Lillian Gish

Also known as Lillian Diana Gish, First Lady of American Cinema

American actress (1893–1993)

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Lillian Gish was an American actress who had a remarkably long career spanning from the silent film era through the late 20th century. She is considered one of the most influential and celebrated performers in cinema history, known for her work in groundbreaking silent films that helped establish motion pictures as a major art form.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1893
Died: 1993
Works: 19

Top works

Ririan Gisshu jiden
New Dimensions
Way down East
The Marquise
The curious savage

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: France
Active from: 1993-03
Active to: 2005-08

Discography

Yellow Cake & Velvet Crash2002

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 312
Total plays: 5,277

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Diana
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Springfield
Place of death: New York City
Mother: Mary Gish
Sibling: Dorothy Gish
Occupation: director
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Award: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Official website: www.lilliangish.com
Image: Lillian Gish-edit1.jpg
Work location: United States
Residence: Springfield

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cause of death: heart failure
member of: Daughters of the American Revolution
Commons category: Lillian Gish
date of birth: 1893-10-14
date of death: 1993-02-27
topic's main category: Category:Lillian Gish
nominated for: Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
manner of death: natural causes
birth name: Lillian Diana Gish
start of work period: 1902-00-00
end of work period: 1988-00-00
name in native language: Lillian Gish
ancestral home: Germany
time period: 20th century
writing language: American English
ethnic group: Americans

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Encyclopedic overview

Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) 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.

Having acted on stage with her sister as a child, Gish was a prominent film star from 1912 into the 1920s, being particularly associated with the films of director D. W. Griffith. This included her leading role in the highest-grossing film of the silent era, Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915). Her other major films and performances from the silent era included Intolerance (1916), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921), La Bohème (1926), and The Wind (1928).

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