The Night of the Hunter1955
As Rachel Cooper
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Lillian Gish
Born
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.
Filmography (139)
The Unforgiven1960
As Mattilda Zachary
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Birth of a Nation1915
As Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916
As The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Duel in the Sun1946
As Laura Belle McCanles
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl1919
As Lucy Burrows
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925
As Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Portrait of Jennie1948
As Mother Mary of Mercy
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Night of 100 Stars II1985
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1986
As Mrs Loftus
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sparrow
Sparrow1978
As Widow
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Follow Me, Boys!1966
As Hetty Seibert
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Comedians1967
As Mrs. Smith
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lillian Gish1984
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Night of 100 Stars1982
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Warning Shot1967
As Alice Willows
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Cobweb1955
As Victoria Inch
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Whales of August1987
As Sarah Webber
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Musketeers of Pig Alley1912
As The Little Lady
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still1974
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
A Wedding1978
As Nettie Sloan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Sweet Liberty1986
As Cecelia Burgess
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Romola1924
As Romola
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Sisters1914
As May
Night Hunter2011
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Orphans of the Storm1921
As Henriette Girard
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Women Who Run Hollywood2016
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Commandos Strike at Dawn1942
As Mrs. Bergesen
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch1913
As Melissa Harlow
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Orders to Kill1958
As Mrs. Summers
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Twin Detectives1976
As Billy Jo Haskins
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Top Man1943
As Beth Warren
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino1961
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Wind1928
As Letty
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Home, Sweet Home1914
As Payne's Sweetheart
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Film Fun
Film Fun1955
As (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies2008
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
A Romance of Happy Valley1919
As Jennie Timberlake
TMDb 6.9 / 10
La Bohème1926
As Mimi
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Way Down East1920
As Anna Moore
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Scarlet Letter1927
As Hester Prynne
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Lionpower from MGM1967
As Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Informer1912
As Walk on role
Arsenic and Old Lace1969
As Martha Brewster
TMDb 7.0 / 10
An Unseen Enemy1912
As Eldest Sister
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Judith of Bethulia1914
As The Young Mother
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Miss Susie Slagle's1946
As Miss Susie Slagle
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists1998
As Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Langlois1970
As Self
TMDb 5.3 / 10
My Baby1912
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Hearts of the World1918
As The Girl - Marie Stephenson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Captain Macklin
Captain Macklin1915
As Beatrice
Annie Laurie1927
As Annie Laurie
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hambone and Hillie1983
As Hillie Radcliffe
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Flapper2021
As (archive footage)
Thin Ice1981
As Grandmother
TMDb 9.0 / 10
One Romantic Night1930
As Princess Alexandra
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Enoch Arden1915
As Annie Lee
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Just Gold
Just Gold1913
As The First Brother's Sweetheart
The Folly of Anne
The Folly of Anne1914
As Anne
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Oil and Water1913
As In First Audience (uncredited)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum2014
As Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)1921
As Herself
A Cry for Help1912
As The Maid
In the Aisles of the Wild1912
As The Younger Daughter
The Tear That Burned1914
As Anita - the Truant
Sigrid Holmquist2010
As Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hobson's Choice1983
As Miss Molly Winkle
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The House of Darkness1913
As The Nurse
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The White Sister1923
As Angela Chiaromonte
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Burglar’s Dilemma1912
As Birthday Wellwisher
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Comedians in Africa1967
As Self (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The New York Hat1912
As Customer in Shop / Outside Church
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful1953
As Carrie Watts
TMDb 10.0 / 10
True Heart Susie1919
As Susie May Trueheart
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Madonna of the Storm
Madonna of the Storm1913
As The Mother
Diane of the Follies
Diane of the Follies1916
As Diane
An Indian's Loyalty1913
As The Ranchero's Daughter
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-19132002
Brutality1912
As At Theatre
The Children Pay1916
As Millicent
The Enemy1927
As Pauli Arndt
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Misunderstood Boy
A Misunderstood Boy1913
As The Daughter
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975
As Self (archive footage)
Souls Triumphant1917
As Lillian Vale
The Spiral Staircase1961
As Mrs. Warren
TMDb 8.0 / 10
So Runs the Way
So Runs the Way1913
As Fred's Wife
The Movie Album1932
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'1993
As Self (Archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Greatest Thing in Life1918
As Jeannette Peret
Two Daughters of Eve1912
As In Theatre Crowd
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius1975
As Self
Sold for Marriage1916
As Marfa
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown1986
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Daphne and the Pirate1916
As Daphne La Tour
TMDb 1.0 / 10
The One She Loved
The One She Loved1912
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'1995
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lady and the Mouse1913
As The First Sister
The Lost House1915
As Dosia Dale
The Stolen Bride
The Stolen Bride1913
An Innocent Magdalene1916
As Dorothy Raleigh
The Great Love1918
As Susie Broadplains
The Mothering Heart1913
As The Wife
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Unwelcome Guest1913
As At Auction (uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Gold and Glitter1912
As The Young Woman
The Little Tease1913
As Girl in bandana
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Painted Lady1912
As Belle at Ice Cream Festival
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me1988
As Herself, Archive footage
Early Directors on Directing2009
As Self
A Duel for Love
A Duel for Love1914
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal1918
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Battle of the Sexes1914
As Jane Andrews, the daughter
The Angel of Contention1914
As Nettie - the Angel
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Greatest Question1919
As Nellie Jarvis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
I Am Not a Racist2019
As Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hunchback
The Hunchback1914
As The Orphan - as an Adult
So Near, Yet So Far1912
As A Friend
TMDb 5.9 / 10
His Double Life1933
As Alice Chalice
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mrs. Winchester's House1963
As Narrator
A Modest Hero
A Modest Hero1913
As The Wife
The Left-Handed Man
The Left-Handed Man1913
As The Old Soldier's Daughter
The Quicksands
The Quicksands1914
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Great Chase1962
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Lily and the Rose1915
As Mary Randolph
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
The Conscience of Hassan Bey1913
As The Rugmaker's Daughter
During the Round-Up
During the Round-Up1913
As The Ranchero's Daughter
Pathways of Life
Pathways of Life1916
TMDb 10.0 / 10
From Farm to Fame1922
As Lillian Gish
TMDb 8.0 / 10
His Lesson
His Lesson1915
As Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Blue or the Gray
The Blue or the Gray1913
A Woman in the Ultimate1913
As Verda
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle1914
As Kitty Belle
Lord Chumley
Lord Chumley1914
As Eleanor Butterworth
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The House Built Upon Sand
The House Built Upon Sand1916
As Evelyn Dare
A Timely Interception1913
As The Farmer's Daughter
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Man's Enemy
Man's Enemy1914
As Grace Lisle
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Green-Eyed Devil
The Green-Eyed Devil1914
As Mary Miller
TMDb 7.0 / 10
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