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Who was Lillian Gish's sister?

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Her sister, Dorothy Gish, 1898-1968, was also an actress, who co-starred with Lillian in such films as Hearts of the World (1918) and Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (1921) and did a good deal of work on the stage.

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