Lillian Gish Final Entry in Who's Who in America

Who's Who in America

Lillian Gish Occupation: actress Born: Springfield, Ohio Died February 27, 1993.

Education: AFD, Rollins College HHD, Mount Holyoke College DFA (hon.), Bowling Green State University, 1976 DFA (hon.), Middlebury College

Creative Works: Debut on stage at 5; appeared in films including Birth of a Nation, Hearts of the World, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, Orphans of the Storm, La Boheme, Scarlet Letter, Annie Laurie, The Wind, The Enemy, Night of the Hunter, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, The Unforgiven, 1960, Follow Me Boys, 1966, The Comedians, 1967, A Wedding, 1978, Thin Ice (TV), 1980, Hambone and Hillie, 1984, Sweet Liberty, 1986, The Whales of August, 1987 (National Board Rev. Film Award Best Actress 1987); movies made in Italy include The White Sister, Romola; appeared in plays including Crime and Punishment, 1948, Miss Mabel (title role), 1950, The Curious Savage, 1950, A Trip to Bountiful, Portrait of a Madonna, The Wreck of the 5:25, The Family Reunion (Pulitzer prize), All the Way Home, 1960-61, Romeo and Juliet (role of nurse), 1965, Anya, 1966, I Never Sang for My Father, 1967-68, Too True To Be Good, 1963, A Passage to India, 1963, Uncle Vanya, 1973, A Musical Jubilee, 1975, also TV plays including Twin Detectives, 1976, Sparrow, 1977, Hobson's Choice, 1983; appeared in TV series The Love Boat; toured Europe, Russia, U.S. as lecturer on art films, 1969, 71-73; TV documentary American Masters: Lillian Gish, 1988; Royal Command appearance, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1980; author: The Movies, Mr. Griffith and Me, 1969, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, 1973, An Actor's Life for Me, 1987.

Awards: Recipient hon. Academy Award, 1971, Handel medallion City of New York, 1973, Kennedy Center honors City of New York, 1982, Life Achievement award Am. Film Institute, 1984, Dartmouth Film Society award, 1990; Dorothy and Lillian Gish Film Theatre on campus Bowling Green (Ohio) State College

Family: Daughter of James Lee and Mary (Robinson) Gishi. Lillian Gish's 1972 Who's Who in America Entry (Marquis)