D. W. Griffith
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Awards and Nominations
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominated
Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Nominated
Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress. Her film-acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called the "First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gish as the 17th greatest female movie star of Classic Hollywood cinema. Wikipedia