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… Read more
Known for The Night of the Hunter 1955 The Birth of a Nation 1915 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919 ★ 7 The Whales of August 1987
Sarah Webber ★ 5.3 Sweet Liberty 1986
Cecelia Burgess ★ 6.3 A Wedding 1978
Nettie Sloan Series ★ 6.3 The Love Boat 1977
Mrs. Williams Series ★ 6.8 The Dick Cavett Show 1968
Self - Guest ★ 6.4 Warning Shot 1967
Alice Willows ★ 6.1 The Comedians 1967
Mrs. Smith ★ 6.7 Follow Me, Boys! 1966
Hetty Seibert Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Bessie Carnby ★ 6.2 The Unforgiven 1960
Mattilda Zachary ★ 7.2 Orders to Kill 1958
Mrs. Summers ★ 7.9 The Night of the Hunter 1955
Rachel Cooper ★ 5.7 The Cobweb 1955
Victoria Inch ★ 7.2 Portrait of Jennie 1948
Mother Mary of Mercy Series ★ 6.8 The Ed Sullivan Show 1948
Self ★ 6.4 Duel in the Sun 1946
Laura Belle McCanles ★ 5.5 Commandos Strike at Dawn 1942
Mrs. Bergesen ★ 7.3 The Wind 1928
Letty ★ 7.1 The Scarlet Letter 1927
Hester Prynne ★ 7.3 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Orphans of the Storm 1921
Henriette Girard ★ 7 Way Down East 1920
Anna Moore ★ 6.9 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919
Lucy Burrows ★ 7 True Heart Susie 1919
Susie May Trueheart ★ 6 Hearts of the World 1918
The Girl - Marie Stephenson ★ 7.1 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle ★ 5.9 The Birth of a Nation 1915
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie ★ 6.1 Judith of Bethulia 1914
The Young Mother ★ 5.6 The Mothering Heart 1913
The Wife ★ 5.9 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 1913
Melissa Harlow ★ 6.1 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912
The Little Lady ★ 5.6 An Unseen Enemy 1912
Eldest Sister ★ 5.6 The New York Hat 1912
Customer in Shop / Outside Church ★ 5.7 The Painted Lady 1912
Belle at Ice Cream Festival 
