Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
1879-06-12
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2009Early Directors on Directing as Self
1917The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Mrs. Broome
1917Alone in the World
1916Idle Wives as Anne
1916The Eye of God as Renie
1916Hop - The Devil's Brew as Lydia Jansen
1915Scandal as Daisy Dean
1915Sunshine Molly as Sunshine Molly
1914False Colors as Mrs. Moore
1914Lost by a Hair as Summer Girl
1914The Pursuit of Hate as Diana Grave
1914The Spider and Her Web as Madame DuBarr
1914The Merchant of Venice as Portia
1913The Jew's Christmas as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
1913How Men Propose as The Maid
1913Suspense. as The Wife
1913The Rosary as The Soldier's Sweetheart
1913The Picture of Dorian Gray
1912A Japanese Idyll
1912Eyes That See Not as The Millionaire's Wife
1912Fine Feathers as Mira, the Artist's Model
1911The Price as Ann
1911Lost Illusions as Grace - The Wife
1911Sherlock Holmes, Jr. as Mrs. Brown
1911Fate as Flora Brown
1911On the Brink as Tess
1911The Twins as The Twin Sisters
1911From Death to Life as Aratus' Wife
1911A Heroine of '76 as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter