The stage was our school, our home, our life.

In the 1920s Gish's association with Duell was something of a tabloid scandal because he had sued her and made the details of their relationship public. W. She was considered for various roles in Gone with the Wind ranging from Ellen O'Hara Scarlett's mother which went to Barbara O'Neil to prostitute Belle Watling which went to Ona Munson.

W. Lillian Diana Gish (October 14 1893 – February 27 1993) was an American stage screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years from 1912 to 1987.