Lillian Gish

About

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...

Known for

The Love BoatSeries • 1977The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948The DefendersSeries • 1961Mr. NovakSeries • 1963The Night of the HunterMovie • 1955The UnforgivenMovie • 1960The Birth of a NationMovie • 1915Duel in the SunMovie • 1946Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesMovie • 1916Portrait of JennieMovie • 1948Ben-Hur: A Tale of the ChristMovie • 1925Warning ShotMovie • 1967The Whales of AugustMovie • 1987The CobwebMovie • 1955Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the GirlMovie • 1919Commandos Strike at DawnMovie • 1942Orphans of the StormMovie • 1921A WeddingMovie • 1978Follow Me, Boys!Movie • 1966The WindMovie • 1928Sweet LibertyMovie • 1986The ComediansMovie • 1967