Acting
Lillian Gish
- Titles
- 129movies17TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19122024
- Leading roles
- 75top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Night of the Hunter79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.8average 2.6
- Pathos7.6average 5.2
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Nostalgia6.0average 3.6
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Social Commentary6.8average 4.9
- Family Dynamics6.2average 4.7
- Romance5.3average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.0, average 5.2
- Adrenaline3.6, average 5.1
- Pop Culture0.9, average 2.2
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Historical Setting 6
- Historical Drama 4
- Melodrama 4
- Early Cinema 4
- Character Study 3
- Historical Romance 3
- Silent Film 3
- Western 2
- Tension 2
- Pathos-Driven 2
- Melodramatic 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
D.W. GriffithActorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, Orphans of the Storm, +32 more
Robert HarronActorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, Hearts of the World, Home, Sweet Home, +17 more
Billy BitzerCinematographerThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, Orphans of the Storm, +15 more
Christy CabanneActorThe Sisters, Daphne and the Pirate, An Indian's Loyalty, A Cry for Help, The House of Darkness, +12 more
Henry B. WalthallActorThe Birth of a Nation, Birth of Skibidi, Home, Sweet Home, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, In the Aisles of the Wild, +11 more
Dorothy GishActorOrphans of the Storm, Hearts of the World, Home, Sweet Home, Remodeling Her Husband, Romola, +8 more
Alfred PagetActorThe Musketeers of Pig Alley, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, In the Aisles of the Wild, Just Gold, Brutality, +7 more
Lionel BarrymoreActorDuel in the Sun, Film Fun, The Lady and the Mouse, The Burglar’s Dilemma, Just Gold, +7 more
Kate BruceActorWay Down East, Hearts of the World, A Romance of Happy Valley, Film Fun, Just Gold, +6 more- JJames SmithEditorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, Orphans of the Storm, Way Down East, +6 more
Harry CareyActorDuel in the Sun, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, In the Aisles of the Wild, Film Fun, The Burglar’s Dilemma, +5 more
Charles Hill MailesActorThe Battle at Elderbush Gulch, In the Aisles of the Wild, Just Gold, The House of Darkness, A Misunderstood Boy, +4 more
Movies and TV shows
1192020s
2 titles
as Elsie Mewman
as (archive footage)
2010s
2 titles
as Elsie
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2000s
1 titles
TV show · as Rachel Cooper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990s
2 titles
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
1980s
6 titles · average score 59
70
as Sarah Webber
56
as Cecelia Burgess
68
as Mrs Loftus
44
as Hillie Radcliffe
as Miss Molly Winkle
as Grandmother
1970s
4 titles · average score 66
66
as Nettie Sloan
as Widow
TV show · as Mrs. Williams
as Billy Jo Haskins
1960s
10 titles · average score 69
70
as Martha Brewster
62
as Mrs. Smith
as Alice Willows
69
as Hetty Seibert
as Narrator
69
TV show · as Maude Phipps
81
TV show · as Bessie Carnby
as Mrs. Warren
70
TV show · as Mrs. Cooper / Louisa Clarendon
63
as Mattilda Zachary
1950s
9 titles · average score 71
71
as Mrs. Summers
79
as Rachel Cooper
60
as Victoria Inch
as (archive footage)
TV show · as Esther Crampton
TV show
as Carrie Watts
74
TV show · as Grandma Moses
1940s
6 titles · average score 66
73
as Mother Mary of Mercy
TV show · as Carrie Watts / Narrator
65
as Laura Belle McCanles
as Miss Susie Slagle
as Beth Warren
59
as Mrs. Bergesen
1930s
2 titles · average score 62
62
as Alice Chalice
as Princess Alexandra
1920s
12 titles · average score 71
76
as Letty
74
as Hester Prynne
as Pauli Arndt
as Annie Laurie
69
as Mimi
75
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
61
as Romola
69
as Angela Chiaromonte
as Lillian Gish
70
as Henriette Girard
71
as Anna Moore
Director, Scenario Writer
1910s
63 titles · average score 63
70
as Lucy Burrows
69
as Susie May Trueheart
65
as Jennie Timberlake
62
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
as Jeannette Peret
73
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
as Daphne La Tour
60
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
as Mary Randolph
as Jane Andrews, the daughter
as The First Sister
64
as The Little Lady