Lillian Gish filmography
These are the films of Lillian Gish.
Silent: 1912 – 1913 – 1914 – 1915 – 1916 – 1917 – 1918 – 1919 – 1920s
Post Silent: 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – References
Silent
1912
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | An Unseen Enemy | The Sister | |
| Two Daughters of Eve | In Theatre Crowd | ||
| So Near, yet So Far | A Friend | ||
| In the Aisles of the Wild | The Young Daughter | ||
| The One She Loved | |||
| The Painted Lady | Belle at Ice Cream Festival | Uncredited | |
| The Musketeers of Pig Alley | The Little Lady | ||
| Gold and Glitter | The Young Woman | ||
| My Baby | |||
| The Informer | Undetermined Secondary Role | ||
| Brutality | At Theatre | ||
| The New York Hat | Customer in Shop / Outside Church | ||
| The Burglar's Dilemma | Birthday Wellwisher | ||
| A Cry for Help | The Maid |
1913
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Oil and Water | In First Audience | Uncredited |
| The Unwelcome Guest | At Auction | Uncredited | |
| A Misunderstood Boy | The Daughter | ||
| The Left-Handed Man | The Old Soldier's Daughter | ||
| The Lady and the Mouse | The First Sister WomanThe | ||
| The House of Darkness | The Nurse | ||
| Just Gold | The Sweetheart | ||
| A Timely Interception | The Farmer's Daughter | ||
| The Mothering Heart | The Young Wife | ||
| An Indian's Loyalty | The Ranchero's Daughter | ||
| During the Round-Up | The Ranchero's Daughter | ||
| A Woman in the Ultimate | Verda | ||
| A Modest Hero | The Wife | ||
| So Runs the Way | Fred's Wife | ||
| Madonna of the Storm | The Mother | ||
| The Battle at Elderbush Gulch | Melissa Harlow | ||
| The Conscience of Hassan Bey | The Rugmaker's Daughter | ||
| The Little Tease | Girl in bandanna |
1914
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil | Mary Miller | |
| Judith of Bethulia | The Young Mother | ||
| The Battle of the Sexes | Jane Andrews | Incomplete/lost film | |
| The Hunchback | The Orphan - as an Adult | ||
| The Quicksands | |||
| Home, Sweet Home | Payne's Sweetheart | ||
| Lord Chumley | Eleanor Butterworth | ||
| The Rebellion of Kitty Belle | Kitty Belle | ||
| The Angel of Contention | Nettie - the Angel | ||
| Man's Enemy | Grace Lisle | ||
| The Tear That Burned | Anita - the Truant | ||
| The Folly of Anne | Anne | ||
| The Sisters | May |
1915
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | The Birth of a Nation | Elsie | |
| The Lost House | Dosia Dale | Lost film | |
| Enoch Arden | Annie Lee | ||
| Captain Macklin | Beatrice | Lost film | |
| The Lily and the Rose | Mary Randolph |
1916
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1916 | Pathways of Life | ||
| Daphne and the Pirate | Daphne La Tour | ||
| Sold for Marriage | Marfa | ||
| An Innocent Magdalene | Dorothy Raleigh | Lost film | |
| Intolerance | The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle / Eternal Mother | ||
| Diane of the Follies | Diane | Lost film | |
| The Children Pay | Millicent | ||
| The House Built Upon Sand | Evelyn Dare | Lost film |
1917
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Souls Triumphant | Lillian Vale | Lost film |
1918
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Hearts of the World | Marie Stephenson | |
| The Great Love | Susie Broadplains | Lost film | |
| Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal | Lost film | ||
| The Greatest Thing in Life | Jeannette Peret | Lost film |
1919
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | A Romance of Happy Valley | Jennie Timberlake | |
| Broken Blossoms | Lucy Barrows | ||
| True Heart Susie | True Heart Susie | ||
| The Greatest Question | Nellie Jarvis |
1920s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Remodeling Her Husband | — | Director only/Lost film |
| Way Down East | Anna Moore | ||
| 1921 | Orphans of the Storm | Henriette Girard | |
| 1923 | The White Sister | Angela Chiaromonte | |
| 1924 | Romola | Romola | |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator | Cameo (Uncredited) |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Mimi | |
| The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | ||
| 1927 | Annie Laurie | Annie Laurie | |
| The Enemy | Pauli Arndt | Partially extant | |
| 1928 | The Wind | Letty | Her final silent film role |
Post Silent
1930s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | One Romantic Night | Princess Alexandra | Her first talkie film role |
| 1933 | His Double Life | Alice Chalice |
1940s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn | Mrs. Bergesen | |
| 1943 | Top Man | Beth Warren | Alternate title: Man of the Family |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Miss Susie Slagle | |
| Duel in the Sun | Laura Belle | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1948 | Portrait of Jennie | Mother Mary of Mercy | |
| 1949 | The Ford Theatre Hour | Mrs. Midget | Episode: "Outward Bound" |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | Abby | Episode: "The Late Christopher Bean" |
1950s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Celanese Theatre | Sister Christina | Episode: "The Joyous Season" |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "Ladies in Retirement" | ||
| 1952 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Grandma Moses | Episode: "The Autobiography of Grandma Moses" |
| 1953 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Carrie Watts | Episode: "The Trip to Bountiful" |
| 1954 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| The Campbell Playhouse | Miss Harrington | Episode: "The Corner Druggist" | |
| 1955 | The Cobweb | Victoria Inch | |
| The Night of the Hunter | Rachel Cooper | ||
| Kraft Television Theatre | Mrs. Bibb | Episode: "I, Mrs. Bibb" | |
| Playwrights '56 | Mrs. Compson | Episode: "The Sound and the Fury" | |
| 1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Mary Todd Lincoln | Episode: "The Day Lincoln Was Shot" |
| The Alcoa Hour | Esther Crampton | Episode: "Morning's At Seven" | |
| 1958 | Orders to Kill | Mrs. Summers |
1960s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Play of the Week | Dolly Talbo | Episode: "The Glass Harp" |
| The Unforgiven | Mattilda Zachary | ||
| 1962 | The Defenders | Laura Clarendon | Episode: "Grandma TNT" |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Miss Maude Phipps | Episode: "Hello, Miss Phipps" |
| Breaking Point | Stella Manville | Episode: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct" | |
| 1964 | The Defenders | Mrs. Cooper | Episode: "Stowaway" |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Bessie Carnby | Episode: "Body in the Barn" | |
| 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Hetty Seibert | |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Alice Willows | |
| The Comedians | Mrs. Smith | ||
| 1969 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Martha Brewster | TV movie |
1970s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Twin Detectives | Billy Jo Haskins | TV movie |
| 1978 | Sparrow | Widow | TV movie |
| A Wedding | Nettie Sloan |
1980s
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Mrs. Williams | Episode: "The Successor" |
| Thin Ice | Grandmother | TV movie | |
| 1983 | Hobson's Choice | Miss Molly Winkle | TV movie |
| Hambone and Hillie | Hillie Radcliffe | ||
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Loftus | Episode: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
| 1986 | Sweet Liberty | Cecelia Burgess | |
| 1987 | The Whales of August | Sarah Webber | Final film role |