Lois Weber
Birthday
1879/06/12
Day of death
1939/11/13 (60 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
Biography
Lois Weber began film work as an actress, then soon began also writing and directing films. She has been referred to as "the most important female director the American film industry has known". Best known for her hard-hitting films that address social issues, she continued making films into the 1920s until she lost favor with motion picture audiences.
Acting
(1913) How Men Propose
as The Maid
(1913) The Picture of Dorian Gray
as ---
(1914) The Spider and Her Web
as Madame DuBarr
(1911) A Heroine of '76
as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
(1913) Suspense.
as The Wife
(1914) The Pursuit of Hate
as Diana Grave
(1916) Idle Wives
as Anne
(1911) Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
as Mrs. Brown
(1911) Fate
as Flora Brown
(1912) A Japanese Idyll
as ---
(1912) Fine Feathers
as The Artist's Model
(1911) Lost Illusions
as Grace - The Wife
(1913) The Rosary
as The Soldier's Sweetheart
(1911) The Price
as Ann
(1917) Alone in the World
as ---
(1915) Scandal
as Daisy Dean
(1911) On the Brink
as Tess
(1915) Sunshine Molly
as Sunshine Molly
(1911) From Death to Life
as Aratus' Wife
(1914) Lost by a Hair
as Summer Girl
(1916) The Eye of God
as Renie
(1916) Hop - The Devil's Brew
as Lydia Jansen
(1917) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Broome
(1914) The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
(1911) The Twins
as The Twin Sisters
(1913) The Jew's Christmas
as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
(2016) The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1912) Eyes That See Not
as The Millionaire's Wife
(1914) False Colors
as Mrs. Moore
(2014) Early Directors on Directing
as Self