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These are the films of Lillian Gish .
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These are the films of Lillian Gish .
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | The Sister | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| So Near, yet So Far | A Friend | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| In the Aisles of the Wild | The Young Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| The One She Loved | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |||
| The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited | |
| The Musketeers of Pig Alley | The Little Lady | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| My Baby | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |||
| The Informer | Undetermined Secondary Role | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| Brutality | At Theatre | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The Burglar's Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| A Cry for Help | The Maid | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited |
| The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited | |
| A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The House of Darkness | The Nurse | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| Just Gold | The Sweetheart | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The Mothering Heart | The Young Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | Dell Henderson | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| A Modest Hero | The Wife | Dell Henderson | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | ||
| The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | D. W. Griffith and Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | ||
| The Little Tease | Girl in bandanna | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost | |
| 1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | James Kirkwood Sr. | Reliance Film Company | Lost |
| The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| The Quicksands | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost | ||
| The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | Frank Powell | Biograph Company | ||
| The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| The Folly of Anne | Anne | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| The Sisters | May | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| 1915 | The Lost House | Dosia Dale | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1916 | Pathways of Life | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | ||
| 1918 | Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | D. W. Griffith | Artcraft | Lost |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews | D. W. Griffith | Majestic Film Company | Incomplete | |
| Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | D. W. Griffith | Reliance | ||
| Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | James Kirkwood | Biograph Company | ||
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Elsie | D. W. Griffith | D. W. Griffith Corporation | |
| Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | ||
| Captain Macklin | Beatrice | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost | |
| The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | Paul Powell | Triangle Film Corporation | ||
| 1916 | Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| Sold for Marriage | Marfa | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | ||
| An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | Allan Dwan | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost | |
| Intolerance | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle / Eternal Mother | D. W. Griffith | Triangle Film Corporation | ||
| Diane of the Follies | Diane | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost | |
| The Children Pay | Millicent | Lloyd Ingraham | Triangle Film Corporation | ||
| The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | Edward Morrissey | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost | |
| 1917 | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | John B. O'Brien | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | Marie Stephenson | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | |
| The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | Lost | |
| The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | Lost | |
| 1919 | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | |
| Broken Blossoms | Lucy Barrows | D. W. Griffith | United Artists | ||
| True Heart Susie | True Heart Susie | D. W. Griffith | Artcraft | ||
| The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis | D. W. Griffith | First National Pictures | ||
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | — | Lillian Gish | Famous Players-Lasky | Director only Lost |
| Way Down East | Anna Moore | D. W. Griffith | United Artists | ||
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | D. W. Griffith | United Artists | |
| 1923 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | Henry King | Metro Pictures | |
| 1924 | Romola | Romola | Henry King | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator | Fred Niblo | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Cameo (Uncredited) |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Mimi | King Vidor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | Victor Sjöström | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | ||
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | John S. Robertson | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | Fred Niblo | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Final reel is lost | |
| 1928 | The Wind | Letty | Victor Sjöström | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Mrs. Midget | Episode: "Outward Bound" |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Abby | Episode: "The Late Christopher Bean" | |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre | Sister Christina | Episode: "The Joyous Season" |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "Ladies in Retirement" | ||
| 1952 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grandma Moses | Episode: "The Autobiography of Grandma Moses" |
| 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Carrie Watts | Episode: "The Trip to Bountiful" |
| 1954 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| The Campbell Playhouse | Miss Harrington | Episode: "The Corner Druggist" | |
| 1955 | Kraft Television Theatre | Mrs. Bibb | Episode: "I, Mrs. Bibb" |
| Playwrights '56 | Mrs. Compson | Episode: "The Sound and the Fury" | |
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Mary Todd Lincoln | Episode: "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" |
| The Alcoa Hour | Esther Crampton | Episode: "Mornings at Seven" | |
| 1960 | The Play of the Week | Dolly Talbo | Episode: "The Glass Harp" |
| 1962 | The Defenders | Laura Clarendon | Episode: "Grandma TNT" |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Miss Maude Phipps | Episode: "Hello, Miss Phipps" |
| Breaking Point | Stella Manville | Episode: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct" | |
| 1964 | The Defenders | Mrs. Cooper | Episode: "Stowaway" |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bessie Carnby | Episode: "Body in the Barn" | |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Martha Brewster | TV movie |
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | TV movie |
| 1978 | Sparrow | Widow | TV movie |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Williams | Episode: "Isaac's Teacher" |
| Thin Ice | Grandmother | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | TV movie |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Loftus | Episode: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th-greatest female movie star of Classic Hollywood cinema.
