Lois Weber
Known For: Directing
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: June 12, 1879
Day of Death: November 13, 1939 (60 years old)
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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1918
1917
Actor
Alone in the World
Actor Mrs. Broome
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director
Even as You and I
Director
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Writer
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director
The Price of a Good Time
Writer
The Price of a Good Time
Editor
The Price of a Good Time
Writer
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Producer
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1916
Actor Anne
Idle Wives
Actor Renie
The Eye of God
Actor Lydia Jansen
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Director
Shoes
Director
Where Are My Children?
Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Director
Idle Wives
Director
Discontent
Producer
Where Are My Children?
Writer
Idle Wives
Producer
Idle Wives
Adaptation
Idle Wives
Writer
Where Are My Children?
Writer
Shoes
Producer
Shoes
Story
Wanted- A Home
Scenario Writer
The Eye of God
Director
The Eye of God
Director
Saving the Family Name
Director
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Scenario Writer
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Director
The People vs. John Doe
Writer
The People vs. John Doe
Producer
The People vs. John Doe
Writer
Saving the Family Name
Writer
Discontent
Writer
The Eye of God
Screenplay
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Writer
The Flirt
Director
The Flirt
Director
John Needham's Double
Adaptation
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Producer
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Producer
Wanted- A Home
1915
Actor Daisy Dean
Scandal
Actor Sunshine Molly
Sunshine Molly
Director
Hypocrites
Writer
Hypocrites
Producer
Hypocrites
Director
Scandal
Writer
Scandal
Director
Sunshine Molly
Writer
Sunshine Molly
Writer
Jewel
Director
A Cigarette - That's All
Director
Captain Courtesy
Director
It's No Laughing Matter
Writer
It's No Laughing Matter
Director
Betty in Search of a Thrill
1914
Actor Summer Girl
Lost by a Hair
Actor Portia
The Merchant of Venice
Actor
False Colors
Actor Madame DuBarr
The Spider and Her Web
Actor Diana Grave
The Pursuit of Hate
Director
The Merchant of Venice
Writer
The Merchant of Venice
Director
Lost by a Hair
Writer
Lost by a Hair
Director
False Colors
Screenplay
False Colors
Director
The Spider and Her Web
Scenario Writer
The Spider and Her Web
Director
The Pursuit of Hate
1913
Actor The Wife
Suspense.
Actor The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Rosary
Actor Leah - Isaac's Daughter
The Jew's Christmas
Actor The Maid
How Men Propose
Actor
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Director
Suspense.
Director
How Men Propose
Producer
How Men Propose
Director
The Rosary
Director
The Jew's Christmas
Screenplay
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Writer
The Jew's Christmas
Writer
Suspense.
1912
1911
Actor Ann
The Price
Actor Grace - The Wife
Lost Illusions
Actor Tess
On the Brink
Actor Aratus' Wife
From Death to Life
Actor The Twin Sisters
The Twins
Actor The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
A Heroine of '76
Actor Mrs. Brown
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Actor Flora Brown
Fate
Director
The Price
Director
On the Brink
Story
On the Brink
Director
From Death to Life
Director
The Twins
Writer
The Twins
Writer
The Price
Director
A Heroine of '76
Director
Fate