Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish, berne as Lillian Diana Gish (Springfield (Ohio), 14 oktober 1893 - New York, 27 febrewaris 1993) wie in Amerikaans 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.

Filmografy

Lillian Gish

Lillian en Dorothy Gish

Lillian Gish

• An Unseen Enemy (1912)
• Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
• So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
• In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
• The One She Loved (1912)
• The Painted Lady (1912)
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley
• Gold and Glitter (1912)
• My Baby (1912)
• The Informer (1912)
• Brutality (1912)
• The New York Hat (1912)
• The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)
• A Cry for Help (1912)
• Oil and Water (1913)
• The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
• A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
• The Left-Handed Man (1913)
• The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
• The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
• The House of Darkness (1913)
• Just Gold (1913)
• A Timely Interception (1913)
• The Mothering Heart (1913)
• During the Round-Up (1913)
• An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
• A Woman in the Ultimate (1913)
• A Modest Hero (1913)
• So Runs the Way (1913)
• Madonna of the Storm (1913)
• The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
• The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
• A Duel for Love (1914)
• The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• Donna che ama (Battle of the Sexes)
• The Hunchback
• The Quicksands
• Home, Sweet Home
• La ribellione di Kitty Belle (The Rebellion of Kitty Belle)
• Lord Chumley
• The Angel of Contention
• Man's Enemy
• The Tear That Burned
• The Folly of Anne
• The Sisters
• La nascita di una nazione
• The Lost House (1915)
• Enoch Arden (1915)
• Captain Macklin (1915)
• The Lily and the Rose (1915)
• Pathways of Life (1916)
• Daphne and the Pirate (1916)
• Sold for Marriage (1916)
• An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
• Intolerance
• Diane of the Follies (1916)
• The Children Pay (1916)
• The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
• Souls Triumphant (1917)
• Cuori del mondo (Hearts of the World) (1918)
• The Great Love (1918)
• The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
• A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
• Giglio infranto (Broken Blossoms) (1919)
• True Heart Susie (1919)
• The Greatest Question (1919)
• Agonia sui ghiacci (Way down east) (1920)
• Le due orfanelle (Orphans of the Storm) (1921)
• The White Sister (1923)
• Romola (1924)
• Ben Hur (1925)
• La Bohème (La Bohème), (1926)
• La lettera scarlatta (The Scarlet Letter), (1926)
• Annie Laurie (1927)
• The Enemy (1927)
• Il vento (The Wind), (1928)
• Notte romantica (One Romantic Night (19130)
• His Double (1933)
• Uragano all'alba Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
• Il capo famiglia (Top Man) (1943)
• Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
• Duello al sole (Duel in the Sun), (1946)
• Il ritratto di Jennie (Portrait of Jennie), (1948)
• La tela del ragno (The Cobweb), (1955)
• La morte corre sul fiume (Night of the Hunter), (1955)
• Ordine di uccidere (Orders to Kill) (1958)
• Gli inesorabili (The Unforgiven(1960)
• I ragazzi di Camp Siddons (1966)
• Un matrimonio (The Wedding), (1978)
• Hambone and Hillie (1983)
• Sweet Liberty - La dolce indipendenza (1986)
• Le balene d'agosto (The Whales of August), (1987)