Lillian Diana Gish was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was dubbed the
Gish in 1921
Dorothy and Lillian Gish with actress Helen Ray, their leading lady in Her First False Step (1903)
Gish with Richard Barthelmess in Broken Blossoms (1919)
Gish as Anna Moore in Way Down East (1920)
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American Southern Gothic horror-thriller film directed by Charles Laughton in his sole feature film directorial credit, and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters a
Lillian Gish
…dawn of the sound era, she returned to the stage and appeared in film occasionally, with roles in the Western Duel in the Sun (1946) and the thriller The Night of the Hunter (1955). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Duel in the Sun. Gish also had major supporting roles in Portrait of…
U.S. theatrical release poster
Director Charles Laughton in 1934
An image from the original trailer for The Night of the Hunter