Lillian Gish - Legacy

Legacy

• The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
• A street in Massillon, Ohio, is named after Gish, who had lived there during an early period of her life and fondly referred to it as her hometown throughout her career.
• Bowling Green State University, in Bowling Green, Ohio, is home to the Gish Film Theater and Gallery, which is dedicated to the works of both Dorothy and Lillian Gish.
• Gish was a leading character in The Biograph Girl, a 1980 stage musical about the silent film era.
• The American alternative-rock band The Smashing Pumpkins titled their debut album, Gish (1991). Lillian Gish was the only memory that Billy Corgan could recall as to why he named the album Gish. In the liner notes for the 2012 re-release of the album, Corgan states that his grandmother remembered seeing her once and the name "Gish" stuck.
• The experimental UK-based psychedelic rock/shoegaze band Lillian Gish, founded originally as Sunlight Machine in 2007, take their name from the actress.