1893 - 1993
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress, director and screenwriter. 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 2,553,643 page views. Her biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Lillian Gish is the 488th most popular actor (down from 466th in 2019), the 919th most popular biography from United States (up from 945th in 2019) and the 250th 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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Among actors, Lillian Gish ranks 488 out of 10,030. Before her are Robert Hossein, Cillian Murphy, Harry Dean Stanton, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Jude Law, and Bourvil. After her are Karl Malden, Gerard Butler, Louise Fletcher, Lance Henriksen, Barbara Stanwyck, and Yoshiko Yamaguchi.
1927 - 2020
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 482
1976 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 483
1926 - 2017
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 484
1765 - 1815
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 485
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 486
1917 - 1970
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 487
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 488
1912 - 2009
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 489
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 490
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 491
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 492
1907 - 1990
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 493
1920 - 2014
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 494
Among people born in 1893, Lillian Gish ranks 33. Before her are Prajadhipok, Hans Fallada, Viktor Shklovsky, Palmiro Togliatti, Fritz Perls, and Leslie Howard. After her are Juana Bormann, Jomo Kenyatta, Lili Boulanger, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Raymond Loewy, and Allen Dulles. Among people deceased in 1993, Lillian Gish ranks 24. Before her are W. Edwards Deming, Bill Bixby, Kōbō Abe, André the Giant, Dizzy Gillespie, and Polykarp Kusch. After her are Vincent Price, Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, Cantinflas, Léon Theremin, and Bobby Moore.
1893 - 1941
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 27
1893 - 1947
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 28
1893 - 1984
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 29
1893 - 1964
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 30
1893 - 1970
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 31
1893 - 1943
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 32
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 33
1893 - 1945
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 34
1893 - 1978
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 35
1893 - 1918
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 36
1893 - 1970
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 37
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 38
1893 - 1969
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 39
1900 - 1993
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 18
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 19
1924 - 1993
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 20
1946 - 1993
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 21
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 22
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 23
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 24
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 25
1913 - 1993
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 26
1965 - 1993
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 27
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 28
1896 - 1993
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 29
1941 - 1993
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 30
Among people born in United States, Lillian Gish ranks 919 out of 15,968. Before her are Melvin Schwartz (1932), Willie Nelson (1933), Steve Martin (1945), Mark David Chapman (1955), Percy Spencer (1894), and James Jones (1921). After her are Karl Malden (1912), Stan Getz (1927), Louise Fletcher (1934), Lance Henriksen (1940), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), and D. W. Griffith (1875).
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 913
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 914
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 915
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 916
1894 - 1970
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 917
1921 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 918
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 919
1912 - 2009
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 920
1927 - 1991
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 921
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 922
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 923
1907 - 1990
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 924
1875 - 1948
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 925
Among actors born in United States, Lillian Gish ranks 250. Before her are Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Richard Crenna (1926), Christopher Lambert (1957), Burt Young (1940), Tom Waits (1949), and Harry Dean Stanton (1926). After her are Karl Malden (1912), Louise Fletcher (1934), Lance Henriksen (1940), Barbara Stanwyck (1907), John Lithgow (1945), and Vincent Price (1911).
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 244
1926 - 2003
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 245
1957 - Present
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 246
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 247
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 248
1926 - 2017
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 249
1893 - 1993
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 250
1912 - 2009
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 251
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 252
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 253
1907 - 1990
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 254
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 255
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 256