List of Famous people named Lillian
Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish was an American pioneering actress of the screen and stage, and a director and writer. Her film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912, in silent film shorts, to 1987. Gish was called "The First Lady of American Cinema", and is credited with pioneering fundamental film performance techniques.
Lillian Roth
Lillian Roth was an American singer and actress.
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, author and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism. She was blacklisted after her appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–1952. Although she continued to work on Broadway in the 1950s, her blacklisting by the American film industry caused a drop in her income. Many praised Hellman for refusing to answer questions by HUAC, but others believed, despite her denial, that she had belonged to the Communist Party.
Lillian Brown
Mary Lillian Josephine Brown was an American radio and television producer, university administrator and instructor, author, makeup artist and image consultant. She provided makeup and image services to nine Presidents of the United States from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, and to Martin Luther King Jr.
Lillian Disney
Lillian Marie Disney was an American ink artist at the Disney Studios, and was best known for being married to Walt Disney, from 1925 until his death in 1966.
Lillian Richard
Lillian Richard was an African-American actress best known for portraying Aunt Jemima.
Lillian Asplund
Lillian Gertrud Asplund was a Swedish-American woman who was one of the last three living survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912, and the last survivor with actual memories of the disaster.
Bessie Lillian Carter
Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter was the mother of the thirty-ninth president of the United States Jimmy Carter. She was also known for her contributions to nursing in her home state of Georgia and as a Peace Corps volunteer in India as well as writing two books during the Carter presidency.
Lillian Kemble-Cooper
Lillian Kemble-Cooper was an English-American actress who had a successful career on Broadway and in Hollywood film.