest Hero
1913-09-08
It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but h
So Runs the Way
1913-10-11
The young wife only reflected her aspiring mother's teaching. Her one ambition seemed to be for disp
Just Gold
1913-05-24
The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth ch
The Hunchback
1914-04-12
"The Hunchback" earns a scanty living as a tinker, traveling from house to house, but on account of
Warning Shot
1967-01-18
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
The Mothering Heart
1913-06-21
A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husba
An Unseen Enemy
1912-09-09
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert s
Judith of Bethulia
1914-03-08
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Je
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942-12-30
A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes
Enoch Arden
1915-04-08
Seamen Enoch Arden returns home after a long absence marooned on a desert island. At home he finds h
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913-12-01
Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting i
La Bohème
1926-03-13
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be p
Night Hunter
2011-04-01
In this handmade film, composed of more than four thousand collages, the actress Lillian Gish is sea
The New York Hat
1912-12-05
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a styli
Hambone and Hillie
1983-04-24
An elderly woman searches for her lost dog. Director Roy Watts' 1984 drama stars Lillian Gish, Timot
From Farm to Fame
1922-10-01
A two-reel comedy featuring Corliss Palmer, First Prize Winner of the 1920 Fame and Fortune Contest,
The Spiral Staircase
1961-10-04
Based on the screenplay by Mel Dinelli, this story revolves around Helen Warren, a beautiful mute gi
The Painted Lady
1912-10-24
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice
His Double Life
1933-12-14
Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a
A Romance of Happy Valley
1919-01-26
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city
So Near, Yet So Far
1912-09-29
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suito
The Burglar’s Dilemma
1912-12-16
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young b
One Romantic Night
1930-04-30
A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.
Home, Sweet Home
1914-05-16
John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mot
Hearts of the World
1918-03-11
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is s
The Greatest Question
1919-12-27
Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and hi
Annie Laurie
1927-05-10
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woma
The Lily and the Rose
1915-11-06
To the dismay of Allison Edwards, her bookworm, adoring neighbor, Mary Randolph, falls in love with
Top Man
1943-09-17
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is
A Duel for Love
1914-01-01
A Duel for Love is a 1914 dramatic short.
His Lesson
1915-01-05
This shows the regeneration of a gang leader, who remains true to his first sweetheart after his cha
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946-03-04
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he cont
The Comedians
1967-10-31
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.
Daphne and the Pirate
1916-03-04
Philip de Mornay, a courtier in the French royal court of the 18th century, falls in love with Daphn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986-02-10
Adventurous Huck Finn prefers rafting on the Mississippi River rather than being a part of civilizat
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a
Diane of the Follies
1916-09-24
Phillips Christy an amateur sociologist from a wealthy family, subscribes to the theory that people
The Children Pay
1916-11-26
What will become of the Children in a home divided....
The House Built Upon Sand
1916-12-31
Evelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in s
An Innocent Magdalene
1916-06-18
When Dorothy's Southern, aristocratic father Colonel Raleigh refuses to let her marry Forbes Stewart
The Greatest Thing in Life
1918-12-22
A lost film. Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wea
The Great Love
1918-08-11
Jim Young of Youngstown, Pennsylvania, reads of the German war atrocities and decides to enlist in t
An Indian's Loyalty
1913-08-15
Suspected of theft, the Indian was discharged on the ranch-hand's accusation, but the foreman's susp
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913-09-03
The unwilling dupe of her step-father, she became the decoy of the wealthy young man, but at the cru
The Enemy
1927-12-08
Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. W
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008-08-29
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, sil
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974-04-11
The film's subject is a photograph of Jane Fonda visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War. It asks what
Langlois
1970-09-19
Documentary portrait of Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française.
