Lillian Gish
Known for ActingBorn 1893-10-14 — died 1993-02-27Springfield, Ohio, USA
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.
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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
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · as Rachel Cooper
The Unforgiven
1960 · as Mattilda Zachary
Duel in the Sun
1946 · as Laura Belle McCanles
The Birth of a Nation
1915 · as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Lionpower from MGM
1967 · as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Portrait of Jennie
1948 · as Mother Mary of Mercy
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986 · as Mrs Loftus
Film Fun
1955 · as (archive footage)
Sparrow
1978 · as Widow
Follow Me, Boys!
1966 · as Hetty Seibert
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · as Self
Sweet Liberty
1986 · as Cecelia Burgess
100 Years at the Movies
1994 · as Self (archive footage)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913 · as Melissa Harlow
Romola
1924 · as Romola
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Langlois
1970 · as Self