# Lillian Gish

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| Lillian Gish |
|  **akteur** |
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| Lillian Gish (1921) |
| **persoanlike bysûnderheden** |
| echte namme | Lillian Diana Gish |
| nasjonaliteit |  Amerikaansk |
| berne | 14 oktober 1893 |
| berteplak | Springfield |
| stoarn | 27 febrewaris 1993 |
| stjerplak | New York |
| jierren aktyf | 1902 - 1988 |

**Lillian Gish**, berne as *Lillian Diana Gish* (Springfield (Ohio), 14 oktober 1893 - New York, 27 febrewaris 1993) wie in Amerikaansk aktrise. Se wie benammen bekend yn de tiid fan de stomme film.

Lillian waard berne yn Springfield en wie de âldere suster fan de aktrise Dorothy Gish. Lillian begûn te aktearjen foar it jild neidat har man James Leigh Gish har ferlitten hie. Se wie befreone mei Mary Pickford, dy't har yn 'e kunde brocht mei D.W. Griffith. Hy bea Gish in kontrakt oan by *Biograph Studios* yn 1912; sy spile dêrnei yn hast al syn films. Ek hat suster Dorothy krige in kontrakt.

Lillian waard al gau in superstjer en krige de bynamme *The First Lady of the Silent Screen*. Doe't de lûdsfilm opkaam, waard se minder populêr en gie wer it teäter yn. Dochs stoppe se net mei it aktearjen yn films.

Ein jierren '40 gie se werom nei Hollywood en krige yn 1946 al in oscarnominaasje. Yn 1971 wûn se in Academy Award. Har lêste film, The Whales of August, dêr't se yn optrede mei de oare bejierre stjerren Bette Davis en Vincent Price, waard yn 1987 útbrocht, doe't se al 93 jie âld wie.

Lillian Gish stoarr oan hertfalen yn 1993.

## Galery

* Lillian Gish jiertal ûnbekind
* Lillian en Dorothy Gish yn 1921
* Lillian Gish yn 1917

## Filmografy

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| **Filmografy** as akteur |
| jier | titel | rol of funksje | opmerkings |
| **films** |
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | De âldere suster |
| 1912 | Two Daughters of Eve | Persoan sittend yn it teäter |
| 1912 | So Near, Yet So Far | in freon |
| 1912 | In the Aisles of the Wild | De jongste dochter |  |
| 1912 | The One She Loved |
| 1912 | The Painted Lady | Belle |  |
| 1912 | The Musketeers of Pig Alley | De lytse frou |
| 1912 | Gold and Glitter | De jonge frou |
| 1912 | My Baby |
| 1912 | The Informer |  |
| 1912 | Brutality |  |
| 1912 | The New York Hat | Klant in winkel |
| 1912 | The Burglar's Dilemma |  |
| 1912 | A Cry for Help |  |
| 1913 | Oil and Water | Publyk |
| 1913 | The Unwelcome Guest | Frou by feiling |
| 1913 | A Misunderstood Boy | Dochter |
| 1913 | The Left-Handed Man | De soldaat syn dochter |
| 1913 | The Lady and the Mouse | De jonge frou |
| 1913 | The House of Darkness | Suster dy't piano spilet |
| 1913 | Just Gold | De leave |  |
| 1913 | A Timely Interception | De boer syn dochter |
| 1913 | The Mothering Heart | De jonge frou |
| 1913 | During the Round-Up |
| 1913 | An Indian's Loyalty |
| 1913 | A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda |
| 1913 | A Modest Hero | De frou |
| 1913 | So Runs the Way | De jonge frou |
| 1913 | Madonna of the Storm | De mem |
| 1913 | The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | De mem |
| 1913 | The Conscience of Hassan Bey |
| 1914 | A Duel for Love |
| 1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil |
| 1914 | Judith of Bethulia | De jonge mem |
| 1914 | The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews |
| 1914 | The Hunchback | Jonge wees |
| 1914 | The Quicksands |
| 1914 | Home, Sweet Home | Payne's leafde |
| 1914 | The Rebellion of Kitty Belle |
| 1914 | Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth |
| 1914 | The Angel of Contention |
| 1914 | Man's Enemy |
| 1914 | The Tear That Burned |
| 1914 | The Folly of Anne |
| 1914 | The Sisters | May |
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Elsie Stoneman |
| 1915 | The Lost House | Dosia Dale |
| 1915 | Enoch Arden | Annie Lee |
| 1915 | Captain Macklin | Beatrice |
| 1915 | The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph |
| 1916 | Pathways of Life |
| 1916 | Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour |
| 1916 | Sold for Marriage | Marfa |
| 1916 | An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle/The Eternal Mother |
| 1916 | Diane of the Follies | Diane |
| 1916 | The Children Pay | Millicent |
| 1916 | The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare |
| 1917 | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale |
| 1918 | The Great Love | Susie Broadplains |
| 1918 | The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret |
| 1919 | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake |
| 1919 | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | Lucy Burrows |
| 1919 | True Heart Susie | True Heart Susie |
| 1919 | The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis |
| 1920 | Way Down East | Anna Moore |
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard |
| 1923 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte |
| 1924 | Romola | Romola |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Mimi |
| 1926 | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie |
| 1927 | The Enemy | Pauli Arndt |
| 1928 | The Wind | Letty Mason Hightower |
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | Alexandra |
| 1933 | His Double Life | Alice |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen |
| 1943 | Top Man | Beth Warren |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle McCanles |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy |
| 1953 | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1953 | Christmas Festival Hour of Music |  | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Victoria Inch |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper |
| 1958 | Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers |
| 1960 | The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Alice Willows |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Mrs. Smith |
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1978 | Sparrow | widdofrou | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Nettie Sloan |
| 1981 | Thin Ice | Beppe | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1984 | Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe |
| 1985 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Mrs Loftus | Telefyzjefilm |
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber |