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Dec 29, 2001 · About Lillian Gish. December 29, 2001. She was the archetypal silent film heroine — the delicate damsel in distress, fainting on an ice floe, cowering before a brutal bounder, languishing in a ...
In the film, Dorothy Gish portrays a young wife who reforms her philandering husband by leaving him to work in her father’s business. Unfortunately, neither Affron nor Slide has been able to confirm Parker’s role, and no print is known to survive. Lillian Gish portrait, 1922. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
The career of Lillian Gish is unique in the history of motion pictures. One of the pioneers of the industry, she was the greatest actress of the silent film era, and she is still flourishing as a film and television actress more than seventy years after her screen debut in D.W. Griffith's AN UNSEEN ENEMY. The subtlety and passionate conviction of her work with Griffith revolutionized the art ...
Mar 1, 1993 · Lillian Diana Gish, a daughter of the former Mary Robinson McConnell and James Gish, was born on Oct. 14, 1893, in Springfield, Ohio. The family moved to Baltimore, where Mr. Gish became a partner ...
Lillian Gish. Lillian Gish (1893–1993), with her sister Dorothy (1898–1968), starred in many early D.W. Griffith classics. Her work in his Birth of a Nation (1915) established her as one of silent cinema’s greatest stars. She was also a distinguished stage actress and, less well known, an expert in the technical.
1916. Pathways of Life. Christy Cabanne. Triangle Film Corporation. 1918. Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal.
Facts About Lillian Gish. 1. Exit, Pursued by a Papa. Gish’s childhood was less than Hollywood magic. Born on 14 October 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, her father was an alcoholic who soon abandoned the family. Her mother went into acting to support Gish and her little sister, Dorothy. Shutterstock.
