Cast
Lois Weber
Directing
Cast
Lois Weber
Known for
Directing
Born
1879-06-12
From
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Died
1939-11-13
Also known as Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
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.
The Price
as Ann
Scandal
as Daisy Dean
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Suspense.
as The Wife
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
Idle Wives
as Anne
Hop - The Devil's Brew
as Lydia Jansen
The Picture of Dorian Gray
From Death to Life
as Aratus' Wife
The Pursuit of Hate
as Diana Grave
How Men Propose
as The Maid
The Eye of God
as Renie
Sunshine Molly
as Sunshine Molly
Lost by a Hair
as Summer Girl
The Spider and Her Web
as Madame DuBarr
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
A Heroine of '76
as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
as Mrs. Brown
Lost Illusions
as Grace - The Wife
On the Brink
as Tess
The Twins
as The Twin Sisters
Fine Feathers
as Mira, the Artist's Model
Fate
as Flora Brown
False Colors
as Mrs. Moore
Eyes That See Not
as The Millionaire's Wife
The Jew's Christmas
as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
The Rosary
as The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Broome
A Japanese Idyll