Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1893 Oct. 14 | Born, Springfield, Ohio |
1901 | Made her stage debut |
1905 | Danced in Sarah Bernhardt's stage production, New York, N.Y. |
1912 | Began her movie career, working for D. W. Griffith's Biograph Studio, film debut in An Unseen Enemy |
1913 | Appeared on stage with Mary Pickford in A Good Little Devil |
1914 | Appeared in the film Birth of a Nation |
1915-1916 | Appeared in the film Intolerance |
1917 | Traveled to Europe to appear in D. W. Griffith's film Hearts of the World |
1919 | Appeared in the film Broken Blossoms |
1920 | Appeared in the film Way Down East Directed the film Remodeling Her Husband |
1921 | Appeared in her last D. W. Griffith film Orphans of the Storm |
1925 | Joined the Metro-Goldwyn Co. |
1925-1932 | Involved in litigation resulting from suits filed by producer Charles Duell |
1929 | Appeared in her first talking motion picture, One Romantic Night |
1930 | Returned to the stage in the play Uncle Vanya |
1948 | Appeared on stage in Crime and Punishment Television debut in The Late Christopher Bean, Philco Playhouse |
1950 | Appeared on stage in Miss Mabel and The Curious Savage |
1954-1960 | Appeared in the films Night of the Hunter, Duel in the Sun, Portrait of Jennie, and The Unforgiven |
1960-1961 | Appeared on stage in The Family Reunion and All the Way Home |
1963 | Appeared on stage in Too True To Be Goodand A Passage to India |
1965 | Appeared on stage in Romeo and Juliet |
1967 | Appeared in the film The Comedians Appeared on the stage in I Never Sang for My Father |
1968 | Appeared with Helen Hayes in the television version of Arsenic and Old Lace |
1969 | Published with Ann Pinchot Lillian Gish; The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall |
1969, 1971-1973 | Toured Europe, Russia, and United States as lecturer on the art of film |
1971 | Received Honorary Academy Award |
1973 | Published Dorothy and Lillian Gish. New York: Scribner Received Handel medallion, City of New York, N.Y. |
1978 | Appeared in the films La Boheme and A Wedding |
1980 | Appeared in the television film Thin Ice |
1982 | Received Kennedy Center Honors, Washington, D.C. |
1983 | Appeared in television production of Hobson's Choice |
1984 | Received the Lifetime Achievement Award, American Film Institute Appeared in the film Hambone and Hillie |
1987 | Last film role in The Whales of August |
1993, Feb. 27 | Died, New York, N.Y. |