Filmography by year for
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1. Hometown Legend (2002) [Soundtrack] (performer: "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms")


2. The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) [Actress .... Herself - Memorial Tribute]
3. The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993) [special thanks]


4. The Whales of August (1987) [Actress .... Sarah Webber]
5. Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
6. Sweet Liberty (1986) [Actress .... Cecelia Burgess]
7. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1985) (TV) [Actress .... Mrs Loftus]
8. In Concert at the Met (1984) (TV) [Actress .... Herself - Host]
   ... aka In Concert at the Met: A Century of the Performing Arts (USA: alternative title)
9. The American Film Institute Salute to Lillian Gish (1984) (TV) [Actress .... Herself - Guest of Honor]
10. Hobson's Choice (1983) (TV) [Actress .... Miss Molly Winkle]
11. Hambone and Hillie (1983) [Actress .... Hillie Radcliffe]
12. Lillian Gish (1983) [Actress .... Herself]
13. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1982) (TV) [Actress .... Herself (Honoree)]
14. The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) [Actress .... Herself - Presenter]
15. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
16. A Gift of Music (1981) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
    ... aka A Gift of Music: The 200th Anniversary of Los Angeles (USA: alternative title)
17. The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981) (TV) [Actress .... Herself - Presenter: Best Picture]
18. Thin Ice (1981) (TV) [Actress .... Grandmother]
19. "The Love Boat: Isaac's Teacher/Seal of Approval/The Successor (#4.13)" (1981) TV Episode [Actress .... Mrs. Williams]


20. "The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton (#2.5)" (1978) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
21. A Wedding (1978) [Actress .... Nettie Sloan]
22. "The Hollywood Greats: Ronald Colman (#2.2)" (1978) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
23. The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (1978) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
24. Sparrow (1978) (TV) [Actress .... Widow]
25. Twin Detectives (1976) (TV) [Actress .... Billy Jo Haskins]
26. D.W. Griffith (1975) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
27. D.W. Griffith, Biograph Years (1975) (TV) [Actress .... Herself]
28. "Film '72: (1974-09-17)" (1974) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
29. La nuit américaine (1973) [dedicatee]
    ... aka Day for Night (USA)
    ... aka Effetto notte (Italy)
    ... aka The American Night (International: English title: literal title)
30. "The Mike Douglas Show: (1971-10-22)" (1971) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
31. The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971) (TV) [Actress .... Herself - Honorary Award Recipient]
32. Henri Langlois (1970) [Actress .... Herself]
    ... aka Langlois


33. "The David Frost Show: (#2.27)" (1969) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
34. Arsenic and Old Lace (1969) (TV) [Actress .... Martha Brewster]
35. The Comedians (1967) [Actress .... Mrs. Smith]
    ... aka Les comédiens (France)
36. Warning Shot (1967) [Actress .... Alice Willows]
37. The Comedians in Africa (1967) [Actress .... Herself] (uncredited)
38. Follow Me, Boys! (1966) [Actress .... Hetty Cutler Seibert]
39. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Body in the Barn (#2.32)" (1964) TV Episode [Actress .... Bessie Carnby]
40. "The Defenders: Stowaway (#3.34)" (1964) TV Episode [Actress .... Mrs. Cooper]
41. "Breaking Point: The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct (#1.13)" (1963) TV Episode [Actress .... Stella Manville]
42. "Mr. Novak: Hello, Miss Phipps (#1.7)" (1963) TV Episode [Actress .... Maude Phipps]
43. "The Defenders: Grandma TNT (#2.14)" (1962) TV Episode [Actress .... Louisa Clarendon]
44. "Howard K. Smith: Should the Government Subsidize the Arts? (#2.13)" (1962) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself - Guest]
45. "The DuPont Show of the Week: The Beauty of a Woman (#1.19)" (1962) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
46. The Spiral Staircase (1961) (TV) [Actress .... Mrs. Warren]
47. The Unforgiven (1960) [Actress .... Mattilda Zachary]
48. "Play of the Week: The Grass Harp (#1.25)" (1960) TV Episode [Actress .... Dolly Talbo]


