Lillian Gish The First Lady of American Cinema
Born October 14, 1893 · Springfield, Ohio, USA
† Died February 27, 1993
32 Roles ★ 6.5 Average rating
Raised in a theatrical family, Gish began performing on stage at five alongside her sister Dorothy, touring with a traveling troupe and later receiving voice lessons while modeling for artists; this early immersion shaped the expressive techniques that would define her screen work. She entered film in 1912 through D. W. Griffith’s Biograph Studios and quickly became a silent-era icon, starring in… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
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 Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Bessie Carnby ★ 7.1 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle ★ 7.3 The Wind 1928
Letty ★ 7.3 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Portrait of Jennie 1948
Mother Mary of Mercy ★ 6.9 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919
Lucy Burrows ★ 6.9 Way Down East 1920
Anna Moore ★ 7 The Whales of August 1987
Sarah Webber ★ 7 True Heart Susie 1919
Susie May Trueheart ★ 6.8 Orphans of the Storm 1921
Henriette Girard ★ 7.1 The Scarlet Letter 1927
Hester Prynne ★ 7.2 Orders to Kill 1958
Mrs. Summers ★ 6.7 Follow Me, Boys! 1966
Hetty Seibert ★ 6.4 Warning Shot 1967
Alice Willows ★ 6.1 Hearts of the World 1918
The Girl - Marie Stephenson ★ 6.3 A Wedding 1978
Nettie Sloan ★ 6.4 Duel in the Sun 1946
Laura Belle McCanles ★ 6.1 Judith of Bethulia 1914
The Young Mother ★ 6.1 The Comedians 1967
Mrs. Smith ★ 5.7 The Painted Lady 1912
Belle at Ice Cream Festival ★ 5.9 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch 1913
Melissa Harlow ★ 5.5 Commandos Strike at Dawn 1942
Mrs. Bergesen ★ 5.6 An Unseen Enemy 1912
Eldest Sister ★ 5.7 The Cobweb 1955
Victoria Inch ★ 5.6 The New York Hat 1912
Customer in Shop / Outside Church ★ 5.6 The Mothering Heart 1913
The Wife ★ 6.1 The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912
The Little Lady Series ★ 6.2 The Love Boat 1977
Mrs. Williams ★ 6.2 The Unforgiven 1960
Mattilda Zachary ★ 5.4 Sweet Liberty 1986
Cecelia Burgess ★ 5.9 The Birth of a Nation 1915
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