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American stage and screen actress. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.
Anne Elizabeth "Annabeth" Gish is an American actress. She has played roles in films Shag, Hiding Out, Mystic Pizza, SLC Punk!, The Last Supper and Double Jeopardy. On television, she played Special Agent Monica Reyes on The X-Files, Elizabeth Bartlet Westin on The West Wing, Diane Gould on Halt and Catch Fire, Eileen Caffee on Brotherhood, Charlotte Millwright on The Bridge and Sheriff Althea Jarry on the seventh and final season of Sons of Anarchy.
Home, Sweet Home (1914) is an American silent biographical drama directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Earle Foxe, Henry Walthall and Dorothy Gish.
An Unseen Enemy is a 1912 Biograph Company short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, and was the first film to be made starring the actresses Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. A critic of the time stated that "the Gish sisters gave charming performances in this one-reel film". The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. Consistent with practice at that time, the actors in the cast and their roles are not listed in the film..
Two Daughters of Eve is a 1912 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Gold and Glitter is a 1912 American silent drama film co-directed by D. W. Griffith and Frank Powell. Lillian Gish, in the leading female role, was praised for its variety of emotion, in comparison to her previous roles.
The Informer is a 1912 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Harry Carey, Lionel Barrymore, Dorothy Gish, and Lillian Gish. It was filmed in the Pike County town of Milford, Pennsylvania. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress.
A Cry for Help is a 1912 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Madonna of the Storm is a 1913 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
La Bohème is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor, based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini. Lillian Gish and John Gilbert star in a tragic romance in which a tubercular seamstress sacrifices her life so that her lover, a bohemian playwright, might pen his masterpiece. Gish, at the height of her influence with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, asserted significant control over the production, determining the story, director, cast, cinematography, and costume design. In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.
The Lady and the Mouse is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives. Lillian and Dorothy Gish play sisters in the film. The only other two films where the Gishes play sisters are An Unseen Enemy (1912) and Orphans of the Storm (1922).
Just Gold is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
The Lost House is a lost 1915 American short drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lillian Gish.
Daphne and the Pirate is a 1916 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Lillian Gish.
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal is a 1918 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith. Produced to support the Liberty bond drive of 1918, the film is now considered to be a lost film.
The Greatest Thing in Life is a 1918 American silent drama film about World War I, directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, and David Butler. The film is now considered lost as no prints are known to exist.
True Heart Susie is a 1919 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the British Film Institute. The film has seen several VHS releases as well as a DVD issue.
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize or Gish Prize is given annually to "a man or woman who has made an outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind's enjoyment and understanding of life." It is among the most prestigious and one of the richest prizes in the American arts. The 2019 winner Walter Hood received $250,000. The founders Dorothy Gish (1898–1968) and Lillian Gish (1893–1993) were sisters, famous as actresses from the silent era of film and mid-century theatre. About the prize, established in Lillian Gish's will, she said: "It is my desire, by establishing this prize, to give recipients of the prize the recognition they deserve, to bring attention to their contributions to society and encourage others to follow in their path." It was established in 1994 by the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize Trust and is administered by JPMorgan Chase Bank.
Remodeling Her Husband is a 1920 American silent comedy film that marked the only time Lillian Gish directed a film.