Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theaters
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Foolish Wives BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  People  >  Actresses  >  Lillian Gish
 
Silent Era People
People active in the silent era and people who keep the silent era alive.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.
 
 
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Lillian Gish

Born 14 October 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, USA, as Lillian de Guiche.
Died 27 February 1993 in New York, New York, USA, of natural causes.

Sister of actress Dorothy Gish.

Lillian Gish worked onstage as a child actor with younger sister Dorothy. Began in films, with Dorothy, in 1912 for D.W. Griffith at the Biograph studio in New York. Continued working for Griffith after he established his own production companies. Began making films for independent company Inspiration Pictures in the early 1920s. Signed a contract with MGM in the mid-1920s, which carried her through the majority of the 1920s.

References: Website-IMDb.

 
Lillian Gish Silent Era Filmography

Silent era Lillian Gish films available on home video

 
Book : Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen by Stuart Oderman

Website : The Official Estate of Lillian Gish Website

 
Silent Era Home Page  >  People  >  Actresses  >  Lillian Gish
 
Pioneers of Africian American Cinema
Become a Patron of Silent Era

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON

AmazonUS
AmazonCA
AmazonUK

Sherlock Holmes (1916) BD/DVD

Birth of a Nation BD

Way Down East BD

Madame DuBarry BD

Stella Maris BD

Three Ages / Hospitality BD

Pandora's Box BD

Oh Doctor BD

*