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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1879-06-12 (145 years old)

Place of Birth

Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

Lois Weber

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.

Known For

Acting

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2014

1917

1916

Idle Wives as Anne
Hop - The Devil's Brew as Lydia Jansen

1915

Scandal as Daisy Dean
Sunshine Molly as Sunshine Molly

1914

The Spider and Her Web as Madame DuBarr
The Pursuit of Hate as Diana Grave
Lost by a Hair as Summer Girl
False Colors as Mrs. Moore

1913

How Men Propose as The Maid
Suspense. as The Wife
The Rosary as The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Jew's Christmas as Leah - Isaac's Daughter

1912

Fine Feathers as The Artist's Model
Eyes That See Not as The Millionaire's Wife

1911

A Heroine of '76 as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
Sherlock Holmes, Jr. as Mrs. Brown
Fate as Flora Brown
Lost Illusions as Grace - The Wife
The Price as Ann
On the Brink as Tess
From Death to Life as Aratus' Wife
The Twins as The Twin Sisters

Directing

1934

White Heat as Director

1927

Sensation Seekers as Director

1926

1923

1921

The Blot as Director
Too Wise Wives as Director
What Do Men Want? as Director

1920

1919

A Midnight Romance as Director
Mary Regan as Director
Forbidden as Director
Home as Director
When a Girl Loves as Director

1918

For Husbands Only as Director
Borrowed Clothes as Director

1916

Shoes as Director
Idle Wives as Director
Discontent as Director
The Eye of God as Director
The Flirt as Director

1915

Hypocrites as Director
Captain Courtesy as Director
Scandal as Director
Sunshine Molly as Director

1914

False Colors as Director
Lost by a Hair as Director

1913

Suspense. as Director
How Men Propose as Director
The Rosary as Director

1912

Eyes That See Not as Director
Fine Feathers as Director
A Japanese Idyll as Director

1911

A Heroine of '76 as Director
Fate as Director
The Price as Director
On the Brink as Director
From Death to Life as Director
The Twins as Director

Writing

1934

White Heat as Writer

1927

Topsy and Eva as Adaptation
Topsy and Eva as Screenplay

1926

1923

A Chapter in Her Life as Adaptation
A Chapter in Her Life as Screenplay

1921

The Blot as Writer
Too Wise Wives as Screenplay

1920

1919

Mary Regan as Scenario Writer
Forbidden as Writer
Home as Writer
Mary Regan as Screenplay

1918

For Husbands Only as Adaptation
For Husbands Only as Screenplay

1916

Idle Wives as Writer
Idle Wives as Adaptation
Shoes as Writer
The Eye of God as Scenario Writer
Hop - The Devil's Brew as Scenario Writer
Discontent as Writer
The Eye of God as Writer
The Flirt as Writer

1915

Hypocrites as Writer
Scandal as Writer
Sunshine Molly as Writer
Jewel as Writer

1914

The Spider and Her Web as Scenario Writer
False Colors as Screenplay
Lost by a Hair as Writer

1913

Suspense. as Writer

1911

On the Brink as Story
The Twins as Writer
The Price as Writer

Production

1921

The Blot as Producer
Too Wise Wives as Producer

1918

For Husbands Only as Producer

1916

Wanted- A Home as Producer
Idle Wives as Producer
Shoes as Producer

1915

Hypocrites as Producer

1913

How Men Propose as Producer

Editing