

Lillian Gish
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
14 Oct 1893
Age
133 Years
Born In
Springfield, Ohio, USA
Total Projects
154
Years Active
109 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.7 ★
Overview
Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. She was a prominent film star of the 1910s and 1920s, particularly associated with the films of director D.W. Griffith, including her leading role in Griffith's seminal Birth of a Nation (1915)....
Known For
Filmography

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The Flapper
The Flapper
as (archive footage)

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I Am Not a Racist
I Am Not a Racist
as Elsie (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The Women Who Run Hollywood
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

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Night Hunter
Night Hunter

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Sigrid Holmquist
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)

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Early Directors on Directing
Early Directors on Directing
as Self

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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)

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D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913
D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Lucy - The Girl (archive footage)

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Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
as Self

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The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
as Self (Archive footage)

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Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
as Herself, Archive footage

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The Whales of August
The Whales of August
as Sarah Webber

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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self

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Sweet Liberty
Sweet Liberty
as Cecelia Burgess

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Mrs Loftus

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Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)

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Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

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Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
as Self

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Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice
as Miss Molly Winkle

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Hambone and Hillie
Hambone and Hillie
as Hillie Radcliffe

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
as Self

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Thin Ice
Thin Ice
as Grandmother

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Hollywood
Hollywood
as Self

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The Kennedy Center Honors
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self

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A Wedding
A Wedding
as Nettie Sloan

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The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Williams

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Twin Detectives
Twin Detectives
as Billy Jo Haskins

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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)

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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self

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Film '72
Film '72
as Self

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Langlois
Langlois
as Self

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Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Martha Brewster

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The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest

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The Comedians
The Comedians
as Mrs. Smith

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The Comedians in Africa
The Comedians in Africa
as Self (uncredited)

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Warning Shot
Warning Shot
as Alice Willows

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Lionpower from MGM
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Mrs. Smith (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Follow Me, Boys!
Follow Me, Boys!
as Hetty Seibert

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Mrs. Winchester's House
Mrs. Winchester's House
as Narrator

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Mr. Novak
Mr. Novak
as Maude Phipps

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The Great Chase
The Great Chase

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Bessie Carnby

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The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase
as Mrs. Warren

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The Defenders
The Defenders
as Louisa Clarendon

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The Defenders
The Defenders
as Mrs. Cooper

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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)

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The Unforgiven
The Unforgiven
as Mattilda Zachary

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Orders to Kill
Orders to Kill
as Mrs. Summers

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Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Award Accepter

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Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter

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The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour
as Esther Crampton

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Playwrights '56
Playwrights '56

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Film Fun
Film Fun
as (archive footage)

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The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter
as Rachel Cooper

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The Cobweb
The Cobweb
as Victoria Inch

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The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
as Carrie Watts

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Grandma Moses

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Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents

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Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie
as Mother Mary of Mercy

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The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Abby

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The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Narrator

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The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Carrie Watts

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The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

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Duel in the Sun
Duel in the Sun
as Laura Belle McCanles

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Miss Susie Slagle's
Miss Susie Slagle's
as Miss Susie Slagle

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Top Man
Top Man
as Beth Warren

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Commandos Strike at Dawn
Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Mrs. Bergesen

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His Double Life
His Double Life
as Alice Chalice

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One Romantic Night
One Romantic Night
as Princess Alexandra

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The Wind
The Wind
as Letty

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The Enemy
The Enemy
as Pauli Arndt

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Annie Laurie
Annie Laurie
as Annie Laurie

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The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne

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La Bohème
La Bohème
as Mimi

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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

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Romola
Romola
as Romola

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The White Sister
The White Sister
as Angela Chiaromonte

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From Farm to Fame
From Farm to Fame
as Lillian Gish

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Orphans of the Storm
Orphans of the Storm
as Henriette Girard

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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
as Herself

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Way Down East
Way Down East
as Anna Moore

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The Greatest Question
The Greatest Question
as Nellie Jarvis

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True Heart Susie
True Heart Susie
as Susie May Trueheart

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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
as Lucy Burrows

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A Romance of Happy Valley
A Romance of Happy Valley
as Jennie Timberlake

