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Actress:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s
• 1930s
• 1920s
• 1910s

1. The Whales of August (1987) .... Sarah Webber
2. Sweet Liberty (1986) .... Cecelia Burgess
3. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985) (TV) .... Mrs Loftus
4. Hobson's Choice (1983) (TV) .... Miss Molly Winkle
5. Hambone and Hillie (1983) .... Hillie Radcliffe
6. Thin Ice (1981) (TV) .... Grandmother
7. "The Love Boat" .... Mrs. Williams (1 episode, 1981)
       - Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor (1981) TV episode .... Mrs. Williams
   
   
8. A Wedding (1978) .... Nettie Sloan
9. Sparrow (1978) (TV) .... Widow
10. Twin Detectives (1976) (TV) .... Billy Jo Haskins
    
    
11. Arsenic and Old Lace (1969) (TV) .... Martha Brewster
12. The Comedians (1967) .... Mrs. Smith
    ... aka Les comédiens (France)
13. Warning Shot (1967) .... Alice Willows
14. Follow Me, Boys! (1966) .... Hetty Cutler Seibert
15. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Bessie Carnby (1 episode, 1964)
        - Body in the Barn (1964) TV episode .... Bessie Carnby
16. "The Defenders" .... Louisa Clarendon / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1964)
        - Stowaway (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Cooper
        - Grandma TNT (1962) TV episode .... Louisa Clarendon
17. "Breaking Point" .... Stella Manville (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct (1963) TV episode .... Stella Manville
18. "Mr. Novak" .... Maude Phipps (1 episode, 1963)
        - Hello, Miss Phipps (1963) TV episode .... Maude Phipps
19. The Spiral Staircase (1961) (TV) .... Mrs. Warren
20. The Unforgiven (1960) .... Mattilda Zachary
21. "Play of the Week" .... Dolly Talbo (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Grass Harp (1960) TV episode .... Dolly Talbo
    
    
22. Orders to Kill (1958) .... Mrs. Summers
23. "The Alcoa Hour" .... Esther Crampton (1 episode, 1956)
        - Morning's at Seven (1956) TV episode .... Esther Crampton
24. "Ford Star Jubilee" .... Mary Todd Lincoln (1 episode, 1956)
        - The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956) TV episode .... Mary Todd Lincoln
25. "Playwrights '56" .... Mrs. Compson (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "Pontiac Playwrights '56" (USA)
    ... aka "The Playwright Hour"
        - The Sound and the Fury (1955) TV episode .... Mrs. Compson
26. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
        - I, Mrs. Bibb (1955) TV episode
27. The Night of the Hunter (1955) .... Rachel Cooper
28. The Cobweb (1955) .... Victoria Inch
29. "Campbell Playhouse" .... Miss Harrington (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Campbell Soundstage" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Campbell Summer Soundstage" (USA: new title)
        - The Corner Druggist (1954) TV episode .... Miss Harrington
30. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (2 episodes, 1951-1954)
    ... aka "Lucky Strike Theater"
    ... aka "Montgomery's Summer Stock"
    ... aka "The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater"
        - The Quality of Mercy (1954) TV episode
        - Ladies in Retirement (1951) TV episode
31. Christmas Festival Hour of Music (1953) (TV)
32. "The Philco Television Playhouse" .... Abby / ... (3 episodes, 1949-1953)
    ... aka "Arena Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "Repertory Theatre" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse" (USA: new title)
        - The Trip to Bountiful (1953) TV episode
        - The Birth of the Movies (1951) TV episode .... Narrator
        - The Late Christopher Bean (1949) TV episode .... Abby
33. The Trip to Bountiful (1953) (TV) .... Carrie Watts
34. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka "Herald Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Schlitz Playhouse" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Autobiography of Grandma Moses (1952) TV episode
35. "Celanese Theatre" (1 episode, 1951)
        - The Joyous Season (1951) TV episode
    
    
36. "The Ford Theatre Hour" (1 episode, 1949)
        - Outward Bound (1949) TV episode
37. Portrait of Jennie (1948) .... Mother Mary of Mercy
    ... aka Jennie (UK)
    ... aka Tidal Wave
38. Duel in the Sun (1946) .... Laura Belle McCanles
    ... aka King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
39. Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) .... Miss Susie Slagle
40. Top Man (1943) .... Beth Warren
    ... aka Man of the Family (UK)
41. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) .... Mrs. Bergesen
    
