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Mary Robinson Gish (née McConnell; September 16, 1876 – September 17, 1948) was an American actress and the mother of screen stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish.
Life
Mary Gish was born in Dayton, Ohio, as Mary Robinson McConnell. On January 8, 1893, she married James L. Gish (son of David Edwin Gish and Diana Caroline Waltz) in Clark County, Ohio. They were the parents of actresses Lillian and Dorothy. The girls' father, James Leigh Gish, died on January 9, 1912, when his daughters were 18 and 13 years old. (His christening record dated November 29, 1872, states his name as James Leonidas Gish.) Around the 1890s Mary would operate a concession stand in Fort George Amusement Park in New York City.
In 1917, Mary and her daughters traveled to England and France as members of D. W. Griffith's film company,"Biograph Studios", to make a film at the behest of the British Government. This film was almost certainly Hearts of the World (1918), which featured all three Gishes, rising star Bobby Harron, British Prime Minister Lloyd George, and Griffith himself. The purpose of this film was to change the neutral mindset of the American public regarding World War I.
Filmography
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=References
Sources
Affron, Charles (2001). Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life. New York: Scribner. ISBN 978-0684855141
External links
Mary Gish at IMDb
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- The Informer (film 1912)
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- Mary Gish
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