Gish’s childhood was less than Hollywood magic. Born on 14 October 1893 in Springfield, Ohio, her father was an alcoholic who soon abandoned the family. Her mothe… See more

As a child, Gish performed with her younger sister Dorothy in melodramas for a plum … See more

Thanks to a candy store fire, Lillian Gish had her first brush with stardom. When she was a girl, the store where her mother and sister worked burned down. The family moved to N… See more

Gish shared her film debut with her little sister, Dorothy Gish, in D.W. Griffith’s short movie An Unseen Enemy (1912). The pair played orphaned on-screen sisters fending off burglar… See more

Back when movies where much smaller-scale productions, Gish was able to star in more than 25 films in just her first two years as a screen actress. No wonder she was called “the … See more