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Lois Weber

Lois Weber

Lois Weber

1879-06-12

Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

DIRECTING

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.

Best known for:

Suspense.

Hypocrites

Where Are My Children?

Tarzan of the Apes

The Blot

Shoes

The Dumb Girl of Portici

How Men Propose

Discontent

The Women Who Run Hollywood

Too Wise Wives

Sensation Seekers

Home

Fate

The Twins

The Price

The Rosary

Idle Wives

What Do Men Want?

A Chapter in Her Life

White Heat

On the Brink

Betty in Search of a Thrill

Lost Illusions

From Death to Life

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Filmography:

The Twins (1911)
APPEREAD AS:
The Twin Sisters
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Price (1911)
APPEREAD AS:
Ann
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
On the Brink (1911)
APPEREAD AS:
Tess
WORK AS:
Director, Story
From Death to Life (1911)
APPEREAD AS:
Aratus' Wife
WORK AS:
Director
A Heroine of '76 (1911)
APPEREAD AS:
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
WORK AS:
Director
Fine Feathers (1912)
APPEREAD AS:
The Artist's Model
WORK AS:
Director
The Troubadour's Triumph (1912)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Suspense. (1913)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
The Wife
WORK AS:
Director, Writer

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How Men Propose (1913)
APPEREAD AS:
The Maid
WORK AS:
Director, Producer
The Rosary (1913)
APPEREAD AS:
The Soldier's Sweetheart
WORK AS:
Director
The Jew's Christmas (1913)
APPEREAD AS:
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Merchant of Venice (1914)
APPEREAD AS:
Portia
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Lost by a Hair (1914)
APPEREAD AS:
Summer Girl
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Spider and Her Web (1914)
APPEREAD AS:
Madame DuBarr
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer
Hypocrites (1915)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Writer
Scandal (1915)
APPEREAD AS:
Daisy Dean
WORK AS:
Director, Writer

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Sunshine Molly (1915)
APPEREAD AS:
Sunshine Molly
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Jewel (1915)
WORK AS:
Writer
Captain Courtesy (1915)
WORK AS:
Director
It's No Laughing Matter (1915)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
WORK AS:
Producer, Adaptation, Director
Shoes (1916)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Writer
Where Are My Children? (1916)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Writer
Idle Wives (1916)
APPEREAD AS:
Anne
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Adaptation, Producer
Discontent (1916)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Wanted- A Home (1916)
WORK AS:
Producer, Story
The Eye of God (1916)
APPEREAD AS:
Renie
WORK AS:
Scenario Writer, Director, Writer
Saving the Family Name (1916)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Hop - The Devil's Brew (1916)
APPEREAD AS:
Lydia Jansen
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Screenplay
The People vs. John Doe (1916)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Broome
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
Even as You and I (1917)
WORK AS:
Director
The Mysterious Mrs. M (1917)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Price of a Good Time (1917)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Editor
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
WORK AS:
Writer
For Husbands Only (1918)
WORK AS:
Adaptation, Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Doctor and the Woman (1918)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Borrowed Clothes (1918)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
A Midnight Romance (1919)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Mary Regan (1919)
WORK AS:
Director, Scenario Writer, Screenplay
When a Girl Loves (1919)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Forbidden (1919)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Home (1919)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
To Please One Woman (1920)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Blot (1921)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer, Producer
Too Wise Wives (1921)
WORK AS:
Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
What Do Men Want? (1921)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
What's Worth While? (1921)
WORK AS:
Producer, Director, Writer
A Chapter in Her Life (1923)
WORK AS:
Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
The Marriage Clause (1926)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Topsy and Eva (1927)
WORK AS:
Adaptation, Screenplay
The Angel of Broadway (1927)
WORK AS:
Director
Sensation Seekers (1927)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
White Heat (1934)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director