Sold for Marriage
1916-04-15
A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There h
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986-01-01
Two part biography of Greta Garbo - 1. The Temptress 2. The Clown. Reminiscences of her early life i
Souls Triumphant
1917-05-19
Lillian Vale is the naïve and unworldly daughter of minister Josiah Vale. Swept off her feet by hand
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921-02-22
Intimate views of the movie stars of the Silent Era, at work and play; featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Li
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918-11-17
Instead of buying bonds, Lillian buys new clothes. Then she has a dream that her home has been invad
The Comedians in Africa
1967-08-31
Behind the scenes short documentary about the cast and crew during the filming of The Comedians.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
2002-09-10
In the span of five years, pioneering director D.W. Griffith delivered some 450 films for the Biogra
The Little Tease
1913-04-12
The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost g
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995-02-19
Short documentary about Charles Laughton's 1995 film "The Night of the Hunter," with interviews with
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969-04-02
A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and th
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998-01-01
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled c
The Battle of the Sexes
1914-04-12
Frank Andrews is a successful businessman. He has always found pride and joy in the company of his w
Sigrid Holmquist
2010-10-08
The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the silent fi
Hobson's Choice
1983-12-21
Daughter of the owner of a shoe store rebels against her father by marrying one of his employees.
A Timely Interception
1913-06-07
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired fro
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963-10-31
Documentary about the life and legend of Sarah L. Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Repeating Ar
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016-05-16
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who dir
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975-04-19
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily
Thin Ice
1981-02-17
A teacher falls in love with a student, and deals with the reactions of the people around her.
The Lady and the Mouse
1913-04-26
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if
Film Fun
1955-08-19
A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent era.
Madonna of the Storm
1913-10-25
The bored clubman sought the excitement of the street. The husband, believing himself neglected for
The Angel of Contention
1914-07-05
Nettie is beloved by all the boys in the mining camp. Magoon, a big, jovial miner, loves her most of
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912-10-14
A widower and his two daughters live in the wilds of the north woods. They form the acquaintance of
The Trip to Bountiful
1953-03-01
A woman has to live with a daughter in law who hates her and a son who does not dare take her side.
A Misunderstood Boy
1913-04-19
Everything he did seemed to be misconstrued, except by the little lady he loved. The town roisters m
Lord Chumley
1914-06-14
After Gasper La Sage and his cohort, Blink Blunk, are released from prison, they make plans for anot
The Sisters
1914-11-29
May and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but Caro
The House of Darkness
1913-05-10
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano.
The Quicksands
1914-05-01
Captain Lanning and Lieutenant Osborne are stationed at an army post in the Philippines. Lanning con
Man's Enemy
1914-08-01
Set in London (but filmed in New Jersey), the story endeavors to prove that man's greatest enemy is
The Tear That Burned
1914-11-08
The Tear That Burned is a silent movie drama.
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
1914-06-14
Kitty, the pretty young wife of a Texas businessman, feels neglected and unwanted as her husband pay
Captain Macklin
1915-04-22
Royal Macklin, a cadet at WEst Point, is discharged for a misdemeanor, and the father of Beatrice, M
Pathways of Life
1916-01-01
A girl tends a garden planted with symbolic flowers: red roses for lust and white roses for love. Da
The Lost House
1915-03-25
Before his niece and ward, Dosia Dale, comes of age, her uncle, who has spent her entire fortune, mu
The Green-Eyed Devil
1914-02-28
Jim Miller lives in a cheap tenement with his wife and his sister. They had been in a better positio
The Folly of Anne
1914-11-14
A picture from the short story of Ellen Farley in "The Cavalier," and screened by John O'Brian. The
Twin Detectives
1976-05-01
Identical twin brothers who own a detective agency hatch a plan to expose a phony group of psychics,
The Blue or the Gray
1913-11-29
It was Christmas Eve in the south, but the spirit of peace and love did not pervade the northern gir
The Informer
1912-11-21
The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his broth
My Baby
1912-11-14
When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the onl
The Stolen Bride
1913-04-07
The Stolen Bride is a 1913 short drama.
The One She Loved
1912-10-21
Roy Norris, a young author, proposes to pretty Mary Ford and is accepted. The first year or more of
The Unwelcome Guest
1913-03-15
Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated
Oil and Water
1913-02-10
A stage dancer (Sweet) and a serious-type homebody (Walthall) discover, after marriage, that their i
Brutality
1912-12-02
An abusive father and husband attends a play one night and sees that the "villain" in the piece does
The Flapper
2021-04-08
The buoyant energy of a modern woman who bobs her hair and dances to jazz is too often objectified a
Lillian Gish
1984-07-16
New York, summer 1983. Jeanne Moreau goes to meet Lillian Gish to film a portrait of her. The star o
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
The Great Chase
1962-12-20
A rollicking compendium of the greatest hits of silent-cinema chase sequences
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Lionpower from MGM
1967-01-01
"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's rel