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The Greatest Thing in Life
The Greatest Thing in Life
as Jeannette Peret

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Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

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The Great Love
The Great Love
as Susie Broadplains

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Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson

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Souls Triumphant
Souls Triumphant
as Lillian Vale

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The House Built Upon Sand
The House Built Upon Sand
as Evelyn Dare

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The Children Pay
The Children Pay
as Millicent

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Diane of the Follies
Diane of the Follies
as Diane

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle

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An Innocent Magdalene
An Innocent Magdalene
as Dorothy Raleigh

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Sold for Marriage
Sold for Marriage
as Marfa

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Daphne and the Pirate
Daphne and the Pirate
as Daphne La Tour

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Pathways of Life
Pathways of Life

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The Lily and the Rose
The Lily and the Rose
as Mary Randolph

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Captain Macklin
Captain Macklin
as Beatrice

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Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden
as Annie Lee

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The Lost House
The Lost House
as Dosia Dale

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The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

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His Lesson
His Lesson
as Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)

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The Sisters
The Sisters
as May

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The Folly of Anne
The Folly of Anne
as Anne

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The Tear That Burned
The Tear That Burned
as Anita - the Truant

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Man's Enemy
Man's Enemy
as Grace Lisle

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The Angel of Contention
The Angel of Contention
as Nettie - the Angel

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The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
as Kitty Belle

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Lord Chumley
Lord Chumley
as Eleanor Butterworth

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Home, Sweet Home
Home, Sweet Home
as Payne's Sweetheart

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The Quicksands
The Quicksands

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The Hunchback
The Hunchback
as The Orphan - as an Adult

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The Battle of the Sexes
The Battle of the Sexes
as Jane Andrews, the daughter

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Judith of Bethulia
Judith of Bethulia
as The Young Mother

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The Green-Eyed Devil
The Green-Eyed Devil
as Mary Miller

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A Duel for Love
A Duel for Love

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The Conscience of Hassan Bey
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
as The Rugmaker's Daughter

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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
as Melissa Harlow

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The Blue or the Gray
The Blue or the Gray

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Madonna of the Storm
Madonna of the Storm
as The Mother

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So Runs the Way
So Runs the Way
as Fred's Wife

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A Modest Hero
A Modest Hero
as The Wife

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A Woman in the Ultimate
A Woman in the Ultimate
as Verda

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An Indian's Loyalty
An Indian's Loyalty
as The Ranchero's Daughter

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During the Round-Up
During the Round-Up
as The Ranchero's Daughter

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The Mothering Heart
The Mothering Heart
as The Wife

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A Timely Interception
A Timely Interception
as The Farmer's Daughter

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Just Gold
Just Gold
as The First Brother's Sweetheart

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The House of Darkness
The House of Darkness
as The Nurse

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The Lady and the Mouse
The Lady and the Mouse
as The First Sister

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The Left-Handed Man
The Left-Handed Man
as The Old Soldier's Daughter

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A Misunderstood Boy
A Misunderstood Boy
as The Daughter

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The Little Tease
The Little Tease
as Girl in bandana

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The Stolen Bride
The Stolen Bride

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The Unwelcome Guest
The Unwelcome Guest
as At Auction (uncredited)

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Oil and Water
Oil and Water
as In First Audience (uncredited)

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A Cry for Help
A Cry for Help
as The Maid

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The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Burglar’s Dilemma
as Birthday Wellwisher

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The New York Hat
The New York Hat
as Customer in Shop / Outside Church

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Brutality
Brutality
as At Theatre

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The Informer
The Informer
as Walk on role

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My Baby
My Baby

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Gold and Glitter
Gold and Glitter
as The Young Woman

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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
as The Little Lady

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The Painted Lady
The Painted Lady
as Belle at Ice Cream Festival

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The One She Loved
The One She Loved

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In the Aisles of the Wild
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Younger Daughter

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So Near, Yet So Far
So Near, Yet So Far
as A Friend

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Two Daughters of Eve
Two Daughters of Eve
as In Theatre Crowd

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An Unseen Enemy
An Unseen Enemy
as Eldest Sister