49. Orders to Kill (1958) [Actress .... Mrs. Summers]
50. "The Alcoa Hour: Morning's at Seven (#2.4)" (1956) TV Episode [Actress .... Esther Crampton]
51. "Ford Star Jubilee: The Day Lincoln Was Shot (#1.6)" (1956) TV Episode [Actress .... Mary Todd Lincoln]
52. "Playwrights '56: The Sound and the Fury (#1.6)" (1955) TV Episode [Actress .... Mrs. Compson]
53. "Kraft Television Theatre: I, Mrs. Bibb (#9.4)" (1955) TV Episode [Actress]
54. "Toast of the Town: (#9.1)" (1955) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
55. The Night of the Hunter (1955) [Actress .... Rachel Cooper] [Soundtrack] ("Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" (1887) (uncredited))
56. The Cobweb (1955) [Actress .... Victoria Inch]
57. 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955) [Actress .... Herself] (uncredited)
58. "Person to Person: (#2.12)" (1954) TV Episode [Actress .... Herself]
59. "Campbell Playhouse: The Corner Druggist (#2.33)" (1954) TV Episode [Actress .... Miss Harrington]
60. "Robert Montgomery Presents: The Quality of Mercy (#5.29)" (1954) TV Episode [Actress]
61. Christmas Festival Hour of Music (1953) (TV) [Actress]
62. "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Trip to Bountiful (#5.16)" (1953) TV Episode [Actress]
63. The Trip to Bountiful (1953) (TV) [Actress .... Carrie Watts]
64. "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars: The Autobiography of Grandma Moses (#1.26)" (1952) TV Episode [Actress]
65. "Celanese Theatre: The Joyous Season (#1.7)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress]
66. "Robert Montgomery Presents: Ladies in Retirement (#2.18)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress]
67. "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Birth of the Movies (#3.32)" (1951) TV Episode [Actress .... Narrator]
68. Silver Glory (1951) (TV) [Writer] (writer) [producer]


69. "The Ford Theatre Hour: Outward Bound (#1.6)" (1949) TV Episode [Actress]
70. "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Late Christopher Bean (#1.19)" (1949) TV Episode [Actress .... Abby]
71. Portrait of Jennie (1948) [Actress .... Mother Mary of Mercy]
    ... aka Jennie (UK)
    ... aka Tidal Wave
72. Duel in the Sun (1946) [Actress .... Laura Belle McCanles]
    ... aka King Vidor's Duel in the Sun (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
73. Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) [Actress .... Miss Susie Slagle]
74. Top Man (1943) [Actress .... Beth Warren]
    ... aka Man of the Family (UK)
75. Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) [Actress .... Mrs. Bergesen]


76. His Double Life (1933) [Actress .... Alice Chalice]
77. One Romantic Night (1930) [Actress .... Princess Alexandra]
    ... aka The Swan (USA: reissue title)


78. The Wind (1928) [Actress .... Letty]
79. The Enemy (1927) [Actress .... Pauli Arndt]
80. Annie Laurie (1927) [Actress .... Annie Laurie]
81. The Scarlet Letter (1926) [Actress .... Hester Prynne]
82. La boheme (1926) [Actress .... Mimi]
83. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) [Actress .... Crowd extra in chariot race] (uncredited)
    ... aka Ben-Hur (USA: short title)
84. Romola (1924) [Actress .... Romola]
85. The White Sister (1923) [Actress .... Angela Chiaromonte]
86. Orphans of the Storm (1921) [Actress .... Henriette Girard]
87. Way Down East (1920) [Actress .... Anna Moore]
88. Remodeling Her Husband (1920) [Writer] (scenario) (as Dorothy Elizabeth Carter) (story) (as Dorothy Elizabeth Carter) [Director]


89. The Greatest Question (1919) [Actress .... Nellie Jarvis]
    ... aka Idol Dancer (USA)
    ... aka Love Flower (USA)
90. True Heart Susie (1919) [Actress .... True Heart Susie]
    ... aka The Story of a Plain Girl (USA: alternative title)
91. Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919) [Actress .... Lucy Burrows] (as Miss Lillian Gish)
    ... aka Broken Blossoms (USA: short title)
    ... aka Scarlet Blossoms
    ... aka The Chink and the Child
92. A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) [Actress .... Jennie Timberlake]
93. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918) [Actress .... Jeannette Peret] [Writer] (story)
94. Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918) [Actress .... Herself]
95. The Great Love (1918) [Actress .... Susie Broadplains]
96. Hearts of the World (1918) [Actress .... The Girl, Marie Stephenson] (uncredited)
97. Souls Triumphant (1917) [Actress .... Lillian Vale]
98. The House Built Upon Sand (1916) [Actress .... Evelyn Dare]
99. The Children Pay (1916) [Actress .... Millicent]
100. Diane of the Follies (1916) [Actress .... Diane]
     ... aka Diana of the Follys
101. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) [Actress .... The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle/The Eternal Mother] [research assistant] (uncredited)
     ... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
     ... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
102. An Innocent Magdalene (1916) [Actress .... Dorothy Raleigh]
     ... aka The Scarlet Woman
103. Sold for Marriage (1916) [Actress .... Marfa]
     ... aka Marfa of Russia
104. Daphne and the Pirate (1916) [Actress .... Daphne La Tour]
105. Pathways of Life (1916) [Actress]
106. The Lily and the Rose (1915) [Actress .... Mary Randolph]
     ... aka The Tiger Girl (USA: reissue title)
107. Captain Macklin (1915) [Actress .... Beatrice]
108. Enoch Arden (1915) [Actress .... Annie Lee]
     ... aka As Fate Ordained
     ... aka The Fatal Marriage (USA: reissue title)
109. The Lost House (1915) [Actress .... Dosia Dale]
110. The Birth of a Nation (1915) [Actress .... 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)
111. The Sisters (1914/I) [Actress .... May]
112. The Folly of Anne (1914) [Actress .... Anne]
113. The Tear That Burned (1914) [Actress]
114. Man's Enemy (1914) [Actress]
115. The Angel of Contention (1914) [Actress]
116. Lord Chumley (1914) [Actress .... Eleanor Butterworth]
117. The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914) [Actress .... Kitty Bell]
118. Home, Sweet Home (1914/I) [Actress .... Payne's Sweetheart]
119. The Quicksands (1914/I) [Actress]
120. The Battle of the Sexes (1914) [Actress .... Jane Andrews, the daughter]
121. The Hunchback (1914/I) [Actress .... A Young Orphan]
122. Judith of Bethulia (1914) [Actress .... The young mother]
     ... aka Her Condoned Sin (International: English title: reissue title)
123. The Green-Eyed Devil (1914) [Actress]
124. A Duel for Love (1914) [Actress]
125. The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913) [Actress]
126. The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913) [Actress .... Melissa Harlow]
     ... aka The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
127. Madonna of the Storm (1913) [Actress .... The Mother]
128. So Runs the Way (1913) [Actress .... The Young Woman]
129. A Modest Hero (1913) [Actress .... The Wife]
130. A Woman in the Ultimate (1913) [Actress .... Verda]
131. An Indian's Loyalty (1913) [Actress .... The Ranchero's Daughter]
132. During the Round-Up (1913) [Actress .... The Ranchero's Daughter]
133. The Mothering Heart (1913) [Actress .... The Young Wife]
134. A Timely Interception (1913) [Actress .... The Farmer's Daughter]
135. Just Gold (1913) [Actress .... The Sweetheart]
136. The House of Darkness (1913) [Actress .... Nurse Playing Piano]
137. The Lady and the Mouse (1913) [Actress .... The Young Woman]
138. The Left-Handed Man (1913) [Actress .... The Old Soldier's Daughter]
139. A Misunderstood Boy (1913) [Actress .... The Daughter]
140. The Unwelcome Guest (1913) [Actress .... At Auction]
     ... aka An Unwelcome Guest (USA: alternative title)
141. Oil and Water (1913) [Actress .... In First Audience]
142. A Cry for Help (1912) [Actress .... The Maid]
143. The Burglar's Dilemma (1912) [Actress .... Birthday Wellwisher]
144. The New York Hat (1912) [Actress .... Customer in Shop/Outside Church]
145. Brutality (1912) [Actress .... At Theatre]
146. The Informer (1912) [Actress]
147. My Baby (1912) [Actress]
148. Gold and Glitter (1912) [Actress .... The Young Woman]
149. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) [Actress .... The Little Lady]
150. The Painted Lady (1912) [Actress .... Belle at Ice Cream Festival]
151. The One She Loved (1912) [Actress]
152. In the Aisles of the Wild (1912) [Actress .... The Younger Daughter]
153. So Near, Yet So Far (1912) [Actress .... A Friend]
154. Two Daughters of Eve (1912) [Actress .... Theater crowd extra]
155. An Unseen Enemy (1912) [Actress .... The Sister (older)]