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Lillian Gish

(1893-1993), Actress

Sitter in 4 portraits
Silent film star Lillian Gish was born in Springfield, Ohio and is best remembered for her long association with film director D. W. Griffith, starring in several of his silent epics including Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916) and Broken Blossoms (1919).

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Lillian Gish, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x40158

Lillian Gish

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print, 1929
NPG x40158

Lillian Gish, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x137074

Lillian Gish

by Dorothy Wilding
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 4 March 1936
NPG x137074

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Lillian Gish

by John Vickers
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 28 August 1946
NPG x193320

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