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.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) | Self (archive footage) | - |
| 2 | The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1993) | Self (Archive footage) | - |
| 3 | The Whales of August (1987) | Sarah Webber | 4 |
| 4 | A Wedding (1978) | Nettie Sloan | 5 |
| 5 | The Comedians in Africa (1967) | Self (uncredited) | - |
| 6 | Warning Shot (1967) | Alice Willows | 5 |
| 7 | The Comedians (1967) | Mrs. Smith | - |
| 8 | Mrs. Winchester's House (1963) | Narrator | 8 |
| 9 | The Unforgiven (1960) | Mattilda Zachary | 6 |
| 10 | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | Rachel Cooper | 7.6 |
| 11 | The Cobweb (1955) | Victoria Inch | 4 |
| 12 | Portrait of Jennie (1948) | Mother Mary of Mercy | 6 |
| 13 | Duel in the Sun (1946) | Laura Belle McCanles | 6 |
| 14 | The Wind (1928) | Letty | 4 |
| 15 | The Scarlet Letter (1927) | Hester Prynne | 7 |
| 16 | La Bohème (1926) | Mimi | 4 |
| 17 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | 6 |
| 18 | Orphans of the Storm (1921) | Henriette Girard | 5 |
| 19 | Way Down East (1920) | Anna Moore | 7 |
| 20 | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) | Lucy Burrows | 5 |
| 21 | True Heart Susie (1919) | Susie May Trueheart | 3 |
| 22 | Hearts of the World (1918) | The Girl - Marie Stephenson | 5 |
| 23 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle | 5.4 |
| 24 | The Birth of a Nation (1915) | Stoneman's Daughter Elsie | 4.9 |
| 25 | Judith of Bethulia (1914) | The Young Mother | - |
| 26 | The Mothering Heart (1913) | The Wife | 6 |
| 27 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913) | Melissa Harlow | 3 |
| 28 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) | The Little Lady | 2 |
| 29 | The New York Hat (1912) | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | 2 |
| 30 | The Painted Lady (1912) | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | 4 |
