# Lillian Gish filmography

These are the films of Lillian Gish.

## Films
### Short films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes | 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | The Sister | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company |
| Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| So Near, yet So Far | A Friend | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| In the Aisles of the Wild | The Young Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost | | 1912 |
| The One She Loved | | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited | | 1912 |
| The Musketeers of Pig Alley | The Little Lady | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| My Baby | | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| The Informer | Undetermined Secondary Role | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| Brutality | At Theatre | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| The Burglar's Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | | | 1912 |
| A Cry for Help | The Maid | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost | | 1912 |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited |
| 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Uncredited |
| 1913 | A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister Woman | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | The House of Darkness | The Nurse | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | Just Gold | The Sweetheart | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | The Mothering Heart | The Young Wife | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1913 | During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1913 | A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | Dell Henderson | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1913 | A Modest Hero | The Wife | Dell Henderson | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1913 | So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1913 | Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1913 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | D. W. Griffith and Christy Cabanne | Biograph Company | |
| 1913 | The Little Tease | Girl in bandanna | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | James Kirkwood Sr. | Reliance Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Quicksands | | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | Frank Powell | Biograph Company | |
| 1914 | The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Folly of Anne | Anne | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1914 | The Sisters | May | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1915 | The Lost House | Dosia Dale | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1916 | Pathways of Life | | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | |
| 1918 | Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | | D. W. Griffith | Artcraft | Lost |

### Silent films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes | 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | D. W. Griffith | Biograph Company |
| The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews | D. W. Griffith | Majestic Film Company | Incomplete | | 1914 |
| Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | D. W. Griffith | Reliance | | | 1914 |
| Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | James Kirkwood | Biograph Company | | | 1914 |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Elsie Stoneman | D. W. Griffith | D. W. Griffith Corporation | |
| 1915 | Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | Christy Cabanne | Majestic Film Company | |
| 1915 | Captain Macklin | Beatrice | John B. O'Brien | Majestic Film Company | Lost |
| 1915 | The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph | Paul Powell | Triangle Film Corporation | |
| 1916 | Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| 1916 | Sold for Marriage | Marfa | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | |
| 1916 | An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | Allan Dwan | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| 1916 | Intolerance | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle / Eternal Mother | D. W. Griffith | Triangle Film Corporation | |
| 1916 | Diane of the Follies | Diane | Christy Cabanne | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| 1916 | The Children Pay | Millicent | Lloyd Ingraham | Triangle Film Corporation | |
| 1916 | The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | Edward Morrissey | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| 1917 | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | John B. O'Brien | Triangle Film Corporation | Lost |
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | Marie Stephenson | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | |
| 1918 | The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | Lost |
| 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | Lost |
| 1919 | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | D. W. Griffith | Famous Players-Lasky | |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms | Lucy Barrows | D. W. Griffith | United Artists | |
| 1919 | True Heart Susie | True Heart Susie | D. W. Griffith | Artcraft | |
| 1919 | The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis | D. W. Griffith | First National Pictures | |
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | — | Lillian Gish | Famous Players-Lasky | Director only Lost |
| 1920 | Way Down East | Anna Moore | D. W. Griffith | United Artists | |
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | D. W. Griffith | United Artists | |
| 1923 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | Henry King | Metro Pictures | |
| 1924 | Romola | Romola | Henry King | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator | Fred Niblo | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Cameo (Uncredited) |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Mimi | King Vidor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1926 | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | Victor Sjöström | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | John S. Robertson | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1927 | The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | Fred Niblo | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Final reel is lost |
| 1928 | The Wind | Letty | Victor Sjöström | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |

### Sound films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Studio | Notes | 1930 | One Romantic Night | Princess Alexandra | Paul L. Stein | United Artists |
| 1933 | His Double Life | Alice Chalice | Arthur Hopkins | Paramount Pictures | |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen | John Farrow | Columbia Pictures | |
| 1943 | Top Man | Beth Warren | Charles Lamont | Universal Pictures | Alternate title: Man of the Family |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | John Berry | Paramount Pictures | |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle | King Vidor | Vanguard Films | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy | William Dieterle | Vanguard Films | |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Victoria Inch | Vincente Minnelli | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | Charles Laughton | United Artists | |
| 1958 | Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers | Anthony Asquith | British Lion Films | |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary | John Huston | United Artists | |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert | Norman Tokar | Walt Disney Pictures | |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Alice Willows | Buzz Kulik | Paramount Pictures | |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Mrs. Smith | Peter Glenville | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Nettie Sloan | Robert Altman | Lion's Gate Films, Inc. | |
| 1983 | Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | Roy Watts | Adams Apple Film Company | |
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess | Alan Alda | Universal Pictures | |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | Lindsay Anderson | Nelson Entertainment | |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1949 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Mrs. Midget | Episode: "Outward Bound" |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Abby | Episode: "The Late Christopher Bean" | | 1949 |
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre | Sister Christina | Episode: "The Joyous Season" |
| 1951 | Robert Montgomery Presents | | Episode: "Ladies in Retirement" |
| 1952 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grandma Moses | Episode: "The Autobiography of Grandma Moses" |
| 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Carrie Watts | Episode: "The Trip to Bountiful" |
| 1954 | Robert Montgomery Presents | | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" |
| 1954 | The Campbell Playhouse | Miss Harrington | Episode: "The Corner Druggist" |
| 1955 | Kraft Television Theatre | Mrs. Bibb | Episode: "I, Mrs. Bibb" |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | Mrs. Compson | Episode: "The Sound and the Fury" |
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Mary Todd Lincoln | Episode: "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" |
| 1956 | The Alcoa Hour | Esther Crampton | Episode: "Mornings at Seven" |
| 1960 | The Play of the Week | Dolly Talbo | Episode: "The Glass Harp" |
| 1962 | The Defenders | Laura Clarendon | Episode: "Grandma TNT" |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Miss Maude Phipps | Episode: "Hello, Miss Phipps" |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | Stella Manville | Episode: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct" |
| 1964 | The Defenders | Mrs. Cooper | Episode: "Stowaway" |
| 1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bessie Carnby | Episode: "Body in the Barn" |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Martha Brewster | TV movie |
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | TV movie |
| 1978 | Sparrow | Widow | TV movie |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Williams | Episode: "Isaac's Teacher" |
| 1981 | Thin Ice | Grandmother | TV movie |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | TV movie |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Loftus | Episode: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |