Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
77.3 TOPICAL actor score · #134 of 1,977 actors
Lillian Gish (1893-1993) has a TOPICAL actor score of 77.3 - ranked 134 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are career standing and acting honours. They've won 4 acting honours from 7 nominations, including the Academy Honorary Award. Their best ten-year run was 1915-1924. Best films: The Night of the Hunter (1955), Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916), The Wind (1928).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours96
Prime48
Their movies81
Credits83
Career standing98
- Acting honours4 wins, 7 nominations - incl. Academy Honorary Award; AFI Life Achievement Award; Kennedy Center Honors
- Prime1915-1924
- Credits86 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 9 scored films (6 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 97 languages
“More than any other early star, she fought to earn film recognition as a true art form, and her achievements remain the standard against which those of all other actors are measured.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Lillian Gish's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 268 | The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | 3 |
| 770 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | 1916 | 1 |
| 2,114 | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl | 1919 | 1 |
| 2,165 | The Wind | 1928 | 1 |
| 2,261 | The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | 1 |
| 2,426 | Portrait of Jennie | 1948 | 4 |
| 2,680 | Duel in the Sun | 1946 | 6 |
| 3,305 | Way Down East | 1920 | 1 |
| 3,422 | The Whales of August | 1987 | 2 |