Lillian Gish
Born October 14, 1893 (Age: 132)
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Springfield, Ohio, USA
Biography
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 received an AFI Life Achievement Award.
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 received an AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Filmography
I Am Not a Racist
2019
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as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 125
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
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as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
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Age: 116
Early Directors on Directing
2009
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as Self
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Age: 115
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
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as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
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Age: 104
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
1988
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as Herself, Archive footage
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Age: 94
The Whales of August
1987
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as Sarah Webber
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Age: 94
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
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as Self
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Age: 93
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 91
Thin Ice
1981
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as Grandmother
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Age: 87
A Wedding
1978
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as Nettie Sloan
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Age: 84
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
1974
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 80
Arsenic and Old Lace
1969
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as Martha Brewster
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Age: 75
Mrs. Winchester's House
1963
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as Narrator
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Age: 70
The Great Chase
1962
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as
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Age: 69
The Spiral Staircase
1961
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as Mrs. Warren
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Age: 67
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 67
The Unforgiven
1960
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as Mattilda Zachary
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Age: 66
Orders to Kill
1958
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as Mrs. Summers
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Age: 64
No Image
Film Fun
1955
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 61
The Night of the Hunter
1955
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as Rachel Cooper
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Age: 61
The Cobweb
1955
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as Victoria Inch
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Age: 61
No Image
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
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as Carrie Watts
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Age: 59
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
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as Mrs. Bergesen
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Age: 49
One Romantic Night
1930
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as Princess Alexandra
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Age: 36
The Birth of a Nation
1915
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as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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Age: 21