Lois Weber

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1879-06-12

Deathday 1939-11-13 (60 years old)

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

Also Known As Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley

Lois Weber

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.

Known For

Director

1934
White Heat

as Director

1927
1927
Sensation Seekers

as Director

1926
1923
1921
The Blot

as Director

1921
Too Wise Wives

as Director

1921
What Do Men Want?

as Director

1921
1920
1919
A Midnight Romance

as Director

1919
Mary Regan

as Director

1919
Forbidden

as Director

1919
Home

as Director

1919
When a Girl Loves

as Director

1918
For Husbands Only

as Director

1918
1918
Borrowed Clothes

as Director

1917
Even as You and I

as Director

1917
1917
1916
Shoes

as Director

1916
1916
1916
Idle Wives

as Director

1916
Discontent

as Director

1916
The Eye of God

as Director

1916
1916
1916
1916
1916
The Flirt

as Director

1915
Hypocrites

as Director

1915
Captain Courtesy

as Director

1915
1915
1915
Scandal

as Director

1915
Sunshine Molly

as Director

1914
1914
False Colors

as Director

1914
1914
1914
Lost by a Hair

as Director

1913
Suspense.

as Director

1913
How Men Propose

as Director

1913
The Rosary

as Director

1913
1912
Eyes That See Not

as Director

1912
A Japanese Idyll

as Director

1912
Fine Feathers

as Director

1912
1911
A Heroine of '76

as Director

1911
Fate

as Director

1911
The Price

as Director

1911
On the Brink

as Director

1911
From Death to Life

as Director

1911
The Twins

as Director

Writer

1934
White Heat

as Writer

1927
1927
Topsy and Eva

as Adaptation

1927
Topsy and Eva

as Screenplay

1926
1923
A Chapter in Her Life

as Adaptation

1923
A Chapter in Her Life

as Screenplay

1921
The Blot

as Writer

1921
1921
Too Wise Wives

as Screenplay

1921
1921
1920
1919
1919
Mary Regan

as Scenario Writer

1919
Forbidden

as Writer

1919
Home

as Writer

1919
Mary Regan

as Screenplay

1919
1918
1918
For Husbands Only

as Adaptation

1918
1918
For Husbands Only

as Screenplay

1917
1916
1916
Idle Wives

as Writer

1916
Idle Wives

as Adaptation

1916
Shoes

as Writer

1916
1916
The Eye of God

as Scenario Writer

1916
Hop - The Devil's Brew

as Scenario Writer

1916
Discontent

as Writer

1916
The Eye of God

as Writer

1916
1916
The Flirt

as Writer

1915
Hypocrites

as Writer

1915
Scandal

as Writer

1915
Sunshine Molly

as Writer

1915
Jewel

as Writer

1914
The Spider and Her Web

as Scenario Writer

1914
False Colors

as Screenplay

1914
Lost by a Hair

as Writer

1913
1913
1913
Suspense.

as Writer

1911
On the Brink

as Story

1911
The Twins

as Writer

1911
The Price

as Writer

Actor

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
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

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
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

Producer

1921
The Blot

as Producer

1921
Too Wise Wives

as Producer

1921
1918
For Husbands Only

as Producer

1916
1916
Wanted- A Home

as Producer

1916
1916
Idle Wives

as Producer

1916
Shoes

as Producer

1916
1915
Hypocrites

as Producer

1913
How Men Propose

as Producer

Editor