Lillian Gish

Birthday: 1893-10-14
Deathday: 1992-09-20
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
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Total Points: 0

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.

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1947 54 Duel in the Sun (1946) Supporting Actress Nom 0
Career 0

Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
Early Directors on Directing
I Am Not a Racist Elsie
2011-04-01 Night Hunter
2002-09-10 D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
1987-10-14 The Whales of August Sarah Webber
1986-05-16 Sweet Liberty Cecelia Burgess
1986-02-10 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mrs Loftus
1983-12-21 Hobson's Choice Miss Molly Winkle
1983-04-24 Hambone and Hillie Hillie Radcliffe
1981-02-17 Thin Ice Grandmother
1978-08-29 A Wedding Nettie Sloan
1976-05-01 Twin Detectives Billy Jo Haskins
1969-04-02 Arsenic and Old Lace Martha Brewster
1967-10-31 The Comedians Mrs. Smith
1967-01-18 Warning Shot Alice Willows
1966-12-01 Follow Me, Boys! Hetty Seibert
1961-10-04 The Spiral Staircase Mrs. Warren
1960-04-06 The Unforgiven Mattilda Zachary
1958-07-25 Orders to Kill Mrs. Summers
1955-08-26 The Night of the Hunter Rachel Cooper
1955-06-07 The Cobweb Victoria Inch
1953-03-01 The Trip to Bountiful Carrie Watts
1948-12-25 Portrait of Jennie Mother Mary of Mercy
1946-12-31 Duel in the Sun Laura Belle McCanles
1946-03-04 Miss Susie Slagle's Miss Susie Slagle
1943-09-17 Top Man Beth Warren
1942-12-30 Commandos Strike at Dawn Mrs. Bergesen
1933-12-14 His Double Life Alice Chalice
1930-04-30 One Romantic Night Princess Alexandra
1928-09-15 The Wind Letty
1927-12-08 The Enemy Pauli Arndt
1927-05-10 Annie Laurie Annie Laurie
1927-01-08 The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne
1926-03-13 La Bohème Mimi
1925-12-25 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924-12-06 Romola Romola
1923-09-05 The White Sister Angela Chiaromonte
1922-10-01 From Farm to Fame Lillian Gish
1921-12-28 Orphans of the Storm Henriette Girard
1920-09-03 Way Down East Anna Moore
1919-12-27 The Greatest Question Nellie Jarvis
1919-06-01 True Heart Susie Susie May Trueheart
1919-05-13 Broken Blossoms Lucy Burrows
1919-01-26 A Romance of Happy Valley Jennie Timberlake
1918-12-22 The Greatest Thing in Life Jeannette Peret
1918-11-17 Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
1918-08-11 The Great Love Susie Broadplains
1918-03-11 Hearts of the World The Girl - Marie Stephenson
1917-05-19 Souls Triumphant Lillian Vale
1916-12-31 The House Built Upon Sand Evelyn Dare
1916-11-26 The Children Pay Millicent
1916-09-24 Diane of the Follies Diane
1916-09-04 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
1916-06-18 An Innocent Magdalene Dorothy Raleigh
1916-04-15 Sold for Marriage Marfa
1916-03-04 Daphne and the Pirate Daphne La Tour
1916-01-01 Pathways of Life
1915-11-06 The Lily and the Rose Mary Randolph
1915-04-22 Captain Macklin Beatrice
1915-04-08 Enoch Arden Annie Lee
1915-03-25 The Lost House Dosia Dale
1915-02-08 The Birth of a Nation Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
1915-01-05 His Lesson Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
1914-11-29 The Sisters May
1914-11-14 The Folly of Anne Anne
1914-11-08 The Tear That Burned Anita - the Truant
1914-08-01 Man's Enemy Grace Lisle
1914-07-05 The Angel of Contention Nettie - the Angel
1914-06-14 The Rebellion of Kitty Belle Kitty Belle
1914-06-14 Lord Chumley Eleanor Butterworth
1914-05-16 Home, Sweet Home Payne's Sweetheart
1914-05-01 The Quicksands
1914-04-12 The Hunchback The Orphan - as an Adult
1914-04-12 The Battle of the Sexes Jane Andrews, the daughter
1914-03-08 Judith of Bethulia The Young Mother
1914-02-28 The Green-Eyed Devil Mary Miller
1914-01-01 A Duel for Love
1913-12-20 The Conscience of Hassan Bey The Rugmaker's Daughter
1913-12-01 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Melissa Harlow
1913-11-29 The Blue or the Gray
1913-10-25 Madonna of the Storm The Mother
1913-10-11 So Runs the Way Fred's Wife
1913-09-08 A Modest Hero The Wife
1913-09-03 A Woman in the Ultimate Verda
1913-08-15 An Indian's Loyalty The Ranchero's Daughter
1913-07-19 During the Round-Up The Ranchero's Daughter
1913-06-21 The Mothering Heart The Wife
1913-06-07 A Timely Interception The Farmer's Daughter
1913-05-24 Just Gold The First Brother's Sweetheart
1913-05-10 The House of Darkness The Nurse
1913-04-26 The Lady and the Mouse The First Sister
1913-04-21 The Left-Handed Man The Old Soldier's Daughter
1913-04-19 A Misunderstood Boy The Daughter
1913-04-12 The Little Tease Girl in bandana
1913-04-07 The Stolen Bride
1913-03-15 The Unwelcome Guest At Auction (uncredited)
1913-02-10 Oil and Water In First Audience (uncredited)
1912-12-23 A Cry for Help The Maid
1912-12-16 The Burglar’s Dilemma Birthday Wellwisher
1912-12-05 The New York Hat Customer in Shop / Outside Church
1912-12-02 Brutality At Theatre
1912-11-21 The Informer Walk on role
1912-11-14 My Baby
1912-11-11 Gold and Glitter The Young Woman
1912-10-31 The Musketeers of Pig Alley The Little Lady
1912-10-24 The Painted Lady Belle at Ice Cream Festival
1912-10-21 The One She Loved
1912-10-14 In the Aisles of the Wild The Younger Daughter
1912-09-29 So Near, Yet So Far A Friend
1912-09-19 Two Daughters of Eve In Theatre Crowd
1912-09-09 An Unseen Enemy Eldest Sister