Lillian Gish

**Lillian Diana Gish** (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) na she be American actress, director, den screenwriter. Ein film-acting career span for 75 years, from 1912, for silent film shorts inside, come 1987. Na dem dey bell Gish de "**First Lady of American Cinema**", wey dem credit am plus pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. Insyd 1999, de American Film Institute rank Gish as de 17th-greatest female movie star of Classic Hollywood cinema.

## Ein death
Gish die of heart failure for February 27, 1993 wey she chop 99. Dem inter ein ashes besyd ein sisto Dorothy for Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church for New York City insyd. Dem value ein estate for several million dollars, de bulk for wey go toward de creation of de Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize Trust.
## Legacy

Na dem showcase a retrospective of Gish ein life den achievements insyd an episode of de Emmy award-winning PBS series, *American Masters*.

Se AllMovie Guide wrep for ein legacy top:

Turner Classic Movies wrep,

* The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
* Dem name a street insyd Massillon, Ohio, after Gish, wey na she live der during an early period of ein life wey dem fondly refer to am as ein hometown thru out ein career.
* Dem dedicate François Truffaut ein movie *Day for Night* (1973) to Dorothy den Lillian Gish.
* Dem mention Gish ein photograph as an inspiration for a troubled soldier insyd de 1933 novel *Company K*.
* De luxury boutique hotel Maison 140, insyd Beverly Hills, begin ein historic life as de home of Hollywood actresses Lillian den Dorothy Gish. De sistos originally convert de mansion into a home for young actresses wey dey cam out make dem find dema way insyd Hollywood. Dem hail from Ohio, dem barb de comforts wey dem go fi miss from home while dem dey explore dema dreams.

## Ein discography

* Jerome Kern: *Show Boat*, John McGlinn, EMI, 1988 wey conduct am
## Ein books

; Autobiographical

* *The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me* (with Ann Pinchot) (Prentice-Hall, 1969) 
* *Dorothy and Lillian Gish* (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973)
* *An Actor's Life for Me* (with Selma G. Lanes) (Viking Penguin, 1987)

; Biographical den topical

* Abel, Richard, et al. *Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s* (Rutgers University Press, 2011)
* Affron, Charles. *Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis* (E.P. Dutton, 1977)
* Affron, Charles. *Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life* (University of California Press, 2002)
* Berke, Annie, "'Never Let the Camera Catch Me Acting': Lillian Gish as Actress, Star, and Theorist", *Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television* 36 (June 2016), 175–89.
* Bogdanovich, Peter. *A Moment with Miss Gish* (Santa Teresa Press, 1995)
* Oderman, Stuart. *Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen* (McFarland, 2000)

## Documentaries

* Jeanne Moreau ein 1983 television documentary *Lillian Gish*
* Terry Sanders dema 1988 documentary *Lillian Gish: An Actor's Life for Me*

## References

## External links

*Lillian Gish at the Internet Broadway Database 
* at IMDb
*Lillian Gish at the TCM Movie Database
* Lillian Gish at Women Film Pioneers Project
* Lillian Gish papers, 1909–1992, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*Lillian Gish, Helen Hayes, & Mary Martin Interview with Bill Boggs for YouTube top
*Lillian Gish's silent films on wide screen (Trailer) for YouTube top