She was 94 here, and still acting! Always as bright as a button.

Adorable. A voice from another era.

What a class class classy lady! She was stunning beautiful when she was younger. She is still very beautiful here.

@TheNeverposts

5 жыл бұрын

yes, racism

I met her in my youth. She was with her friend Helen Hayes. It was an amazing thing to experience.

@brendareed8412

2 жыл бұрын

I met her when I was in college. What an honor!

ohhh thank you so much for this wonderful moment with Miss Gish!

So precious! Loved Miss Gish all my life. ❤️❤️❤️

What a memorable interview! Both Sister were raised in Dayton, Ohio - Upper Riverdale area. They were lucky to have such a wonderful mom who gave them great advice how to treat people. Thanks for posting this!

@gwp5066

2 жыл бұрын

maybe of the successful actresses of the silent era and the golden age speak highly of their mothers, including Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, and Angela Lansbury. Those who had stage mothers or no mothers like Judy Garland or Joan Crawford had loads of personal problems.

@EmilyGloeggler7984

Жыл бұрын

@@gwp5066 Sometimes the inverse can happen with those without mothers and some can have serious problems with their mothers.

lovely miss Gish... thank you Lillian and Dorothy for your wonderful years of movie making

I wish we still had an actress like her

In the interview she said she was born 10 weeks before the century. I'm assuming she meant 1899. However she was actually born in 1893. Sadly she died just 9 months short of her hundredth birthday. Still an amazing lady who lived an amazing life.

@Draugluin999

5 жыл бұрын

I don't think she ever told the truth about her age or DOB maybe she had her reasons

@-simplicity7551

5 жыл бұрын

Who knows how old she really was!

@ajp1929

4 ай бұрын

If I need to re-think Lillian and start remembering that she was born in 1899 I think I'd collapse, I'll keep thinking it was 1893, close to Mary's 1892 ❤

Lillian was the Queen of the cinema. She was beautiful. Classy beautiful even at this interview sharp in her mind upon her death

Lillian Gish ---one of my favorites! Such a classy, down to earth, wonderful lady. A legend. Still beautiful too! Love you Miss Gish! Thanks for sharing!!!

The Godfather of film and movies Mr. D.W. Griffin would be 149 now. People don't realize this remarkable extraordinary women was about to turn 100 before she died that same year in 1993... Like Betty White, she came so close a few months shy from her 100th birthday in October that year...she unfortunately passed away in February of 1993 at 99.

Amazing her beauty still came through!! Wishing my mind and memory that good --- and I'm waay younger Sounds like she misses Dorothy constantly

Both have good genes. The one lived 100 years, the other even today, that she is 80, looks stunning.

Ela é tão maravilhosa! Foi uma entrevista tão curta! Ouviria uma hora de entrevista com ela!

Thank you for sharing. Moving interview.

Красавица и легенда.

W. D.Griffith the interviewer says at the beginning lol!

@chicabeatlerock

7 жыл бұрын

hahaha she had a mistake xD

@rodneyrawlings7100

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I noticed that.

@kingamoeboid3887

3 жыл бұрын

One of my teachers mention him wrong and I always mention him as DW Griffith properly. Or David Griffith.

Aquí tiene 94 años de edad , y Lillian se ve muy elocuente.

Can you imagine what a different world this would be, if we all followed those good manners? Always make others feel comfortable and happy to be around you.

@-simplicity7551

5 жыл бұрын

I try to be that way, to listen and make the other person happy. But maybe its just insecurity

Her last film, with Bette Davis, Vincent Price, Ann Sothern & Harry Carey Jr, "The Whales of August" allows the viewer to reconcile their own mortality. Watch it on KZread !

@chrisfreeman4457

4 жыл бұрын

That was a very sweet film, indeed! To see these classic actors together in one film near the end of their distinguished careers was quite a treat. Something tells me it's time for another viewing of it.

@sandyallessandrini5546

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisfreeman4457 Just rewatched this week. In the last scene they stand holding hands but apart, and then stand together closely, just as their new picture window. There's nothin' wrong with new, if it makes something good, better...

Lillian Gish says she was born "10 weeks before the century" but her actual birthdate was October 14, 1893.

Wow.. so glad that this film clip exists..i hope it's kept in an Historical Archive somewhere. Is the interviewer Marriet Hartley?

