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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…
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- The Love Boat (1977) as Mrs. Williams
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Award Accepter
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) Cast
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Bessie Carnby
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Abby
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- The Defenders (1961) as Louisa Clarendon
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- Mr. Novak (1963) as Maude Phipps
- The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) as Self
- Hollywood (1980) as Self
- Playwrights '56 (1955) Cast
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) as Rachel Cooper
- The Alcoa Hour (1955) as Esther Crampton
- Duel in the Sun (1946) as Laura Belle McCanles
- The Unforgiven (1960) as Mattilda Zachary
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Grandma Moses
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
- Sweet Liberty (1986) as Cecelia Burgess
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- The Birth of a Nation (1915) as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986) as Mrs Loftus
- Orphans of the Storm (1921) as Henriette Girard
- Warning Shot (1967) as Alice Willows
- Portrait of Jennie (1948) as Mother Mary of Mercy
- A Wedding (1978) as Nettie Sloan
- The Cobweb (1955) as Victoria Inch
- The Comedians (1967) as Mrs. Smith
- Follow Me, Boys! (1966) as Hetty Seibert
- Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) as Lucy Burrows
- So Near, Yet So Far (1912) as A Friend
- Romola (1924) as Romola
- Hambone and Hillie (1983) as Hillie Radcliffe
- The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) as Self (archive footage)
- Hobson's Choice (1983) as Miss Molly Winkle
- The Whales of August (1987) as Sarah Webber
- La Bohème (1926) as Mimi
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Wind (1928) as Letty
- Top Man (1943) as Beth Warren
- Twin Detectives (1976) as Billy Jo Haskins
- The Scarlet Letter (1927) as Hester Prynne
- Enoch Arden (1915) as Annie Lee
- Orders to Kill (1958) as Mrs. Summers
- Annie Laurie (1927) as Annie Laurie
- The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) as The Little Lady
- An Unseen Enemy (1912) as Eldest Sister
- The Trip to Bountiful (1953) as Carrie Watts
- Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) as Mrs. Bergesen
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1969) as Martha Brewster
- Way Down East (1920) as Anna Moore
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998) as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
- The Children Pay (1916) as Millicent
- The Enemy (1927) as Pauli Arndt
- The House of Darkness (1913) as The Nurse
- The Sisters (1914) as May
- Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) as Miss Susie Slagle
- Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1974) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Spiral Staircase (1961) as Mrs. Warren
- Sigrid Holmquist (2010) as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
- A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) as Jennie Timberlake
- The White Sister (1923) as Angela Chiaromonte
- The Comedians in Africa (1967) as Self (uncredited)
- Oil and Water (1913) as In First Audience (uncredited)
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Early Directors on Directing (2009) as Self
- My Baby (1912) Cast
- The Informer (1912) as Walk on role
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913) as Melissa Harlow
- Hearts of the World (1918) as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
- Sold for Marriage (1916) as Marfa
- The Little Tease (1913) as Girl in bandana
- In the Aisles of the Wild (1912) as The Younger Daughter
- The Great Chase (1962) Cast
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Most-watched Lillian Gish films currently: The Night of the Hunter (1955), Duel in the Sun (1946), The Unforgiven (1960), Night of 100 Stars II (1985), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).
What TV shows has Lillian Gish appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Love Boat (1977), Tony Awards (1956), Robert Montgomery Presents (1950), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948).
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