Lillian Gish

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

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

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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