Lillian Gish (1893 - 1993)

American film, stage and television actress, First Lady of Silent Cinema.

* October 14, 1893 Springfield, Ohio
 as Lillian Diana Gish
 February 27, 1993 New York, New York



Vintage magazines

Mon Ciné, nr. 1, 23 February 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 17, 15 June 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 23, 27 July 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 34, 12 October 1922
Picture Play Magazine, January 1922
Picture Play Magazine, March 1923

Mon Ciné, nr. 128, 31 July 1924
Photoplay, January 1928
Photoplay, March 1928


Books by Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish with Ann Pinchot The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me Lillian Gish with Ann Pinchot
The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1969

Articles by Lillian Gish

Introduction, in: Mary Dawn Earley, Stars of the Twenties, New York, 1975
The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me, in: Bert Cardullo, Harry Geduld, Ronald Gottesman, and Leigh Woods (ed.), Playing to the Camera, New Haven and London, 1998

Books on Lillian Gish

Charles Affron Lillian Gish Charles Affron
Lillian Gish, Her Legend, Her Life
2002

Stuart Oderman
Lillian Gish, a life on stage and screen
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2000

Albert Bigelow Paine
Life and Lillian Gish
New York, 1932

Books with substantial mentioning of Lillian Gish

Dan Callahan The art of American screen acting, 1912-1960 Dan Callahan
The art of American screen acting, 1912-1960
Jefferson, North Carolina, 2018

Jennifer M. Bean (ed.)
Flickers of desire, Movie stars of the 1910s
New Brunswick, N.J., 2011

Brian J. Robb Silent cinema Brian J. Robb
Silent cinema
Harpenden, Herts, 2007

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

Peter Bogdanovich Who the Hell's in It Peter Bogdanovich
Who the Hell's in It, Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors
New York, 2004

Anthony Slide Silent Players Anthony Slide
Silent Players, A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses
Lexington, Ky, 2002

John Dileo 100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't John Dileo
100 Great Film Performances You Should Remember - but probably don't
New York, 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Amy L. Unterburger (editor) Women Filmmakers & Their Films Amy L. Unterburger (editor)
Women Filmmakers & Their Films
Detroit - New York - London, 1998

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
Women film directors, An international bio-critical dictionary
Westport, Connecticut; London, 1995

Danny Peary Alternate Oscars Danny Peary
Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present
New York, 1993

Richard Dyer MacCann The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann
The Stars Appear
Metuchen, NJ & London, 1992

Ally Acker Reel Women Ally Acker
Reel Women, Pioneers of the Cinema 1896-Present
New York, 1991

James Naremore
Acting in the Cinema
Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1988

Edward Wagenknecht Stars of the Silents Edward Wagenknecht
Stars of the Silents
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1987

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Silent Years Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Silent Years
London, 1985

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1985, A Survey of 1984 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1985
pp. 1-10

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Lillian Gish

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

Denise Lowe An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930 Denise Lowe
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895 - 1930
New York, London, Oxford, 2005

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Denise Lowe Women and American Television Denise Lowe
Women and American Television, An Encyclopedia
Santa Barbara, California - Denver, Colorado - Oxford, England, 1999

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1994, A Survey of the Films of 1993
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1994

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Lillian Gish

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975

Articles on Lillian Gish

Trisha Curran, Lillian Gish, Tribute to a Great Lady, in: Films in Review, vol. 31, 1980 pp. 476-477