Lillian Gish

human
Sex anaa gender	female
Country wey e be citizen	USA
Name in native language	Lillian Gish
Birth name	Lillian Diana Gish
Given name	Lillian
Family name	Gish
Date of birth	14 October 1893
Place dem born am	Springfield
Date of death	27 February 1993
Place dem die	New York City
Manner of death	natural causes
Cause of death	heart failure
Place wey dem bury am	Church of the Heavenly Rest
Puppie	James Leigh Gish
Mummie	Mary Gish
Sibling	Dorothy Gish
Spouse	no value
Native language	American English
Languages dem dey speak, wrep anaa sign	English
Writing language	American English
Ancestral home	Germany
Residence	Springfield
Work location	USA
Work period (start)	1902
Work period (end)	1988
Ethnic group
Filmography	Lillian Gish filmography
Member of	Daughters of the American Revolution
Dem nominate for	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
Time period	20th century
Official website	http://www.lilliangish.com/
Related category	Category:Films directed by Lillian Gish
Documentation files at	SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts

Lillian Diana Gish^[1] (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) na she be American actress,^[2] director, den screenwriter. Ein film-acting career span for 75 years, from 1912, for silent film shorts inside, come 1987. Na dem dey bell Gish de "First Lady of American Cinema", wey dem credit am plus pioneering fundamental film performance techniques.^[3]

Ein death[edit | edit source]

Gish die of heart failure for February 27, 1993 wey she chop 99.^[4] Dem inter ein ashes beside ein sisto Dorothy for Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church for New York City inside.^[5] Dem value ein estate for several million dollars, de bulk for wey go toward de creation of de Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize Trust.

Ein discography[edit | edit source]

Jerome Kern: Show Boat, John McGlinn, EMI, 1988 wey conduct am

Ein books[edit | edit source]

Autobiographical

The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me (with Ann Pinchot) (Prentice-Hall, 1969) ISBN 9780135366493
Dorothy and Lillian Gish (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1973)
An Actor's Life for Me (with Selma G. Lanes) (Viking Penguin, 1987)

Biographical den topical

Abel, Richard, et al. Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s (Rutgers University Press, 2011)
Affron, Charles. Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis (E.P. Dutton, 1977)
Affron, Charles. Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life (University of California Press, 2002)
Berke, Annie, "'Never Let the Camera Catch Me Acting': Lillian Gish as Actress, Star, and Theorist", Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television 36 (June 2016), 175–89.
Bogdanovich, Peter. A Moment with Miss Gish (Santa Teresa Press, 1995)
Oderman, Stuart. Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and Screen (McFarland, 2000)

Documentaries[edit | edit source]

Jeanne Moreau ein 1983 television documentary Lillian Gish
Terry Sanders dema 1988 documentary Lillian Gish: An Actor's Life for Me

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Although some unsupported claims dey indicate say dem born de Gish sisters plus de surname "de Guiche", in fact na dema surname for birth be "Gish". According to Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life (2001), biography by Charles Affron: "Na De Gish name be initially de source of sum mystification. For 1922 inside, de time wey dem dey open Orphans of the Storm, Lillian report say na de Gish family be of French origin, dem dey descend from de Duke de Guiche ...[S]uch press-agentry falsification na e be common."
↑ https://search.alexanderstreet.com/theatre?personcode=per0023934
↑ https://www.afi.com/laa/lillian-gish/
↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/01/movies/lillian-gish-99-a-movie-star-since-movies-began-is-dead.html
↑ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland. p. 281.

[1] Although some unsupported claims dey indicate say dem born de Gish sisters plus de surname "de Guiche", in fact na dema surname for birth be "Gish". According to Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life (2001), biography by Charles Affron: "Na De Gish name be initially de source of sum mystification. For 1922 inside, de time wey dem dey open Orphans of the Storm, Lillian report say na de Gish family be of French origin, dem dey descend from de Duke de Guiche ...[S]uch press-agentry falsification na e be common."

[2] ttps://search.alexanderstreet.com/theatre?personcode=per0023934

[3] ttps://www.afi.com/laa/lillian-gish/

[4] ttps://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/01/movies/lillian-gish-99-a-movie-star-since-movies-began-is-dead.html

[5] Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland. p. 281.

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