Lillian Gish

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American actor film actress human silent film actor stage actress television actress

Lillian Gish was a pioneering American film actress whose expressive performances in silent cinema, particularly in collaborations with director D.W. Griffith, earned her the title "First Lady of American Cinema."

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Label Occurrences
Lillian Gish canonical 29
Lillian Diana Gish 1
Lillian Gish as Lucy Burrows 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
silent film actor ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
burialPlace Saint Bartholomew’s Church, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York City
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1893-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-02-27 ⓘ
employer Biograph Company ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
United Artists ⓘ
familyName Gish ⓘ
fullName Lillian Gish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lillian Diana Gish
genre drama film ⓘ
silent film ⓘ
givenName Lillian ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
mother Mary Robinson McConnell Gish ⓘ
movement silent film era ⓘ
notableAlias First Lady of American Cinema ⓘ
notableAward AFI Life Achievement Award ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award

Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
notableWork Broken Blossoms ⓘ
Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Intolerance ⓘ
La Bohème ⓘ
Orphans of the Storm ⓘ
The Birth of a Nation ⓘ
The Night of the Hunter ⓘ
The Whales of August ⓘ
The Wind ⓘ
Way Down East ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Springfield, Ohio ⓘ
surface form: Springfield, Ohio, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
religion Methodism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Dorothy Gish ⓘ
workedWith D. W. Griffith ⓘ
Robert Altman ⓘ
Victor Sjöström ⓘ
yearsActive 1902–1987 ⓘ

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The Birth of a Nation → stars → Lillian Gish ⓘ
George Eastman Award → hasRecipient → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Biograph Company → employed → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Intolerance → stars → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Broken Blossoms → castMember → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Broken Blossoms → starredActorAsCharacter → Lillian Gish ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lillian Gish as Lucy Burrows
Way Down East → stars → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Orphans of the Storm → starredActor → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Orphans of the Storm → castMember → Lillian Gish ⓘ
The Musketeers of Pig Alley → starred → Lillian Gish ⓘ
The Scarlet Letter (1926 film) → starring → Lillian Gish ⓘ
A Wedding → hasCastMember → Lillian Gish ⓘ
The Enemy (1927 film) → starred → Lillian Gish ⓘ
The Cobweb → starring → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Richard Barthelmess → workedWith → Lillian Gish ⓘ
The Unforgiven → starring → Lillian Gish ⓘ
subject surface form: The Unforgiven (1960 film)
The Unforgiven → hasCastMember → Lillian Gish ⓘ
subject surface form: The Unforgiven (1960 film)
Lillian Gish → fullName → Lillian Gish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lillian Diana Gish
Dakota apartment building → hasNotableResident → Lillian Gish ⓘ
subject surface form: The Dakota
The Battle of the Sexes (1914 film) → stars → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Duel in the Sun → starring → Lillian Gish ⓘ
La Bohème → hasCastMember → Lillian Gish ⓘ
subject surface form: La Bohème (1926 film)
Portrait of Jennie → starring → Lillian Gish ⓘ
La Dame aux Camélias (stage role) → notableInterpreter → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Dorothy Gish → sibling → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Dorothy Gish → relative → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Dorothy Gish → workedWith → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Silent → notableFigure → Lillian Gish ⓘ
subject surface form: Silent film
Lucy Burrows → portrayedBy → Lillian Gish ⓘ
Lars Hanson → workedWith → Lillian Gish ⓘ
The Trip to Bountiful → starring → Lillian Gish ⓘ
subject surface form: The Trip to Bountiful (1953 teleplay)