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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
June 12, 1879
Died
November 13, 1939
Place of Birth
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- Florence Lois Weber
- Mrs. Phillips Smalley
Lois Weber
0.8 Popularity
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
7.1
Self (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016
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Self
Early Directors on Directing
2009
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Mrs. Broome
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917
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Alone in the World
1917
5.0
Anne
Idle Wives
1916
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Renie
The Eye of God
1916
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Lydia Jansen
Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916
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Daisy Dean
Scandal
1915
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Sunshine Molly
Sunshine Molly
1915
🎬
0.0
Mrs. Moore
False Colors
1914
Credits
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2016
7.1
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
2009
0.0
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Broome
1917
0.0
🎬
Alone in the World
1917
0.0
Idle Wives
as Anne
1916
5.0
The Eye of God
as Renie
1916
0.0
Hop - The Devil's Brew
as Lydia Jansen
1916
0.0
Scandal
as Daisy Dean
1915
0.0
Sunshine Molly
as Sunshine Molly
1915
0.0
🎬
False Colors
as Mrs. Moore
1914
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Lost by a Hair
as Summer Girl
1914
0.0
🎬
The Pursuit of Hate
as Diana Grave
1914
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The Spider and Her Web
as Madame DuBarr
1914
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The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
1914
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The Jew's Christmas
as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
1913
0.0
How Men Propose
as The Maid
1913
5.6
Suspense.
as The Wife
1913
7.0
The Rosary
as The Soldier's Sweetheart
1913
7.5
🎬
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913
0.0
🎬
A Japanese Idyll
1912
0.0
🎬
Eyes That See Not
as The Millionaire's Wife
1912
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Fine Feathers
as The Artist's Model
1912
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The Price
as Ann
1911
5.5
🎬
Lost Illusions
as Grace - The Wife
1911
0.0
🎬
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
as Mrs. Brown
1911
0.0
🎬
Fate
as Flora Brown
1911
8.5
On the Brink
as Tess
1911
10.0
The Twins
as The Twin Sisters
1911
4.5
From Death to Life
as Aratus' Wife
1911
0.0
A Heroine of '76
as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
1911
0.0