Lillian Gish appeared, mostly in above average TV projects dating from 1949 to the PBS documentary on her life in 1987.
As a guest Lillian appeared in:
"Philco TV Playhouse: The late Christopher Bean, NBC, 1949
"Ford Television Theater Hour: Outward Bound" CBS, 1949
"Celebrity Time," CBS, 1950
"Philco TV Playhouse: Birth of the Movies," NBC 1951
"Robert Montgomery Presents: Kadies in Retirement," NBC 1951
"Faye Emerson's Wonderful Town," CBS, 1951
"Celanese Theater: The Joyful Season," ABC, 1951
""Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: The Autobiography of Grandma Moses," CBS, 1952
"Goodyear TV Playhouse: A Trip to Bountiful," NBC, 1953 (Began friendship with Eva Marie Saint)
"Christmas Festival of Music," CBS, 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents: The Quality of Mercy," NBC, 1954
"Campbell Soundstage: The Corner Drugstore," NBC, 1954
"Person to Person," CBS, 1954
""The Ed Sullivan Show," CBS, 1955 (Lillian and Robert Mitchum recreated a scene from "The Night of the Hunter."
""Kraft Television Theater: I, Mrs. Bibb," NBC, 1955
"Wide, wide World: Our heritage," NBC, 1955
"Playwrights '56: The Sound and the Fury," NBC, 1955
"Ford Star Jubilee: The day Lincoln Was Shot," CBS, 1956
""Alcoa Hour: Morning's at Seven," NBC, 1956
"Play of the Week: The Grass Harp," SYN, 1960 (Lillian began her friendship with Truman Capote.)
"Theater '62: The Spiral Staircase," NBC, 1962
"The du Pont Show: The Beauty of a Woman," NBC, 1962
"The Defenders: Grandma TNT," CBS, 1962
"Mr. Novak: Hello,Mrs. Phipps," NBC, 1963
""The Breaking Point: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct," ABC, 1963
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Body in the Barn," CBS, 1965
"The Defenders: Stowaway," CBS, 1964
"Arsenic and Old Lace," ABC, 1969
"The Joey Bishop Show," ABC, 1969
"The Merv Griffin Show," SYN, 1969 (Memories with Arthur Treacher.)
"The Mike Douglas Show," SYN, 1969
"The Dick Cavett Show," ABC, March 1970 with Salvador Dali, Satchel Paige. Dali put his anteater in Lillian's lap. She was NOT happy.
"The Dick Cavett Show, ABC, March 11, 1971 Lillian with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, Satchel Paige
"The Merv Griffin Show," SYN, 1970
"Dinah!," SYN, 1978
"The Mike Douglas Show," SYN, 1978
"Donahue," SYN, 1978 (Began friendship with Lauren Hutton)
"Festival of Lively Arts for Young People: The Seven Liveliest ... But Who's Counting?" CBS, 1979
"The Dick Cavett Show," PBS, January 25, 1979 Lillian with Malcolm Cowley
"The Love Boat: Issac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor," ABC, 1981
"The Tonight Show," NBC, 1983 Host Joan Rivers
"Night of 100 Stars features Silent Screen Actresses," CBS, 1985
"CBS Morning Show," CBS, 1987 Interviewed by Mariette Hartley.,
TV Movies and Miniseries:
"Twin Detective," ABC, 1976 (Starring Hager Twins from TV show Hee Haw)
"Thin Ice," ABC, 1981 (With Kate Jackson)
"Hobson's Choice," CBS, 1983 (With Richard Thomas)
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," PBS, 1985 with Jim Dale New to DVD
Missing are Lillian's several appearances on PBS shows, Academy Awards Speech, and a few others.
TV appearances by Dorothy Gish 1949-1961 Though best known for her comedy parts in silent film, her TV roles were mostly dramatic parts.
"Philco TV Playhouse: The Story of Mary Surratt," NBC, 1949
""Ford Theater: Spring Again," CBS, 1951
"Prudential family Playhouse: The Bishop Misbehaves," CBS, 1951
""Starlight Theater: The Magnificent Faker," CBS, 1951
"Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Detour," ABC, 1951
"Ford Theater: One Day for Keeps," CBS, 1951
"Robert Montgomery Presents: The Post Road," NBC, 1952
"Philco TV Playhouse: The Oil Well," NBC, 1953
"Robert Montgomery Presents: Harvest," NBC, 1953
"U.S. Steel Hour: The Laphams of Boston," ABC, 1954
"Philco TV Playhouse: The Shadow of Willie Greer," NBC, 1954
"Elgin TV hour: Flood," ABC, 1954
"Lux Video Theater: Miss Susie Slagel's," NBC, 1955 (Lillian's film)
"Alcoa Hour: Morning's at Seven," NBC, 1956
"Play of the Week: Morning's at Seven," SYN, 1961
Performers, Television Credits, 1948-2000
David M. Inman, volume 2: G-M
McFarland & Co. 2001
Voice work:
Lillian Gish, My Religion
Lillian Gish, Broadway Cast Album, Anya
Jim Patterson, Editor
Readers: If you can document other credits for either sister, please leave a note. Thanks!
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