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n. - United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W. Griffith (1896-1993).

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  • Gish is the sister of Lillian Gish, the actress who starred in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation.
  • & Ohio Railroad, and I.W. Vinyard had become the owner of David Gish's mill, the place was made a flag stop and was called Gish's.
  • The prizes and the glowing endorsement by writers such as Gish Jen and Lee Chang-rae (whose works I enjoy reading)?
  • ( "Gish"), our former subsidiary, upon the settlement of our dispute with Medos.
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