Lillian Diana Gish was born on October 14, 1893, in Springfield, Ohio, the first child of actress Mary Robinson McConnell, and James Leigh Gish. [7][8] Lillian had a younger sister, Dorothy, …

Had she not made her way into films, Lillian quite possibly could have been one of the great stage actresses of all time; however, she found her way onto the big screen when, in 1912, she met …

Apr 11, 2025 · 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.

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, …

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 …

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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 …

Apr 13, 2011 · By the time she starred in The Wind, Lillian Gish reigned as one of the most powerful women working in the American film industry, largely due to an enterprising off …

Dec 18, 2016 · Lillian Gish’s career commenced in 1912 with a short silent film, and she worked tirelessly up until 1987. Many of the prevailing and fundamental film performing techniques are …

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 …