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Lois Weber
Directing
12 Jun 1879
† 13 Nov 1939
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Also Known As
Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
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Lois Weber's Movies
70%
Suspense.
06 Jul 1913
56%
How Men Propose
19 Jul 1913
71%
The Women Who Run Hollywood
16 May 2016
85%
Fate
06 Jul 1911
50%
Idle Wives
16 Sept 1916
75%
The Rosary
03 May 1913
55%
The Price
23 Nov 1911
45%
The Twins
14 Jun 1911
100%
On the Brink
22 Jun 1911
60%
From Death to Life
08 Jun 1911
0%
The Picture of Dorian Gray
01 Jan 1913
0%
The Spider and Her Web
26 Mar 1914
0%
A Heroine of '76
16 Feb 1911
0%
The Pursuit of Hate
14 Jun 1914
0%
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
20 Jul 1911
0%
Fine Feathers
02 Feb 1912
0%
A Japanese Idyll
28 Aug 1912
0%
Lost Illusions
04 Oct 1911
0%
Alone in the World
03 Jan 1917
0%
Scandal
10 Jul 1915