The First Lady of the Silent Screen entered the banquet room and 900 people rose to their feet.Lillian Gish looked astonished.”How can I thank you?” she said, as the applause subsided. ”If ...

When Lillian Gish died Feb. 28 in her New York apartment, seven months short of her 100th birthday, the movies lost their last and most vital link to their beginnings-an actress who was present ...

Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish's name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation. Gish starred in the 1915 silent film, which ...

Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life She was never as popular with audiences as her friend Mary Pickford, but Lilllian Gish was the darling of New York intellectuals who otherwise disdained the ...

Lillian Gish began her acting career in a small town in Ohio 25 miles from Bowling Green in 1902. The campaign to remove the Gish name was initiated by Bowling Green’s Black Student Union in ...

NEW YORK — Lillian Gish, the last of the great silent film stars, who went on to perform for more than 85 years in movies, theater and television, died in her sleep Saturday evening at her New ...

Contents of an apartment that once belonged to silent screen star Lillian Gish sold for $232,127 Friday, nearly twice the expectations of Sotheby’s auction house. Although 29 of the 183 lots ...

The prize was established in 1994 through the will of actress Lillian Gish, who died Feb. 27, 1993, following a groundbreaking career on stage and screen that spanned seven decades.

MoMA- The Museum of Modern Art presents Lillian Gish November 26-December 13, 2010 at The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters. Add a Show Listing: Sign-up: News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Bowling Green State University has removed actress Lillian Gish’s name from a campus theater because of her part in D.W. Griffith‘s Birth of a Nation. Gish starred in the 1915 silent film ...