Happy Birthday: Lillian Gish (1893–1993)

Lillian Gish (1893–1993)

Born: October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, USA
Died: February 27, 1993 (age 99) in New York City, New York, USA

Lionel Barrymore first played my grandfather, later my father, and finally, he played my husband. If he’d lived, I’m sure I would have played his mother. That’s the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

[Receiving an honorary Academy Award in 1971] Oh, all the charming ghosts I feel around me who should share this! It was our privilege for a little while to serve that beautiful thing, the film, and we never doubted for a moment that it was the most powerful thing, the mind and heartbeat of our technical century.

THE SCARLET LETTER 1926 dir. Victor Seastrom (Sjostrom) Starring: Lillian Gish Lars Hanson WAY DOWN EAST 1920 dir. D.W. Griffith Starring Lillian Gish Richard Barthlemess THE WIND