Lois Weber
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1879-06-12
Day of Death
1939-11-13 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
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
Acting
(2016)
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
(1917)
(1917)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Broome
(1916)
Idle Wives
as Anne
(1916)
The Eye of God
as Renie
(1916)
Hop - The Devil's Brew
as Lydia Jansen
(1915)
Scandal
as Daisy Dean
(1915)
Sunshine Molly
as Sunshine Molly
(1914)
The Spider and Her Web
as Madame DuBarr
(1914)
The Pursuit of Hate
as Diana Grave
(1914)
Lost by a Hair
as Summer Girl
(1914)
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
(1914)
False Colors
as Mrs. Moore
(1913)
How Men Propose
as The Maid
(1913)
(1913)
Suspense.
as The Wife
(1913)
The Rosary
as The Soldier's Sweetheart
(1913)
The Jew's Christmas
as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
(1912)
Fine Feathers
as The Artist's Model
(1912)
(1912)
Eyes That See Not
as The Millionaire's Wife
(1911)
A Heroine of '76
as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
(1911)
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
as Mrs. Brown
(1911)
Fate
as Flora Brown
(1911)
Lost Illusions
as Grace - The Wife
(1911)
The Price
as Ann
(1911)
On the Brink
as Tess
(1911)
From Death to Life
as Aratus' Wife
(1911)
The Twins
as The Twin Sisters
Crew
(1934)
White Heat
Writer, Director
(1927)
The Angel of Broadway
Director
(1927)
Sensation Seekers
Director, Writer
(1927)
Topsy and Eva
Adaptation, Screenplay
(1926)
The Marriage Clause
Director, Writer
(1923)
A Chapter in Her Life
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
(1921)
The Blot
Director, Writer, Producer
(1921)
Too Wise Wives
Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
(1921)
What Do Men Want?
Writer, Director
(1921)
What's Worth While?
Producer, Director, Writer
(1920)
To Please One Woman
Writer, Director
(1919)
A Midnight Romance
Writer, Director
(1919)
Mary Regan
Director, Scenario Writer, Screenplay
(1919)
Forbidden
Writer, Director
(1919)
Home
Director, Writer
(1919)
When a Girl Loves
Writer, Director
(1918)
Tarzan of the Apes
Writer
(1918)
For Husbands Only
Adaptation, Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1918)
The Doctor and the Woman
Director, Writer
(1918)
Borrowed Clothes
Director, Writer
(1917)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director, Writer, Producer
(1917)
Even as You and I
Director
(1917)
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Director, Writer
(1917)
The Price of a Good Time
Director, Writer, Editor
(1916)
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Producer, Adaptation, Director
(1916)
Shoes
Director, Producer, Writer
(1916)
Where Are My Children?
Director, Producer, Writer
(1916)
Idle Wives
Director, Writer, Adaptation, Producer
(1916)
Wanted- A Home
Producer, Story
(1916)
Discontent
Director, Writer
(1916)
The Eye of God
Scenario Writer, Director, Writer
(1916)
Saving the Family Name
Director, Writer
(1916)
The People vs. John Doe
Director, Writer, Producer
(1916)
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Director, Scenario Writer, Screenplay
(1916)
The Flirt
Writer, Director
(1916)
John Needham's Double
Director
(1915)
Hypocrites
Director, Producer, Writer
(1915)
Captain Courtesy
Director
(1915)
It's No Laughing Matter
Writer, Director
(1915)
Betty in Search of a Thrill
Director
(1915)
A Cigarette - That's All
Director
(1915)
Scandal
Director, Writer
(1915)
Sunshine Molly
Director, Writer
(1915)
Jewel
Writer
(1914)
The Spider and Her Web
Director, Scenario Writer
(1914)
False Colors
Screenplay, Director
(1914)
The Pursuit of Hate
Director
(1914)
The Merchant of Venice
Director, Writer
(1914)
Lost by a Hair
Director, Writer
(1913)
Suspense.
Director, Writer
(1913)
How Men Propose
Director, Producer
(1913)
The Rosary
Director
(1913)
The Jew's Christmas
Director, Writer
(1913)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Screenplay
(1912)
Eyes That See Not
Director
(1912)
A Japanese Idyll
Director
(1912)
Fine Feathers
Director
(1912)
The Troubadour's Triumph
Director, Writer
(1911)
A Heroine of '76
Director
(1911)
Fate
Director
(1911)
The Price
Director, Writer
(1911)
On the Brink
Director, Story
(1911)
From Death to Life
Director
(1911)
The Twins
Writer, Director