Acting
Lillian Gish
- Career
Active from 1912 to 2021, with a break from 1988 to 2009, busiest in 1913 with 15 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 74top three billing
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
The Wind90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.8, average 2.2
- Adrenaline3.5, average 4.8
- Dark Humor1.6, average 2.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 8
- Historical Setting 7
- Early Cinema 4
- Melodrama 4
- Silent Film 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Tragic Romance 3
- Character Study 3
- Historical Romance 3
- Ensemble Cast 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Silent Era Drama 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, Just Gold, Remodeling Her Husband, +32 more
Robert HarronActorThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, Home, Sweet Home, Judith of Bethulia, +17 more
Billy BitzerCinematographerThe Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, Orphans of the Storm, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, +15 more
Christy CabanneActorThe Sisters, So Runs the Way, Diane of the Follies, A Misunderstood Boy, An Indian's Loyalty, +12 more
Henry B. WalthallActorThe Birth of a Nation, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, Home, Sweet Home, Brutality, Judith of Bethulia, +10 more
Dorothy GishActorRomola, The Sisters, Just Gold, Remodeling Her Husband, Orphans of the Storm, +8 more
Lionel BarrymoreActorDuel in the Sun, Film Fun, Just Gold, Brutality, A Misunderstood Boy, +7 more
Alfred PagetActorJust Gold, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, Brutality, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, A Modest Hero, +7 more
Kate BruceActorFilm Fun, Just Gold, Judith of Bethulia, Hearts of the World, Way Down East, +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, Hearts of the World, +6 more
Harry CareyActorDuel in the Sun, Film Fun, Brutality, The Musketeers of Pig Alley, In the Aisles of the Wild, +5 more
Charles Hill MailesActorJust Gold, Madonna of the Storm, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, A Modest Hero, In the Aisles of the Wild, +4 more
Movies and TV shows
1202020s
1 title
as (archive footage)
2010s
2 titles
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
1990s
2 titles
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)
1980s
7 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch score 66as Sarah Webber
GoodWatch score 62as Cecelia Burgess
GoodWatch score 70TV show · as Mrs Loftus
GoodWatch score 68as Mrs Loftus
GoodWatch score 63as Hillie Radcliffe
as Miss Molly Winkle
as Grandmother
1970s
5 titles · average score 61
as Widow
GoodWatch score 66as Nettie Sloan
GoodWatch score 63TV show
GoodWatch score 53TV show · as Mrs. Williams
as Billy Jo Haskins
1960s
10 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch score 70as Martha Brewster
GoodWatch score 51as Alice Willows
GoodWatch score 41as Mrs. Smith
GoodWatch score 70as Hetty Seibert
as Narrator
GoodWatch score 73TV show · as Maude Phipps
GoodWatch score 54TV show · as Bessie Carnby
as Mrs. Warren
GoodWatch score 71TV show · as Louisa Clarendon / Mrs. Cooper
GoodWatch score 64as Mattilda Zachary
1950s
9 titles · average score 74
GoodWatch score 74as Mrs. Summers
GoodWatch score 89as Rachel Cooper
GoodWatch score 61as Victoria Inch
as (archive footage)
TV show · as Esther Crampton
TV show
as Carrie Watts
GoodWatch score 73TV show · as Grandma Moses
1940s
6 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch score 85as Mother Mary of Mercy
TV show · as Carrie Watts / Abby
GoodWatch score 71as Laura Belle McCanles
as Miss Susie Slagle
as Beth Warren
GoodWatch score 58as Mrs. Bergesen
1930s
3 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch score 64as Alice Chalice
as (archive footage)
GoodWatch score 59as Princess Alexandra
1920s
12 titles · average score 75
GoodWatch score 90as Letty
GoodWatch score 73as Hester Prynne
GoodWatch score 67as Annie Laurie
as Pauli Arndt
GoodWatch score 68as Mimi
GoodWatch score 87as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
GoodWatch score 64as Romola
GoodWatch score 70as Angela Chiaromonte
as Lillian Gish
GoodWatch score 79as Henriette Girard
GoodWatch score 83as Anna Moore
Director, Scenario Writer
1910s
63 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 82as Lucy Burrows
GoodWatch score 68as Susie May Trueheart
GoodWatch score 65as Jennie Timberlake
GoodWatch score 60as Nellie Jarvis
GoodWatch score 73as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
GoodWatch score 85as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
as Diane
GoodWatch score 70as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
as Beatrice
GoodWatch score 53as Payne's Sweetheart
as May
GoodWatch score 69as The Little Lady