Lillian Gish Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

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LILLIAN GISH

Born: October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio
Died: February 27, 1993 in New York City, New York

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LILLIAN GISH (1896-1993), the older of the Gish sisters, began her career as child actress "Baby Lillian" at the age of five. 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 MGM, where she made La Boheme and The Scarlet Letter (both 1926). In 1930, she appeared in her first sound film, One Romantic Night (1930). She 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.

Film Credits | show more show less

1926 La bohème (Performer), 1955 Kraft Theatre (Performer), 1984 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish (in person), 1974 The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (in person), 1995 Citizen Langlois (Other), 1978 Hollywood Greats (in person), 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (Other), 1962 The Great Chase (Other), 1995 Moving Pictures (in person), 1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (in person), 1978 Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (in person), 1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (Other), 1981 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (Other), 1998 Classified X (Other), 1954 Campbell Summer Soundstage (Performer), 1947 Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (Other), 1983 Hambone and Hillie (Performer), 1981 The Love Boat (Performer), 1978 A Wedding (Performer), 1976 Twin Detectives (Performer), 1967 The Comedians (Performer), 1966 Follow Me, Boys! (Performer), 1963 Breaking Point (Performer), 1951 Celanese Theatre (Performer), 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's (Performer), 1933 His Double Life (Performer), 1930 One Romantic Night (Performer), 1928 The Wind (Performer), 1927 The Enemy (Performer), 1923 The White Sister (Performer), 1918 The Greatest Thing in Life (Performer), 1916 Pathways of Life (Performer), 1915 The Lily and the Rose (Performer), 1915 Captain Macklin (Performer), 1914 The Sisters (Performer), 1914 The Tear That Burned (Performer), 1913 A Woman in the Ultimate (Performer), 1913 The House of Darkness (Performer), 1913 The Lady and the Mouse (Performer), 1913 A Misunderstood Boy (Performer), 1912 The Burglar's Dilemma (Performer), 1912 My Baby (Performer), 1912 Gold and Glitter (Performer), 1912 The Musketeers of Pig Alley (Performer), 1918 The Greatest Thing in Life (Writer), 1918 The Greatest Thing in Life (Producer), 1980 Over Easy (in person), 1978 The Carol Burnett Show (in person), 1967 The Comedians in Africa (in person), 1957 The 11th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1955 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (in person), 1918 Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (in person), 1967 Lionpower from MGM (Other), 1955 Film Fun (Other), 1973 Day for Night (in person), 2002 Hometown Legend (Sound), 1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (in person), 2012 Arena (Other), 1998 Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (Other), 1939 The Movies March On (Other), 1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (Other), 1931 The Movie Album (Other), 1974 Film 2014 (in person), 1966 The Great Director (Other), 1952 Schlitz Playhouse (Performer), 1983 Hobson's Choice (Performer), 1978 Sparrow (Performer), 1963 Mr. Novak (Performer), 1958 Orders to Kill (Performer), 1956 Ford Star Jubilee (Performer), 1955 The Cobweb (Performer), 1953 Christmas Festival Hour of Music (Performer), 1953 The Trip to Bountiful (Performer), 1943 Top Man (Performer), 1927 Annie Laurie (Performer), 1920 Way Down East (Performer), 1918 Hearts of the World (Performer), 1917 Souls Triumphant (Performer), 1916 The House Built Upon Sand (Performer), 1916 Sold for Marriage (Performer), 1914 The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (Performer), 1914/I The Quicksands (Performer), 1914 The Battle of the Sexes (Performer), 1914 The Green-Eyed Devil (Performer), 1914 A Duel for Love (Performer), 1913 So Runs the Way (Performer), 1913 The Unwelcome Guest (Performer), 1913 Oil and Water (Performer), 1912 Brutality (Performer), 1912 Two Daughters of Eve (Performer), 1982 Night of 100 Stars (in person), 1981 A Gift of Music (in person), 1975 D.W. Griffith (in person), 1975 Black Shadows on the Silver Screen (in person), 1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (in person), 1969 The Joey Bishop Show (in person), 1963 Mrs. Winchester's House (in person), 1962 Howard K. Smith (in person), 1951 Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (in person), 1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 20 (in person), 1982 CBS Early Morning News (in person), 1955-1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (in person), 2011 Night Hunter (Other), 1963 Hallelujah the Hills (Other), 1961 Hollywood: The Golden Years (Other), 1957-1961 Project XX (Other), 1915 His Lesson (Performer), 1951 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (in person), 2007 Never Apologize (Other), 2008 Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (Other), 2008 Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (Other), 1975 The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (Other), 2007 Bienvenue à Cannes (Other), 1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (Other), 1986 Sweet Liberty (Performer), 1981 Thin Ice (Performer), 1969 Arsenic and Old Lace (Performer), 1967 Warning Shot (Performer), 1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Performer), 1961 Theatre '62 (Performer), 1961 The Spiral Staircase (Performer), 1960 Play of the Week (Performer), 1956 The Alcoa Hour (Performer), 1955 Playwrights '56 (Performer), 1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn (Performer), 1924 Romola (Performer), 1919 The Greatest Question (Performer), 1915 Enoch Arden (Performer), 1915 The Lost House (Performer), 1915 The Birth of a Nation (Performer), 1914 The Angel of Contention (Performer), 1914 Lord Chumley (Performer), 1914 Judith of Bethulia (Performer), 1913 A Modest Hero (Performer), 1913 An Indian's Loyalty (Performer), 1913 The Mothering Heart (Performer), 1913 Just Gold (Performer), 1913 The Left-Handed Man (Performer), 1912 A Cry for Help (Performer), 1912 The Painted Lady (Performer), 1912 The One She Loved (Performer), 1912 In the Aisles of the Wild (Performer), 1912 So Near, Yet So Far (Performer), 1951 Silver Glory (Writer), 1951 Silver Glory (Producer), 1951 Silver Glory (Director), 1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (in person), 1971-1980 The Merv Griffin Show (in person), 1978 Dinah! (in person), 1971 The Mike Douglas Show (in person), 1970 Langlois (in person), 1954 Person to Person (in person), 1982 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (in person), 2005 VM Show Vol. 2 (Other), 1990 Hollywood Mavericks (Other), 1949-1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (Performer), 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (Performer), 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (Other), 1975 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (in person), 1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (Other), 1986 Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (Other), 1965 The Love Goddesses (Other), 1998 The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (Other), 1988-1993 American Masters (Other), 1978 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (in person), 1936 Fashions in Love (Other), 1987 The Whales of August (Performer), 1986 American Playhouse (Performer), 1962-1964 The Defenders (Performer), 1960 The Unforgiven (Performer), 1955 The Night of the Hunter (Performer), 1951-1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (Performer), 1949 The Ford Theatre Hour (Performer), 1948 Portrait of Jennie (Performer), 1946 Duel in the Sun (Performer), 1926 The Scarlet Letter (Performer), 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Performer), 1921 Orphans of the Storm (Performer), 1919 True Heart Susie (Performer), 1919 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (Performer), 1919 A Romance of Happy Valley (Performer), 1918 The Great Love (Performer), 1916 The Children Pay (Performer), 1916 Diane of the Follies (Performer), 1916 An Innocent Magdalene (Performer), 1916 Daphne and the Pirate (Performer), 1914 The Folly of Anne (Performer), 1914 Man's Enemy (Performer), 1914 Home, Sweet Home (Performer), 1914/I The Hunchback (Performer), 1913 The Conscience of Hassan Bey (Performer), 1913 The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (Performer), 1913 Madonna of the Storm (Performer), 1913 During the Round-Up (Performer), 1913 A Timely Interception (Performer), 1912 The New York Hat (Performer), 1912 The Informer (Performer), 1912 An Unseen Enemy (Performer), 1920 Remodeling Her Husband (Writer), 1920 Remodeling Her Husband (Director), 1920 Remodeling Her Husband (Other), 1985 Night of 100 Stars II (in person), 1984 In Concert at the Met (in person), 1983 Lillian Gish (in person), 1982 The 36th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1981 The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (in person), 1980 Hollywood (in person), 1969-1972 The David Frost Show (in person), 1962 The DuPont Show of the Week (in person)

