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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1894-06-26 (130 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Lois Wilson

Biography:

A schoolteacher who became a stage actress (briefly), Lois Wilson entered films in 1916 at Paramount (her sisters, Diana Kane and Connie Lewis, also worked as actresses). Wilson played leading roles well into the sound era, and after she retired from the screen she worked sporadically in television and again appeared on stage.

Known For

Acting

1949

1948

1941

For Beauty's Sake as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar

1940

Nobody's Children as Miss Jamieson

1939

Bad Little Angel as Mrs. Ellen Creighton

1936

Wedding Present as Laura Dodacker
Laughing at Trouble as Alice Mathews

1935

Life Returns as Dr. Louise Stone
Public Opinion as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor
Society Fever as Portia Prouty
Cappy Ricks Returns as Florry Peasley
Your Uncle Dudley as Christine Saunders
Born to Gamble as Paula Mathews

1934

Bright Eyes as Mary Blake
There's Always Tomorrow as Sophie White
Ticket to a Crime as Elaine Purdy
The Show-Off as Clara Harling
School for Girls as Miss Cartwright

1933

Female as Harriet Brown
In the Money as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom
Obey the Law as Grace Chester
Deluge as Helen Webster

1932

Divorce In The Family as Mrs. Grace Shumaker
The Crash as Marcia Peterson
The Expert as Nettie Minick
Drifting Souls as Linda Lawrence
The Devil Is Driving as Nancy Evans
The Secrets of Wu Sin as Nona Gould

1931

Seed as Peggy Carter
The Age for Love as Sylvia Pearson

1930

Once a Gentleman as Mrs. Malin
The Furies as Fifi Sands
Lovin' the Ladies as Joan Bently
Temptation as Julie

1929

Show of Shows as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
The Gamblers as Catherine Darwin
Kid Gloves as Ruth
Wedding Rings as Cornelia Quinn

1928

On Trial as May Strickland
Conquest as Diane Holden
Coney Island as Joan Wellman

1927

French Dressing as Cynthia Grey
Alias the Lone Wolf as Eve de Montalais
New York as Marjorie Church
Broadway Nights as Fanny Franchette

1926

Fascinating Youth as Lois Wilson
The Show Off as Amy Fisher Piper
The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan
North of 36 as Taisie Lockheart
Let's Get Married as Mary Corbin

1925

The Thundering Herd as Milly Fayre
Rugged Water as Norma Bartlett
Welcome Home as Nettie Prouty
The Vanishing American as Marion Warner
Irish Luck as Lady Gwendolyn

1924

Monsieur Beaucaire as Queen Marie of France
Icebound as Jane Crosby
Pied Piper Malone as Patty Thomas
Another Scandal as Beatrix Franklin

1923

Hollywood as Lois Wilson
Ruggles of Red Gap as Kate Kenner
The Covered Wagon as Molly Wingate
Only 38 as Mrs. Stanley
Bella Donna as Patricia
The Call of the Canyon as Carley Burch
To the Last Man as Ellen Jorth

1922

Manslaughter as Evans (Lydia's maid)
Broad Daylight as Nora Fay
The World's Champion as Lady Elizabeth
Without Compromise as Jean Ainsworth

1921

The Hell Diggers as Dora Wade
Miss Lulu Bett as Lulu Bett
The Lost Romance as Sylvia Hayes
Midsummer Madness as Margaret Meredith
What Every Woman Knows as Maggie Wylie

1920

Who's Your Servant? as Madeline Bancroft
What's Your Hurry? as Virginia MacMurran

1919

The End of the Game as Mary Miller
A Man's Fight as Mary Tompkins
The Best Man as Celia Hathaway
Too Much Johnson as Mrs. Billings
Gates of Brass as Margaret Blake

1918

The Bells as Annette
Prisoners of the Pines as Rosalie Dufresne
Maid o' the Storm as Elaine Shackleford

1917

Alimony as Marjorie Lansing
Treason as Floria Natarre

1916

A Son of the Immortals as Joan Cameron
The Silent Battle as Jane Loring
The Gay Lord Waring as Helen Von Gerold
The Pool of Flame as Princess Beatrix
The Beckoning Trail as Mary Helton

1915

Directing

1917

Alone in the World as Director

Writing

1917