LILLIAN GISH - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 3094

LILLIAN GISH
Black and white 7x9 photo of Gish wearing vintage clothing, framed to 14x21½
Photograph signed: "Sincerely/Lillian Gish". B/w, 7x9. Lillian Gish (1896-1993), born Lillian de Guiche, began her career as child actress "Baby Lillian" at the age of five. Lillian and her sister, Dorothy (1898-1968), who often toured with Lillian, made their film debuts (along with their mother, Mary Gish) in D.W. Griffith's film, An Unseen Enemy, in 1912. Over the next several years, Lillian, who is credited as being the first true actress for recognizing the crucial differences between stage and film work and delivering carefully crafted performances, would make a number of films for Griffith, including The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), Way Down East (1920) and Orphans of the Storm (1922). In 1923, she went to M-G-M, where she made La Boheme and The Scarlet Letter (both 1926). In 1930, Gish appeared in her first sound film, One Romantic Night (1930). Lillian, who was known as "The First Lady of the Silent Screen", was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Duel in The Sun (1946) and received an honorary Oscar in 1970 for her contributions to film. Ink lightly beaded. Some writing faint, but legible. Defects from original negative have reproduced at background. Overall, fine condition. Framed to an overall size of 14x21½.