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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

Drama, History, War

3h 15m

March 8, 1915 (110 years ago)

Overview

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

ActorAge thenAge now
Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Birthday: October 14, 1893

21 February 27, 1993 (99)
Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Birthday: November 7, 1894

20 February 13, 1968 (73)
Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Birthday: March 15, 1878

36 June 17, 1936 (58)
Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Birthday: November 6, 1891

23 April 12, 1976 (84)
Mary Alden

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Birthday: June 18, 1883

31 July 2, 1946 (63)
Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

Birthday: October 7, 1872

42 December 4, 1937 (65)
George Siegmann

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Birthday: February 7, 1882

33 June 22, 1928 (46)
Walter Long

Walter Long

Gus

Birthday: March 4, 1879

36 July 4, 1952 (73)
Robert Harron

Robert Harron

Tod

Birthday: April 12, 1893

21 September 5, 1920 (27)
Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Birthday: April 14, 1891

23 January 18, 1923 (31)