    
42. His Double Life (1933) .... Alice Chalice
43. One Romantic Night (1930) .... Alexandra
    
    
44. The Wind (1928) .... Letty
45. The Enemy (1927) .... Pauli Arndt
46. Annie Laurie (1927) .... Annie Laurie
47. The Scarlet Letter (1926) .... Hester Prynne
48. La boheme (1926) .... Mimi
49. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) (uncredited) .... Crowd extra in chariot race
    ... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
50. Romola (1924) .... Romola
51. The White Sister (1923) .... Angela Chiaromonte
52. Orphans of the Storm (1921) .... Henriette Girard
53. Way Down East (1920) .... Anna Moore
    
    
54. The Greatest Question (1919) .... Nellie Jarvis
    ... aka Idol Dancer (USA)
    ... aka Love Flower (USA)
55. True Heart Susie (1919) .... True Heart Susie
56. Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) (as Miss Lillian Gish) .... Lucy Burrows
    ... aka Broken Blossoms (USA: short title)
    ... aka Scarlet Blossoms
    ... aka The Chink and the Child
57. A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) .... Jennie Timberlake
58. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) .... Jeannette Peret
59. The Great Love (1918) .... Susie Broadplains
60. Hearts of the World (1918) (uncredited) .... The Girl, Marie Stephenson
61. Souls Triumphant (1917) .... Lillian Vale
62. The House Built Upon Sand (1916) .... Evelyn Dare
63. The Children Pay (1916) .... Millicent
64. Diane of the Follies (1916) .... Diane
    ... aka Diana of the Follys
65. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) .... The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle/The Eternal Mother
    ... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
    ... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
66. An Innocent Magdalene (1916) .... Dorothy Raleigh
    ... aka The Scarlet Woman
67. Sold for Marriage (1916) .... Marfa
    ... aka Marfa of Russia
68. Daphne and the Pirate (1916) .... Daphne La Tour
69. Pathways of Life (1916)
70. The Lily and the Rose (1915) .... Mary Randolph
    ... aka The Tiger Girl (USA: reissue title)
71. Captain Macklin (1915) .... Beatrice
72. Enoch Arden (1915) .... Annie Lee
    ... aka As Fate Ordained
    ... aka The Fatal Marriage
73. The Lost House (1915) .... Dosia Dale
74. The Birth of a Nation (1915) .... Elsie Stoneman
    ... aka In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan (USA: cut version)
    ... aka The Birth of the Nation; Or The Clansman (second copyright title)
    ... aka The Clansman (USA: Los Angeles première title)
75. The Sisters (1914/I) .... May
76. The Folly of Anne (1914)
77. The Tear That Burned (1914)
78. Man's Enemy (1914)
79. The Angel of Contention (1914)
80. The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914) .... Kitty Bell
81. Lord Chumley (1914) .... Eleanor Butterworth
82. Home, Sweet Home (1914/I) .... Payne's Sweetheart
83. The Quicksands (1914/I)
84. The Battle of the Sexes (1914) .... Jane Andrews, the daughter
85. The Hunchback (1914/I) .... A Young Orphan
86. Judith of Bethulia (1914) .... The young mother
    ... aka Her Condoned Sin (International: English title: reissue title)
87. The Green-Eyed Devil (1914)
88. A Duel for Love (1914)
89. The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
90. The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913) .... Melissa Harlow
    ... aka The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
91. Madonna of the Storm (1913) .... The Mother
92. So Runs the Way (1913) .... The Young Woman
93. A Modest Hero (1913) .... The Wife
94. A Woman in the Ultimate (1913) .... Verda
95. An Indian's Loyalty (1913) .... The Ranchero's Daughter
96. During the Round-Up (1913) .... The Ranchero's Daughter
97. The Mothering Heart (1913) .... The Young Wife
98. A Timely Interception (1913) .... The Farmer's Daughter
99. Just Gold (1913) .... The Sweetheart
100. The House of Darkness (1913) .... Nurse Playing Piano
101. The Lady and the Mouse (1913) .... The Young Woman
102. The Left-Handed Man (1913) .... The Old Soldier's Daughter
103. A Misunderstood Boy (1913) .... The Daughter
104. The Unwelcome Guest (1913) .... At Auction
     ... aka An Unwelcome Guest (USA: alternative title)
105. Oil and Water (1913) .... In First Audience
106. A Cry for Help (1912) .... The Maid
107. The Burglar's Dilemma (1912) .... Birthday Wellwisher
108. The New York Hat (1912) .... Customer in Shop/Outside Church
109. Brutality (1912) .... At Theatre
110. The Informer (1912)
111. My Baby (1912)
112. Gold and Glitter (1912) .... The Young Woman
113. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) .... The Little Lady
114. The Painted Lady (1912) .... Belle at Ice Cream Festival
115. The One She Loved (1912)
116. In the Aisles of the Wild (1912) .... The Younger Daughter
117. So Near, Yet So Far (1912) .... A Friend
118. Two Daughters of Eve (1912) .... Theater crowd extra
119. An Unseen Enemy (1912) .... The Sister (older)
     

