Movie: The Birth of a Nation

Top 10 Billed Cast

Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden
Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis
Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann
George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long
Walter Long

Gus

Robert Harron
Robert Harron

Tod

Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

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