Lillian Gish
Acting Born Oct 14, 1893 Died Feb 27, 1993 Springfield, Ohio, USA 162 credits
Biography
Lillian Gish works in acting. Born October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. Died February 27, 1993. Archytele lists 162 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.
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Frequent co-stars
Career timeline
The Flapper
I Am Not a Racist
The Women Who Run Hollywood
Night Hunter
Sigrid Holmquist
Early Directors on Directing
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors · Thanks
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
The Whales of AugustHappy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSweet LibertyGreta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Night of 100 Stars II
Lillian Gish
Hobson's ChoiceHambone and Hillie
Night of 100 Stars
Thin Ice
Hollywood
The Kennedy Center HonorsSparrowA Wedding
The Love Boat
Twin Detectives
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Film '72
Langlois
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Dick Cavett Show
Full filmography
- The Flapper (2021) as (archive footage)
- I Am Not a Racist (2019) as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Night Hunter (2011)
- Sigrid Holmquist (2010) as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
- Early Directors on Directing (2009) as Self
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)
- Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998) as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
- Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' (1995) as Self
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self (archive footage)
- The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1993) as Self (Archive footage)
- The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993) Thanks
- Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988) as Herself, Archive footage
- The Whales of August (1987) as Sarah Webber
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986) as Mrs Loftus
- Sweet Liberty (1986) as Cecelia Burgess
- Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
- Lillian Gish (1984) as Self
- Hobson's Choice (1983) as Miss Molly Winkle
- Hambone and Hillie (1983) as Hillie Radcliffe
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- Thin Ice (1981) as Grandmother
- Hollywood (1980) as Self
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
- Sparrow (1978) as Widow
- A Wedding (1978) as Nettie Sloan
- The Love Boat (1977) as Mrs. Williams
- Twin Detectives (1976) as Billy Jo Haskins
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- Langlois (1970) as Self
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1969) as Martha Brewster
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Comedians (1967) as Mrs. Smith
- Warning Shot (1967) as Alice Willows
- The Comedians in Africa (1967) as Self (uncredited)
- Follow Me, Boys! (1966) as Hetty Seibert
- Mr. Novak (1963) as Maude Phipps
- Mrs. Winchester's House (1963) as Narrator
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Bessie Carnby
- The Great Chase (1962)
- The Defenders (1961) as Louisa Clarendon
- The Defenders (1961) as Mrs. Cooper
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) as Self (archive footage)
- The Spiral Staircase (1961) as Mrs. Warren
- The Unforgiven (1960) as Mattilda Zachary
- Orders to Kill (1958) as Mrs. Summers
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Award Accepter
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) as Rachel Cooper
- Playwrights '56 (1955)
- The Alcoa Hour (1955) as Esther Crampton
- Film Fun (1955) as (archive footage)
- The Cobweb (1955) as Victoria Inch
- The Trip to Bountiful (1953) as Carrie Watts
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Grandma Moses
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Abby
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Narrator
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Carrie Watts
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Portrait of Jennie (1948) as Mother Mary of Mercy
- Duel in the Sun (1946) as Laura Belle McCanles
- Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) as Miss Susie Slagle
- Top Man (1943) as Beth Warren
- Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) as Mrs. Bergesen
- His Double Life (1933) as Alice Chalice
- The Movie Album (1932) as (archive footage)
- One Romantic Night (1930) as Princess Alexandra
- The Wind (1928) as Letty
- The Scarlet Letter (1927) as Hester Prynne
- Annie Laurie (1927) as Annie Laurie
- The Enemy (1927) as Pauli Arndt
- La Bohème (1926) as Mimi
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Romola (1924) as Romola
- The White Sister (1923) as Angela Chiaromonte
- From Farm to Fame (1922) as Lillian Gish
- Orphans of the Storm (1921) as Henriette Girard
- Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921) as Herself
- Remodeling Her Husband (1920) Director
- Remodeling Her Husband (1920) Scenario Writer
- Remodeling Her Husband (1920) Story
- Way Down East (1920) as Anna Moore
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) as Lucy Burrows
- True Heart Susie (1919) as Susie May Trueheart
- The Greatest Question (1919) as Nellie Jarvis
- A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) as Jennie Timberlake
- Hearts of the World (1918) as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
- The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) as Jeannette Peret
- The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) Story
- The Great Love (1918) as Susie Broadplains
- Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
- Souls Triumphant (1917) as Lillian Vale
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
- The Children Pay (1916) as Millicent
- An Innocent Magdalene (1916) as Dorothy Raleigh
- Sold for Marriage (1916) as Marfa
- Daphne and the Pirate (1916) as Daphne La Tour
- Diane of the Follies (1916) as Diane
- The House Built Upon Sand (1916) as Evelyn Dare
- Pathways of Life (1916)
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
- Captain Macklin (1915) as Beatrice
- The Lily and the Rose (1915) as Mary Randolph
- Enoch Arden (1915) as Annie Lee
- The Lost House (1915) as Dosia Dale
- His Lesson (1915) as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
- The Sisters (1914) as May
- Judith of Bethulia (1914) as The Young Mother
- The Folly of Anne (1914) as Anne
- The Tear That Burned (1914) as Anita - the Truant
- A Duel for Love (1914)
- Home, Sweet Home (1914) as Payne's Sweetheart
- The Battle of the Sexes (1914) as Jane Andrews, the daughter
- Lord Chumley (1914) as Eleanor Butterworth
- The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914) as Kitty Belle
- The Angel of Contention (1914) as Nettie - the Angel
- The Green-Eyed Devil (1914) as Mary Miller
- The Quicksands (1914)
- Man's Enemy (1914) as Grace Lisle
- The Hunchback (1914) as The Orphan - as an Adult
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913) as Melissa Harlow
- The Stolen Bride (1913)
- Just Gold (1913) as The First Brother's Sweetheart
- So Runs the Way (1913) as Fred's Wife
- A Modest Hero (1913) as The Wife
- Oil and Water (1913) as In First Audience (uncredited)
- Madonna of the Storm (1913) as The Mother
- The House of Darkness (1913) as The Nurse
- The Unwelcome Guest (1913) as At Auction (uncredited)
- A Misunderstood Boy (1913) as The Daughter
- An Indian's Loyalty (1913) as The Ranchero's Daughter
- The Lady and the Mouse (1913) as The First Sister
- The Little Tease (1913) as Girl in bandana
- The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913) as The Rugmaker's Daughter
- A Timely Interception (1913) as The Farmer's Daughter
- A Woman in the Ultimate (1913) as Verda
- The Blue or the Gray (1913)
- The Mothering Heart (1913) as The Wife
- The Left-Handed Man (1913) as The Old Soldier's Daughter
- During the Round-Up (1913) as The Ranchero's Daughter
- Brutality (1912) as At Theatre
- An Unseen Enemy (1912) as Eldest Sister
- The One She Loved (1912)
- Gold and Glitter (1912) as The Young Woman
- In the Aisles of the Wild (1912) as The Younger Daughter
- So Near, Yet So Far (1912) as A Friend
- My Baby (1912)
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) as The Little Lady
- The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912) as Birthday Wellwisher
- Two Daughters of Eve (1912) as In Theatre Crowd
- The New York Hat (1912) as Customer in Shop / Outside Church
- A Cry for Help (1912) as The Maid
- The Informer (1912) as Walk on role
- The Painted Lady (1912) as Belle at Ice Cream Festival