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Lillian Diana Gish è stata un'attrice, sceneggiatrice e regista statunitense.

Sorella dell'attrice Dorothy Gish, fu una delle star assolute del periodo d'oro del cinema muto a Hollywood, fu la "musa" di David W. Griffith, che la rese protagonista delle sue pellicole più celebri. Lavorò anche nell'epoca del sonoro, sebbene con minore intensità che negli anni precedenti, anche perché impegnata in varie attività, come quella di attrice teatrale e produttrice alla United Artists. È stata tra le attrici più longeve di tutti i tempi, con una carriera lunga quasi 75 anni .

Ha ricevuto, nel 1971, un Premio Oscar alla carriera. Nel 1984, venne premiata con l'American Film Institute, unica rappresentante del periodo muto del cinema. Nel 1979, ricevette il Crystal Award Women in film a Los Angeles, un premio dedicato alle donne che, attraverso l'eccellenza del loro lavoro, contribuiscono ad espandere il ruolo femminile nel mondo dello spettacolo. Nel 1987, con la pellicola Le balene d'agosto, venne premiata dalla National Board of Review Awards, come migliore attrice, ricevendo anche un premio alla carriera.

L'American Film Institute ha inserito la Gish al diciassettesimo posto tra le più grandi star della storia del cinema. Wikipedia  

✵ 14. Ottobre 1893 – 27. Febbraio 1993
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“Thalberg wanted commercial hits. I wanted art.”

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http://marilynmonroeflims.blogspot.com/2012/07/lillian-gish-greta-garbo-class-acts.html (On her work with MGM)

“I never cease to wonder at my luck in having for my sister the woman who, more than any other woman in America, possesses all the qualities of true greatness.”

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Dorothy Gish
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“When I was in films, we pretended to kiss but we didn't. It was considered unsanitary. Now they swallow each others' tonsils. It's disgusting.”

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http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20097815,00.html

“You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father, and finally he played my husband. If he had 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.”

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As quoted in An Uncommon Scold (1989) by Abby Adams

“According to director Lindsay Anderson, one day while filming The Whales of August he said to Lillian Gish, "Miss Gish, you have just given me a perfect close-up." Bette Davis remarked: "She should. She invented 'em."”

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094315/trivia
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“I'm so glad I didn't ruin a man's life by marrying him.”

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http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20095610,00.html

“For Lillian Gish, My Favorite Actress. On the occasion of her 1st visit to New York of which this book is a practical guide. From Her Chattel, F. Scott Fitzgerald”

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's letter to Gish, written within a copy of Tender is the Night http://gothamist.com/2013/01/29/fitzgerald_pens_letter_to_favorite.php
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“Lillian Gish is not only the best actress in her profession, but has the best mind of any woman I have ever met.”

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D. W. Griffith
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“I never chose money, I always chose people. I wanted to be around people who knew more than I did. I think that’s why I never fell in love with an actor. They never seemed to know any more than I did. I wanted to be with writers… My idea of a dream man was Thornton Wilder.”

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“I don't feel I'm old. I just feel I'm me. And I've always been a happy person. I love the human race. I love my work. I love the world—I've been around it four times, you know. And I'm a believing person. I believe in God, even though I can't see him. You can't see the air in this room, right? But take it away and you're dead. And I believe there's something for us after we die. The world isn't wasteful. It keeps going on and I think we do too.”

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As quoted in Lillian Gish : Her Legend, Her Life (2002) by Charles Affron, p. 353

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