Lois Weber
June 12, 1879 (145 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2016 · The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1917 · The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Mrs. Broome
- 1917 · Alone in the World as
- 1916 · Idle Wives as Anne
- 1916 · The Eye of God as Renie
- 1916 · Hop - The Devil's Brew as Lydia Jansen
- 1915 · Scandal as Daisy Dean
- 1915 · Sunshine Molly as Sunshine Molly
- 1914 · False Colors as Mrs. Moore
- 1914 · Lost by a Hair as Summer Girl
- 1914 · The Pursuit of Hate as Diana Grave
- 1914 · The Spider and Her Web as Madame DuBarr
- 1914 · The Merchant of Venice as Portia
- 1913 · The Jew's Christmas as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
- 1913 · How Men Propose as The Maid
- 1913 · Suspense. as The Wife
- 1913 · The Rosary as The Soldier's Sweetheart
- 1913 · The Picture of Dorian Gray as
- 1912 · A Japanese Idyll as
- 1912 · Eyes That See Not as The Millionaire's Wife
- 1912 · Fine Feathers as The Artist's Model
- 1911 · The Price as Ann
- 1911 · Lost Illusions as Grace - The Wife
- 1911 · Sherlock Holmes, Jr. as Mrs. Brown
- 1911 · Fate as Flora Brown
- 1911 · On the Brink as Tess
- 1911 · The Twins as The Twin Sisters
- 1911 · From Death to Life as Aratus' Wife
- 1911 · A Heroine of '76 as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter