Lillian Diana Gish[a] (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film …

Lillian Gish. Actress: The Night of the Hunter. Lillian Diana Gish was born on October 14, 1893, in Springfield, Ohio. Her father, James Lee Gish, was an alcoholic who caroused, was rarely at home, …

Lillian Gish was an American actress who, like her sister Dorothy, was a major figure in the early motion picture industry, particularly in director D.W. Griffith’s silent film classics.

Feb 27, 1993 · Lillian Gish, born on October 14, 1893, in Springfield, Ohio, was a seminal figure in cinema, whose career spanned over seven decades. Starting in silent film as D.W. Griffith's muse, …

Dec 29, 2001 · She has been called “the first lady of the silent screen,” and film director D.W. Griffith extolled her “exquisite, ethereal beauty.” She was Lillian Gish, the star of movies, television,...

Best known for her work with director D. W. Griffith, in her younger years Gish portrayed pale, waiflike heroines who used emotional strength, hard work, and persistence to protect their chastity—and …

Feb 27, 1993 · 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.

Throughout her life, Miss Gish has been a tireless advocate of the cause of film preservation. She was instrumental in obtaining the Griffith collection of films for the Museum of Modern Art, and she …

Gish came from a Episcopalian and Lutheran religious background. She was a descendant of a colonial minister and a Revolutionary War hero. Lillian was very young when her father abandoned his family. …

Feb 27, 1993 · In 1920, Lillian Gish both delivered a landmark performance in D.W. Griffith’s Way Down East and directed her sister Dorothy in Remodelling Her Husband. This was her sole director credit …