Lillian Gish - by Charles Affron (Paperback)

About the Book

"As someone who worked with and knew Lillian Gish for years, I found Charles Affron's portrait revealing and moving. He rekindles the life of this intuitive and generous artist beautifully."--Eva Marie Saint

Book Synopsis

At the time of her death in 1993, Lillian Gish was universally recognized as a film legend. In this revealing and absorbing narrative, Charles Affron uses newly released documents to uncover a life that was cast in the shadow of self-generated myth. Filling the gaps left by Gish's selective memoirs and authorized biographies, he shows how the actress carefully shaped her public identity while keeping much of her life private.

A New York Times Notable Book

From the Back Cover

As someone who worked with and knew Lillian Gish for years, I found Charles Affron's portrait revealing and moving. He rekindles the life of this intuitive and generous artist beautifully.--Eva Marie Saint

Review Quotes

"[Affron] scrupulously tracks the life--a welcome and valuable account, since previous Gish literature has been long on rapture and short on data--and pays sensitive homage to the art."--Robert Gottlieb, "New York Review of Books

About the Author

Charles Affron is Professor of French at New York University. He is the author of Sets in Motion, Cinema and Sentiment, Divine Garbo, and Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis. He lives in New York City.