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Lillian Gish

October 14, 1893 (age 99)
February 27, 1993
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Female
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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)…

Movies

133 credits
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still Movie
★ 7.0
Documentary
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
★ 7.1
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 as The Woman Who Rocks…
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 as Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975 as Self (archive footage)
The Birth of a Nation
★ 5.9
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The Birth of a Nation
1915 as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Warning Shot
★ 6.3
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Warning Shot
1967 as Alice Willows
Top Man
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Top Man
1943 as Beth Warren
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
★ 7.3
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
★ 5.0
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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 as Self (archive footage)
The Enemy
★ 5.5
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The Enemy
1927 as Pauli Arndt
La Bohème
★ 6.3
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La Bohème
1926 as Mimi
The Night of the Hunter
★ 7.9
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The Night of the Hunter
1955 as Rachel Cooper
The Left-Handed Man
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The Left-Handed Man
1913 as The Old Soldier's Daughter
Orders to Kill
★ 7.2
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Orders to Kill
1958 as Mrs. Summers
The Cobweb
★ 5.6
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The Cobweb
1955 as Victoria Inch
His Double Life
★ 6.4
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His Double Life
1933 as Alice Chalice
Souls Triumphant
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Souls Triumphant
1917 as Lillian Vale
The Unforgiven
★ 6.2
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The Unforgiven
1960 as Mattilda Zachary
The Quicksands
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The Quicksands
1914
The Whales of August
★ 7.0
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The Whales of August
1987 as Sarah Webber
The Comedians in Africa
★ 5.3
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The Comedians in Africa
1967 as Self (uncredited)
Enoch Arden
★ 6.3
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Enoch Arden
1915 as Annie Lee
Duel in the Sun
★ 6.3
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Duel in the Sun
1946 as Laura Belle McCanles
The House Built Upon Sand
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The House Built Upon Sand
1916 as Evelyn Dare
A Romance of Happy Valley
★ 6.9
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A Romance of Happy Valley
1919 as Jennie Timberlake
Night of 100 Stars
★ 6.7
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Night of 100 Stars
1982 as Self
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
★ 6.2
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912 as The Little Lady
The Greatest Question
★ 5.9
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The Greatest Question
1919 as Nellie Jarvis
Lionpower from MGM
★ 4.5
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Lionpower from MGM
1967 as Self - Mrs. Smith…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
★ 6.5
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1986 as Mrs Loftus

TV Shows

18 credits
The Love Boat TV
★ 6.3
Comedy, Drama
1977 Comedy, Drama
The Dick Cavett Show TV
★ 6.8
Talk
The Defenders TV
★ 5.9
Drama
1961 Drama
The Defenders TV
★ 5.9
Drama
1961 Drama
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV
★ 7.8
Crime, Drama
1962 Crime, Drama
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.3
Drama
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.3
Drama
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.3
Drama
Robert Montgomery Presents TV
★ 5.6
Drama
The Ed Sullivan Show TV
★ 6.8
Comedy, Talk
1948 Comedy, Talk
Mr. Novak TV
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Mr. Novak
1963 as Maude Phipps
The Kennedy Center Honors TV
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The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... TV
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 as Self
Film '72 TV
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Film '72
1971 as Self
The Alcoa Hour TV
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The Alcoa Hour
1955 as Esther Crampton
Playwrights '56 TV
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Playwrights '56
1955
Hollywood TV
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Hollywood
1980 as Self
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 as Grandma Moses