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Lois Weber

Lois Weber

Birthday: 1879-06-12 | Place of Birth: Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

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

Year
Title

Role

2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood

as    Self (archive footage)

2009
1917
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

as    Mrs. Broome

1916
Idle Wives

as    Anne

1915
Scandal

as    Daisy Dean

1915
Sunshine Molly

as    Sunshine Molly

1914
The Pursuit of Hate

as    Diana Grave

1914
The Spider and Her Web

as    Madame DuBarr

1914
False Colors

as    Mrs. Moore

1914
Lost by a Hair

as    Summer Girl

1913
How Men Propose

as    The Maid

1913
The Rosary

as    The Soldier's Sweetheart

1913
Suspense.

as    The Wife

1912
Fine Feathers

as    Mira, the Artist's Model

1911
The Price

as    Ann

1911
From Death to Life

as    Aratus' Wife

1911
Fate

as    Flora Brown

1911
Lost Illusions

as    Grace - The Wife

1911
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.

as    Mrs. Brown

1911
On the Brink

as    Tess

1911
A Heroine of '76

as    The Tavern Keeper's Daughter

1911
The Twins

as    The Twin Sisters