Theater Credits | show more show less

A Musical Jubilee - Performer (November 13, 1975 - February 1, 1976), Uncle Vanya - Performer (June 4, 1973 - July 28, 1973), I Never Sang for My Father - Performer (January 25, 1968 - May 11, 1968), Anya - Performer (November 29, 1965 - December 11, 1965), Too True to Be Good - Performer (March 12, 1963 - June 1, 1963), All the Way Home - Performer (November 30, 1960 - September 16, 1961), The Family Reunion - Performer (October 20, 1958 - November 16, 1958), The Trip to Bountiful - Performer (November 3, 1953 - December 5, 1953), The Curious Savage - Performer (October 24, 1950 - November 18, 1950), Crime and Punishment - Performer (December 22, 1947 - January 24, 1948), Mr. Sycamore - Performer (November 13, 1942 - November 28, 1942), Dear Octopus - Performer (January 11, 1939 - February 1939), The Star-Wagon - Performer (September 29, 1937 - April 1938), Hamlet - Performer (October 8, 1936 - Closing date unknown), Within the Gates - Performer (October 22, 1934 - February 1935), The Joyous Season - Performer (January 29, 1934 - February 1934), Nine Pine Street - Performer (April 27, 1933 - May 1933), Camille - Performer (November 1, 1932 - November 1932), Uncle Vanya - Performer (September 22, 1930 - October 1930), Uncle Vanya - Performer (April 15, 1930 - July 1930), A Good Little Devil - Performer (January 8, 1913 - May 1913)