Beautiful lady, RIP

Lillian Gish was not born "10 weeks before the turn of the century" (i.e., 1899) as Lillian claims 5:10 lol. She was born in 1893.

@mkptrsn

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that she claims the same in other interviews too. Nowadays we’re proud to get to her age and brag!

i'll always remember dwg

94 and lucid as heck 😮

She said she was born ''10 weeks before the century'' but everywhere I look I see her date of birth as October 1893, I thought she would've been well and truly into her 90s in this interview just by looking at her.

@holymoses1744

9 жыл бұрын

She often fibbed about her year of birth. Before she died, most sources I saw gave her date of birth as 1896.

@Jmmoffa

5 жыл бұрын

There’s was always speculation about her true age. Most people don’t believe 1893 was her actual birth year. It’s believed her mother lied about her age to get her into acting. 1896 is most commonly believed, but others suspected 1899 even before this interview was done in 1987.

The one thing I remember about Lillian Gish is that she made her acting debut in a small opera house in our small village of Rising Sun (now 1 word), Ohio. This can be verified on her website.

@jonathandowns4525

8 жыл бұрын

Wow u must be ancient if u can remember her debut. I'm going to pickle myself so I can have remembrances of such great age

@daveshultz7765

8 жыл бұрын

+jonathan downs Were you born a dumbass or just grow into it? I heard through our village archives of her debut. Also listed on her website.

@Metacognition88

8 жыл бұрын

+Dave Shultz lol

He said, “I will RE BUILD babbilun ‘n lay it at your FEET ‘n there it wahz”.

im related to lillian gish my mom told me because shes one of my great great and a million more greats grandmas because my moms side has a last name of gish and have photos of her too

@ashbatz

4 жыл бұрын

She never actually had children so she's more likely your great great great aunt or however many it is on your side of the family. She's my mother's great great aunt, so hello distant cousin?? lmao

if actors/celebs only knew what those women went through just to be recognized!!!!

The film The Whales of August she was brilliant in it, with Bettie Davis and Vincent Price.

@Terry-te1ij

Жыл бұрын

Ann Southern as well

She lies about her age, or doesn't remember it properly.

@bcsurvivor4713

5 жыл бұрын

So what?

well when you are like 90 something years old, it's probably hard to figure out your age so you just round up! :D

@cmcb09

9 жыл бұрын

I think it was kind of a joke, the old line it isn't polite to ask a woman her age. With my own dear late mother, one of my nieces at a very young age asked her "how old are you grandma?" Her reply "old enough to know it is impolite to ask a woman her age dear". Ms. Gish I believe didn't want to mention #s but was very sweet about it.

Jim Crow south

She fibbed about her age here.

when i met miss gish she was waring 1920 feragamo heals which were amazing ….

Why did she say she was born ten weeks before the century? She was born in 1893.

Class act all the way

@TheNeverposts

5 жыл бұрын

yes, racism

☑️☑️❤️❤️👏👏

who was the interviewer? Marriette Hartley?

@holymoses1744

9 жыл бұрын

Yes. She was co-host of _The Morning Program_ on CBS in 1987.

@tklogan111809

7 жыл бұрын

She was in Hitchcock's Marnie.

I would have liked to know what she thought of her first movie starting the black massacre of many black towns including Tulsa Oklahoma, known as The Red Summer, that displaced many wealthy black communities, killing men, woman and children, stole their land and destroyed their business.

She said W.D.Griffith she means D.W. Griffith

0:26 - that anxious glance though.... :)

♥ Dear Mimi in "La Bohème" ♥

Lillian was what you would call 1 in a million

W D (!?) Griffith was influenced by european films which were more advanced than US films. While Edison was sending his thugs out to smash cameras, Europe was making feature length films, some in color and some with sync sound. Even Australia was making features before Griffith -- 1906's "The Kelly Gang" was nearly 70 minutes long. Wouldn't rely much on this interviewer.

@manasmaisnam606

Жыл бұрын

True.... US films became more developed than European films only after WW1. During/ after WW1, the European film industry collapsed. Many actors/ directors came to Hollywood which resulted in its stronghold.

5:55 wise advice.

Miss Gish would had loved me... a week or two.

DW NOT WD

W.D. Griffith? Practice the copy, please!!!