ACTOR

Lillian Gish

1893 - 1993

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Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lillian Gish has received more than 3,447,741 page views. Her biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Lillian Gish is the 568th most popular actor (down from 441st in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from United States (down from 845th in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Actor.

Lillian Gish is most famous for her role in the 1915 silent film "The Birth of a Nation."

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  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

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  • 6.41

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lillian Gish ranks 568 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Jai White, Milla Jovovich, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Gleeson, David Hasselhoff, and R. Lee Ermey. After her are Laurence Fishburne, Danielle Darrieux, Buck Henry, Lance Henriksen, La Belle Otero, and Oliver Reed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Lillian Gish ranks 43. Before her are Leslie Howard, Hans Fallada, Walter Baade, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Lili Boulanger, and Mae West. After her are Ana Pauker, Lucien Tesnière, Jomo Kenyatta, Clemens Krauss, Emmy Göring, and Roy O. Disney. Among people deceased in 1993, Lillian Gish ranks 29. Before her are Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and W. Edwards Deming. After her are Cantinflas, Arthur Ashe, Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, and Severo Ochoa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lillian Gish ranks 1,040 out of 20,380. Before her are Randy Couture (1963), David Hasselhoff (1952), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Al Jarreau (1940), Paul Flory (1910), and R. Lee Ermey (1944). After her are Ellen DeGeneres (1958), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Gordon Moore (1929), Buck Henry (1930), Alfred Hershey (1908), and Lance Henriksen (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lillian Gish ranks 276. Before her are Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), Michael Jai White (1967), Forest Whitaker (1961), David Hasselhoff (1952), and R. Lee Ermey (1944). After her are Laurence Fishburne (1961), Buck Henry (1930), Lance Henriksen (1940), Gary Sinise (1955), Ed O'Neill (1946), and Groucho Marx (1890).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Night of the Hunter
Rachel Cooper
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Aug 26o 19557.9 / 10
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Sep 4o 19167.081 / 10
The Birth of a Nation
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
Feb 8o 19156 / 10