Writer:

• 1950s
• 1920s
• 1910s

1. Silver Glory (1951) (TV) (writer)
   
   
2. Remodeling Her Husband (1920) (scenario) (as Dorothy Elizabeth Carter) (story) (as Dorothy Elizabeth Carter)
   
   
3. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) (story)
   

Soundtrack:

• 2000s
• 1950s

1. Hometown Legend (2002) (performer: "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms")
   
   
2. The Night of the Hunter (1955) ("Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" (1887) (uncredited))
   

Producer:

1. Silver Glory (1951) (TV) (producer)
   

Director:

1. Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
   

Miscellaneous Crew:

1. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) (research assistant) (uncredited)
   ... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
   ... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
   

Thanks:

• 1990s
• 1970s

1. The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993) (special thanks)
   
   
2. La nuit américaine (1973) (dedicatee)
   ... aka Day for Night (USA)
   ... aka Effetto notte (Italy)
   ... aka The American Night (International: English title: literal title)
   

Self:

• 1990s
• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1910s

1. The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) .... Herself - Memorial Tribute
   
   
2. Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) (TV) .... Herself
3. In Concert at the Met (1984) (TV) .... Herself - Host
   ... aka In Concert at the Met: A Century of the Performing Arts (USA: alternative title)
4. The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish (1984) (TV) .... Herself - Guest of Honor
5. Lillian Gish (1983) .... Herself
6. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982) (TV) .... Herself (Honoree)
7. The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
8. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Herself
9. A Gift of Music (1981) (TV) .... Herself
   ... aka A Gift of Music: The 200th Anniversary of Los Angeles (USA)
10. The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter: Best Picture
    
    
11. "The Hollywood Greats" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1978)
    ... aka "Hollywood Greats" (USA: new title)
        - Charles Laughton (1978) TV episode .... Herself
        - Ronald Colman (1978) TV episode .... Herself
12. The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978) (TV) .... Herself
13. D.W. Griffith, Biograph Years (1975) (TV) .... Herself
14. D.W. Griffith (1975) (TV) .... Herself
15. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
        - Episode dated 22 October 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Herself
16. The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971) (TV) .... Herself - Honorary Award Recipient
17. Henri Langlois (1970) .... Herself
    ... aka Langlois
    
    
18. The Comedians in Africa (1967) (uncredited) .... Herself
19. "Howard K. Smith" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1962)
        - Should the Government Subsidize the Arts? (1962) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
20. "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Herself (1 episode, 1962)
        - The Beauty of a Woman (1962) TV episode .... Herself
    
    
21. "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka "The Ed Sullivan Show" (USA: new title)
        - Episode #9.1 (1955) TV episode .... Herself
22. 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955) (uncredited) .... Herself
23. "Person to Person" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
        - Episode #2.12 (1954) TV episode .... Herself
    
    
24. Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918) .... Herself
    

Archive Footage:

1. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008) .... Herself
2. Bienvenue à Cannes (2007) .... Herself
3. Never Apologize (2007) .... Herself
4. "VM Show Vol. 2"
       - Sant Esteve (2005) TV episode (uncredited) .... Rachel Cooper
5. The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation' (1998) (V) .... Herself/Elsie Stoneman
6. Classified X (1998) (TV) .... Herself
7. The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV) .... Herself
8. Citizen Langlois (1994) .... Herself
9. D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993) .... Herself
10. The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1982) (V) .... Herself
11. "Disneyland"
        - Follow Me, Boys!: Part 2 (1981) TV episode .... Hetty Seibert
        - Follow Me, Boys!: Part 1 (1981) TV episode .... Hetty Seibert
12. "Hollywood" (1980) .... Herself
13. The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975) .... Herself
14. Lionpower from MGM (1967) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Smith
15. The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself
16. The Great Chase (1962)
17. Film Fun (1955) .... Herself
18. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) .... Herself
19. The Movies March On (1939) .... From 'Birth of a Nation'
20. The Movie Album (1931) .... Herself