

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
as Self (archive footage)

Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Herself, Archive footage

The Whales of August
as Sarah Webber

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self

Sweet Liberty
as Cecelia Burgess

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs Loftus

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

Lillian Gish
as Self

Hobson's Choice
as Miss Molly Winkle

Hambone and Hillie
as Hillie Radcliffe

Night of 100 Stars
as Self

Thin Ice
as Grandmother

A Wedding
as Nettie Sloan
Sparrow
as Widow

Twin Detectives
as Billy Jo Haskins

D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
as Self

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Langlois
as Self

Arsenic and Old Lace
as Martha Brewster

The Comedians
as Mrs. Smith

The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)

Warning Shot
as Alice Willows

Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

Follow Me, Boys!
as Hetty Seibert

Mrs. Winchester's House
as Narrator

The Great Chase

The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Warren

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)

The Unforgiven
as Mattilda Zachary

The Wind
as Letty

The Enemy
as Pauli Arndt

Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie

The Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne

La Bohème
as Mimi

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

Romola
as Romola

The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte

From Farm to Fame
as Lillian Gish

Orphans of the Storm
as Henriette Girard

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Herself

Way Down East
as Anna Moore

The Greatest Question
as Nellie Jarvis

True Heart Susie
as Susie May Trueheart

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as Lucy Burrows

A Romance of Happy Valley
as Jennie Timberlake

The Greatest Thing in Life
as Jeannette Peret

Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

The Great Love
as Susie Broadplains

Hearts of the World
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson

Souls Triumphant
as Lillian Vale
The House Built Upon Sand
as Evelyn Dare

The Children Pay
as Millicent
Diane of the Follies
as Diane

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle

An Innocent Magdalene
as Dorothy Raleigh

Sold for Marriage
as Marfa

Daphne and the Pirate
as Daphne La Tour
Pathways of Life

The Lily and the Rose
as Mary Randolph
Captain Macklin
as Beatrice

Enoch Arden
as Annie Lee

The Lost House
as Dosia Dale

The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)

The Sisters
as May
The Folly of Anne
as Anne

The Tear That Burned
as Anita - the Truant
Man's Enemy
as Grace Lisle

The Angel of Contention
as Nettie - the Angel
Lord Chumley
as Eleanor Butterworth

The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as Kitty Belle

Home, Sweet Home
as Payne's Sweetheart
The Quicksands
The Hunchback
as The Orphan - as an Adult

The Battle of the Sexes
as Jane Andrews, the daughter

Judith of Bethulia
as The Young Mother
The Green-Eyed Devil
as Mary Miller
A Duel for Love
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
as The Rugmaker's Daughter

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Melissa Harlow
The Blue or the Gray
Madonna of the Storm
as The Mother
So Runs the Way
as Fred's Wife
A Modest Hero
as The Wife

A Woman in the Ultimate
as Verda

An Indian's Loyalty
as The Ranchero's Daughter
During the Round-Up
as The Ranchero's Daughter

The Mothering Heart
as The Wife

A Timely Interception
as The Farmer's Daughter
Just Gold
as The First Brother's Sweetheart

The House of Darkness
as The Nurse

The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Sister
The Left-Handed Man
as The Old Soldier's Daughter
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Daughter

The Little Tease
as Girl in bandana
The Stolen Bride

The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)

Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)

A Cry for Help
as The Maid

The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher

The New York Hat
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church

Brutality
as At Theatre

The Informer
as Walk on role

My Baby

Gold and Glitter
as The Young Woman

The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Little Lady

The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival
The One She Loved

In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Younger Daughter

So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend

Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd

An Unseen Enemy
as Eldest Sister