Portrait of Lois Weber

Lois Weber

Directing

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.

Born: June 12, 1879

Place of Birth: Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

2016
The Women Who Run Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1916
Idle Wives

as Anne

1916
1916
Hop - The Devil's Brew

as Lydia Jansen

1915
Scandal

as Daisy Dean

1915
Sunshine Molly

as Sunshine Molly

1914
Lost by a Hair

as Summer Girl

1914
The Spider and Her Web

as Madame DuBarr

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

1912
Fine Feathers

as Mira, the Artist's Model

1911
The Price

as Ann

1911
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