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Lois Weber
Born · June 12, 1879
Died · November 13, 1939 (60 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Bio
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 Women Who Run Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2016
Early Directors on Directing
Self
0.0
2014
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Broome
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1917
Alone in the World
0.0
1917
Idle Wives
Anne
5.0
1916
The Eye of God
Renie
0.0
1916
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Lydia Jansen
0.0
1916
Scandal
Daisy Dean
0.0
1915
Sunshine Molly
Sunshine Molly
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1915
False Colors
Mrs. Moore
0.0
1914
Lost by a Hair
Summer Girl
0.0
1914
The Pursuit of Hate
Diana Grave
0.0
1914
The Spider and Her Web
Madame DuBarr
0.0
1914
The Merchant of Venice
Portia
0.0
1914
The Jew's Christmas
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
0.0
1913
How Men Propose
The Maid
5.6
1913
Suspense.
The Wife
7.0
1913
The Rosary
The Soldier's Sweetheart
7.5
1913
The Picture of Dorian Gray
0.0
1913
A Japanese Idyll
0.0
1912
Eyes That See Not
The Millionaire's Wife
0.0
1912
Fine Feathers
The Artist's Model
0.0
1912
The Price
Ann
5.5
1911
Lost Illusions
Grace - The Wife
0.0
1911
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Mrs. Brown
0.0
1911
Fate
Flora Brown
0.0
1911
On the Brink
Tess
10.0
1911
The Twins
The Twin Sisters
4.5
1911
From Death to Life
Aratus' Wife
0.0
1911
A Heroine of '76
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
0.0
1911