Gish
Americannoun
noun
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Dorothy. 1898–1968, US film actress, chiefly in silent films
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her sister, Lillian. 1896–1993, US film and stage actress, noted esp for her roles in such silent films as The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916)
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Trigger warning for any daughter who has ever had a fraught relationship with their mother: Gish Jen’s remarkable and heartbreaking latest book, “Bad Bad Girl,” may prompt a flood of feelings not felt since adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
Gish and Nielsen found that identity conflict between the old entrepreneurial self and the new employee self was associated with higher levels of burnout and lower levels of boosterism.
From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023
It was part of a program created by longtime Garfield English teacher Adam Gish, who realized that for many of his students, buying a book was an unheard-of luxury.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Thelma Golden, the director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, was awarded the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, the Gish Prize Trust announced on Monday.
From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2023
She named her two canaries Clara and Lillian after Clara Bow and Lillian Gish.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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