Glenda Farrell

Glenda Farrell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6524 Hollywood Boulevard. The musical group The Smashing Pumpkins named their debut album Gish after her. She died from lung cancer and was interred in the West Point US Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York. Her last major role was in The Whales of August in 1987, although she had an uncredited role in Bamboozled (in the excerpt of The Birth of a Nation) in 2000. She remained with the show until ill health forced her departure in November 1970. She appeared in films from time to time for the rest of her life, in 1971 winning a special Academy Award "For superlative artistry and for distinguished contribution to the progress of motion pictures." In 1984 she received an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award. She was appearing on Broadway in a production of Forty Carats in 1969 when she was diagnosed with cancer. Returning to movies, Gish was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1946 for Duel in the Sun.

Farrell went out of vogue in the 1940s but made a comeback later in life, winning an Emmy Award in 1963, for her work in the television series Ben Casey. She acted on the stage for the most part in the 1930s and early 1940s, preferring to care for the aging Griffith and his wife in their later years. In this role Farrell was promoted as being able to speak 400 words in 40 seconds. Preferring silent movies, she spurned talkies until MGM finally let her go from her contract in 1928. She became one of Warner Brothers most prolific actresses of the 1930s, solidifying her success with her own film series, as Torchy Blane "Girl Reporter". Having appeared in over 25 short films and features in her first two years in Hollywood, Lillian became a major star, becoming known as "The First Lady of the Silent Screen". Her brassy persona was used to great effect in Little Caesar (1930) opposite James Cagney, in I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) opposite Paul Muni, in Havana Widows (1933) with Blondell, and in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) opposite Fay Wray. The Gish-Griffith association was so close that it has been widely suspected that Lillian was Griffith's lover, though the evidence is circumstantial at best. Known relationships were Lillian's affairs with Charles Duell, a producer, to whom she was reportedly engaged, and the drama critic and editor George Jean Nathan.

Signed to Warner Brothers, she came to personify the wise-cracking, hard-boiled, and somewhat dizzy blonde of the early talkies, along with fellow Warner Brothers contractee Joan Blondell, with whom she would be frequently paired. Griffith. Born in Enid, Oklahoma, Farrell came to Hollywood towards the end of the silent era, after establishing herself on Broadway. Their first role was in An Unseen Enemy, directed by D.W. Glenda Farrell (June 30, 1904 – May 1, 1971) was an American film actress. In 1914, they met Mary Pickford, and she got them contracts with Biograph Studios. They also took modeling jobs.

When Lillian and Dorothy were old enough, they joined her act. The Gish sisters' mother Mary began acting in order to support the family after her husband abandoned them. Born Lillian Diana de Guiche in Springfield, Ohio, she was the sister of actress Dorothy Gish. Lillian Gish (October 14, 1893 - February 27, 1993), was an American actress.

Griffith, and Me (with Ann Pinchot) (Prentice-Hall, 1969). The Movies, Mr. The Night of the Hunter (1955). Duel in the Sun (1946).