Lillian Gish: movies and TV shows
Lillian Gish has 162 credits in the archive: 142 films and 20 TV series, from 1912 to 2021. Highest rated: Hollywood (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1912 – 2021 · busiest year: 1913 (20 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Flapper | (archive footage) | Film | — | 127 |
| 2019 | I Am Not a Racist | Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 125 |
| 2016 | The Women Who Run Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 122 |
| 2011 | Night Hunter | Film | 6.0 | 117 | |
| 2010 | Sigrid Holmquist | Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 116 |
| 2009 | Early Directors on Directing | Self | Film | — | 115 |
| 2008 | Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 114 |
| 2002 | D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 | Film | — | 108 | |
| 1998 | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Lucy - The Girl (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 104 |
| 1995 | Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 101 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 101 |
| 1993 | The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' | Self (Archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 99 |
| 1993 | The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors | Film | 3.7 | 99 | |
| 1988 | Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me | Herself, Archive footage | Film | — | 94 |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | Film | 7.0 | 93 |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.0 | 93 |
| 1986 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mrs Loftus | Film | 6.6 | 92 |
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess | Film | 5.3 | 92 |
| 1986 | Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 92 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 91 |
| 1984 | Lillian Gish | Self | Film | 6.5 | 90 |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | Film | 7.0 | 89 |
| 1983 | Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | Film | 5.7 | 89 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 88 |
| 1981 | Thin Ice | Grandmother | Film | 9.0 | 87 |
| 1980 | Hollywood | Self | TV | 8.4 | 86 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 84 |
| 1978 | Sparrow | Widow | Film | — | 84 |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Nettie Sloan | Film | 6.3 | 84 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Williams | TV | 6.3 | 83 |
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | Film | 8.0 | 82 |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 81 |
| 1974 | Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 80 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 79 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 77 |
| 1970 | Langlois | Self | Film | 5.3 | 76 |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Martha Brewster | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1967 | Lionpower from MGM | Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Mrs. Smith | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Alice Willows | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 1967 | The Comedians in Africa | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert | Film | 6.7 | 72 |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Maude Phipps | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 1963 | Mrs. Winchester's House | Narrator | Film | — | 69 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bessie Carnby | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1962 | The Great Chase | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Louisa Clarendon | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Mrs. Cooper | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1961 | The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1961 | The Spiral Staircase | Mrs. Warren | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1958 | Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Award Accepter | TV | — | 62 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 62 |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | Film | 7.9 | 61 |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | TV | 6.3 | 61 | |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | Esther Crampton | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1955 | Film Fun | (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Victoria Inch | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1953 | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grandma Moses | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | TV | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Abby | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Narrator | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Carrie Watts | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy | Film | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle McCanles | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | Film | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1943 | Top Man | Beth Warren | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1933 | His Double Life | Alice Chalice | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1932 | The Movie Album | (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | Princess Alexandra | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1928 | The Wind | Letty | Film | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1927 | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | Film | 7.1 | 33 |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1927 | The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Mimi | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1924 | Romola | Romola | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1923 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | Film | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1922 | From Farm to Fame | Lillian Gish | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1921 | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Herself | Film | — | 27 |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | Film | 4.0 | 26 | |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | Film | 4.0 | 26 | |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | Film | 4.0 | 26 | |
| 1920 | Way Down East | Anna Moore | Film | 6.9 | 26 |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Lucy Burrows | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1919 | True Heart Susie | Susie May Trueheart | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1919 | The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis | Film | 6.1 | 25 |
| 1919 | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | Film | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | The Girl - Marie Stephenson | Film | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | Film | — | 24 |
| 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1918 | The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | Film | — | 24 |
| 1918 | Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1917 | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | Film | — | 23 |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle | Film | 7.1 | 22 |
| 1916 | The Children Pay | Millicent | Film | — | 22 |
| 1916 | An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | Film | — | 22 |
| 1916 | Sold for Marriage | Marfa | Film | 5.9 | 22 |
| 1916 | Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | Film | 1.0 | 22 |
| 1916 | Diane of the Follies | Diane | Film | — | 22 |
| 1916 | The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | Film | — | 22 |
| 1916 | Pathways of Life | Film | 10.0 | 22 | |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Stoneman's Daughter Elsie | Film | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1915 | Captain Macklin | Beatrice | Film | — | 21 |
| 1915 | The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | Film | — | 21 |
| 1915 | Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | Film | 6.3 | 21 |
| 1915 | The Lost House | Dosia Dale | Film | — | 21 |
| 1915 | His Lesson | Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1914 | The Sisters | May | Film | — | 20 |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | Film | 6.1 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Folly of Anne | Anne | Film | 9.0 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | Film | — | 20 |
| 1914 | A Duel for Love | Film | 9.0 | 20 | |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | Film | 5.0 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews, the daughter | Film | — | 20 |
| 1914 | Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | Film | — | 20 |
| 1914 | The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Quicksands | Film | 10.0 | 20 | |
| 1914 | Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | Film | 9.0 | 20 |
| 1914 | The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | Film | — | 20 |
| 1913 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | Film | 5.9 | 19 |
| 1913 | The Stolen Bride | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1913 | Just Gold | The First Brother's Sweetheart | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | A Modest Hero | The Wife | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience (uncredited) | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | The House of Darkness | The Nurse | Film | 5.0 | 19 |
| 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 19 |
| 1913 | A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | The Little Tease | Girl in bandana | Film | 5.0 | 19 |
| 1913 | The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | Film | 4.8 | 19 |
| 1913 | A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | The Blue or the Gray | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1913 | The Mothering Heart | The Wife | Film | 5.6 | 19 |
| 1913 | The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | Film | — | 19 |
| 1913 | During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | Film | — | 19 |
| 1912 | Brutality | At Theatre | Film | — | 18 |
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | Eldest Sister | Film | 5.6 | 18 |
| 1912 | The One She Loved | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1912 | Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | Film | — | 18 |
| 1912 | In the Aisles of the Wild | The Younger Daughter | Film | — | 18 |
| 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far | A Friend | Film | 5.9 | 18 |
| 1912 | My Baby | Film | 5.5 | 18 | |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | The Little Lady | Film | 6.2 | 18 |
| 1912 | The Burglar’s Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | Film | 5.3 | 18 |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | Film | — | 18 |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | Film | 5.6 | 18 |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help | The Maid | Film | — | 18 |
| 1912 | The Informer | Walk on role | Film | — | 18 |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | Film | 5.7 | 18 |