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Lillian Diana de Guiche, also known as Lillian Gish was an American actress, whose career spanned 75 years of the 20th century. She received an honorary Academy Award for "superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures" in 1971. Oscar Awards:Academy Honorary Awards
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Fast Facts
- Birth name: Lillian Diana de Guiche Official Site: Lillian Gish Biography
- Born: October 14, 1893
- Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio
- Died: February 27, 1993
- Father: James Lee Gish
- Mother: Mary Gish a.k.a. Mary Robinson McConnell
- Sister: Dorothy Gish
- Debut: An Unseen Enemy, 1912 Official Site: Lillian Gish Biography
- Last film: The Whales of August, 1987 Yahoo! Movies: Lillian Gish
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Notable Roles
- 1915: Elsie Stoneman in The Birth of a Nation
- 1919: Lucy Burrows in Broken Blossoms
- 1921: Henriette Girard in Orphans of the Storm
- 1926: Mimi in La Boheme
- 1926: Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter
- 1928: Letty in The Wind
- 1953: Carrie Watts in The Trip to Bountiful
- 1955: Rachel Cooper in The Night of the Hunter
- 1987: Sarah Webber in The Whales of August
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Quotes
"The stage was our school, our home, our life." Official Site: Lillian Gish Quotes"What you get is a living -- what you give is a life." Official Site: Lillian Gish Quotes
"I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style." Official Site: Lillian Gish Quotes
"I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now."
"The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable." Official Site: Lillian Gish Quotes
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Lillian Gish!! I absolutely adore her and her movies! But I prefer to see her in the silent films.
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As mulheres no cinema: Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatt.. http://tinyurl.com/yl6ro6v
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Passion and truth - that's all we need. - Lillian Gish, in an old movie #quote
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Lillian Gish on Amazon | View All
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1920 SILENT MOVIE STAR SEXY LILLIAN GISH PHOTO 24" x 30" Studio Metal Framing - $149.90
This photograph shows a very beautiful Lillian Gish, 1920. Lillian Gish (1893-1993) was responsible for turning acting into an art form. She appeared in such monumental works as Birth of a Nation, directed by the man who launched her career...
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Orphans of the Storm - $7.98
This is D.W. Griffith's last great success, an epic melodrama from 1922 about two orphaned girls (real-life sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish) raised in the same house and tragically separated during the French Revolution's infamous reign of...
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View All Lillian Gish Questions (1) | Ask a QuestionHow do I find out if I am related to an Indian tribe through my grandmother? (9 Answers)You need to try and get your hands on legal documents. Marriage certificates, Death certificates. Birth, Divorce, Etc. My parents did some genealogy research and was able to trace my ... read more
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Lillian Gish Timeline
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- 1893: Born on October 14 in Springfield, Ohio
- 1912: An Unseen Enemy - IMDb Listing
- 1913: The Mothering Heart - IMDb Listing
- 1915: The Birth of a Nation - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1916: Intolerance - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1919: Broken Blossoms - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1920: Way Down East - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1921: Orphans of the Storm - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1926: La Boheme - IMDb Listing
- 1926: The Scarlet Letter - IMDb Listing
- 1928: The Wind - IMDb Listing
- 1946: Duel in the Sun - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1953: The Trip to Bountiful - IMDb Listing
- 1955: The Night of the Hunter - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1978: A Wedding - IMDb Listing
- 1987: The Whales of August - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews



