Born in Springfield, Ohio, USA — Oct 14 1893• Died Feb 27 1993

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 con…
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Bessie Carnby

Mrs. Williams


Abby

Louisa Clarendon

Self
Self

Maude Phipps

Self

Self

Esther Crampton

Rachel Cooper

Grandma Moses

Self


Self

Laura Belle McCanles

Victoria Inch

Mattilda Zachary

Nettie Sloan

Lucy Burrows

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

A Friend

Self

Mrs Loftus

Cecelia Burgess

The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle

Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Mother Mary of Mercy

Self (archive footage)

Letty

Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mrs. Summers

Beth Warren

Romola

Hillie Radcliffe

Alice Willows

Self (archive footage)
Carrie Watts

Hetty Seibert

Mrs. Bergesen

Grandmother

Hester Prynne

Henriette Girard

Mrs. Smith

Sarah Webber

Angela Chiaromonte

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eleanor Butterworth

In First Audience (uncredited)

Customer in Shop / Outside Church


Self

Pauli Arndt

Self

The Little Lady

Eldest Sister

Melissa Harlow

Miss Molly Winkle

Mary Randolph

Annie Lee

Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)

At Auction (uncredited)
(archive footage)

At Theatre

Self

Self (archive footage)

(archive footage)

Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Young Mother

Walk on role
Mary Miller
The Wife

The First Sister

The Farmer's Daughter

Payne's Sweetheart
The Daughter

May
The First Brother's Sweetheart

The Younger Daughter

Girl in bandana

Self (uncredited)

Billy Jo Haskins

Dorothy Raleigh

Mrs. Warren


Martha Brewster

Daphne La Tour

Belle at Ice Cream Festival

Directing

The Maid

The Wife


Herself, Archive footage
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)

Mimi

Susie Broadplains

Annie Laurie

Miss Susie Slagle

Self
Fred's Wife

Anna Moore

Birthday Wellwisher

The Girl - Marie Stephenson

Self (archive footage)

Jennie Timberlake

The Young Woman

Alice Chalice

Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Anne

Lillian Vale
Grace Lisle

In Theatre Crowd
Beatrice
Diane

Millicent

Self (archive footage)
The Orphan - as an Adult

Anita - the Truant

Princess Alexandra

Jeannette Peret

Jane Andrews, the daughter

The Ranchero's Daughter

Dosia Dale

Nettie - the Angel

The Nurse
The Old Soldier's Daughter

Nellie Jarvis

Crew
The Ranchero's Daughter

Kitty Belle
The Rugmaker's Daughter



Herself


Marfa

Verda

Susie May Trueheart
The Mother
Evelyn Dare

Lillian Gish

Narrator

Self - Award Accepter