Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

American actor, actress, motion picture producers and director, screenwriter (1893–1993)

Lillian Diana Gish 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 shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the "First Lady of the Screen" by Vanity Fair in 1927 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 classical Hollywood cinema.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 59 films (1912–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 17 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1978 A Wedding Robert Altman 125 min Color
1966 Follow Me, Boys Walt Disney Productions. 131 min 16mm Color sound
1966 Warning shot. Paramount Pictures Corp. & Bob Banner Associates Inc. 100 min 35mm Color sound
1955 The Cobweb. Loew’s Incorporated 124 min 35mm Color sound
1955 The night of the hunter Charles Laughton 92 B&W
1948 Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle 86 min 16mm Color & B&W
1948 Portrait Of Jennie. William Dieterle 86 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Duel In The Sun unknown 129 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1947 Duel in the Sun Selznick International Pictures Inc 2:10:00 16mm Color sound
1943 Commandos Strike At Dawn. John Farrow 10 reels B&W
1933 HIS DOUBLE LIFE William Churchill deMille, Arthur Hopkins 68 min 16mm B&W
1933 HIS DOUBLE LIFE. Eddie Dowling Pictures Corp. 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1930 ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT. united artists 8 reels B&W
1928 THE ENEMY. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels
1928 The Wind Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 11500 16mm B&W silent
1928 THE WIND. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1927 Annie Laurie. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1926 La Bohème King Vidor 95 min B&W
1925 Romola Inc.: Publisher 1:57:00 16mm B&W silent
1925 ROMOLA. Inspiration Pictures Inc. 11 reels. B&W
1923 The White Sister Inspiration Pictures Inc 2:23:00 16mm B&W silent
1921 Orphans of the Storm D.W. Griffith Inc 2:30:00 16mm B&W silent
1921 ORPHANS OF THE STORM. David W. Griffith 12 reels B&W
1920 Way Down East ▶ Griffith D W 4250 16mm B&W sound
1920 Way down East Thunderbird 100 mi 16mm B&W silent
1919 A romance of happy valley D. W. Griffith (Publisher) 1:17:00 16mm B&W silent
1919 BROKEN BLOSSOMS D.W. Griffith 6 reels 16mm B&W
1919 Broken blossoms Museum of Modern Art 102 mi 16mm Color silent
1919 THE GREATEST QUESTION. D.W. Griffith 6 reels B&W
1919 True Heart Susie unknown 86 min 16mm B&W sound
1919 True Heart Susie 1919) (Artcraft Pictures Corporation 1:07:00 16mm B&W silent
1918 Hearts Of The World Griffith D W 117 min 16mm B&W sound
1918 Hearts of the world Museum of Modern Art 155 mi 16mm B&W silent
1918 Hearts of the world D. W. Griffith 117 min B&W
1918 HEARTS OF THE WORLD. David W. Griffith 13 reels B&W
1918 THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE. Artcraft. 7 reels B&W
1916 DAPHNE AND THE PIRATE. Triangle Film Corp. 5 reels B&W silent
1916 Intolerance Museum of Modern Art 191 mi 16mm Color silent
1916 Intolerance D. W. Griffith 197 min B&W
1916 Intolerance. David Wark Griffith 13 reels 16mm B&W silent
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages ▶ F.A. Turner; Anita Loos; Mae Marsh; Robert Harron; Lillian Gish; D.W. Griffith
1916 Sold For Marriage Fine Arts Film Company 16mm B&W silent
1916 SOLD FOR MARRIAGE. Triangle Film Corp. 5 reels B&W silent
1916 The children pay / Fine Arts Film Company ; directed by Lloyd Ingraham ; written by Anita Loos and Frank E. Woods. 50 min 9.5mm B&W silent
1915 The birth of a nation D. W. Griffith 10 B&W silent
1915 The Birth of a nation D. W. Griffith 187 min B&W
1915 The birth of a nation. Epoch Producing Corp. 12 reels 16mm B&W silent
1915 THE LILY AND THE ROSE. Triangle Film Corp. 5 reels B&W silent
1914 MAN'S ENEMY Frank Powell 1186 16mm B&W silent
1913 Battle of Elderbush Gulch ▶ Pyramid 20 min. 16mm B&W sound