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Lois Weber

Jun 12, 1879 - Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	1913	How Men Propose	The Maid
Movie	1913	The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie	1914	The Spider and Her Web	Madame DuBarr
Movie	1911	A Heroine of '76	The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
Movie	1913	Suspense.	The Wife
Movie	1914	The Pursuit of Hate	Diana Grave
Movie	1916	Idle Wives	Anne
Movie	1911	Sherlock Holmes, Jr.	Mrs. Brown
Movie	1911	Fate	Flora Brown
Movie	1912	A Japanese Idyll
Movie	1912	Fine Feathers	The Artist's Model
Movie	1911	Lost Illusions	Grace - The Wife
Movie	1913	The Rosary	The Soldier's Sweetheart
Movie	1911	The Price	Ann
Movie	1917	Alone in the World
Movie	1915	Scandal	Daisy Dean
Movie	1911	On the Brink	Tess
Movie	1915	Sunshine Molly	Sunshine Molly
Movie	1911	From Death to Life	Aratus' Wife
Movie	1914	Lost by a Hair	Summer Girl
Movie	1916	The Eye of God	Renie
Movie	1916	Hop - The Devil's Brew	Lydia Jansen
Movie	1917	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Mrs. Broome
Movie	1914	The Merchant of Venice	Portia
Movie	1911	The Twins	The Twin Sisters
Movie	1913	The Jew's Christmas	Leah - Isaac's Daughter
Movie	2016	The Women Who Run Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1912	Eyes That See Not	The Millionaire's Wife
Movie	1914	False Colors	Mrs. Moore
Movie	2009	Early Directors on Directing	Self

Crew

Media
Movie	1914	The Spider and Her Web	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Spider and Her Web	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1914	False Colors	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	False Colors	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1914	The Pursuit of Hate	Director	Directing
Movie	1911	A Heroine of '76	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	The Dumb Girl of Portici	Producer	Production
Movie	1916	The Dumb Girl of Portici	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1918	Tarzan of the Apes	Writer	Writing
Movie	1913	Suspense.	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	Hypocrites	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Shoes	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Where Are My Children?	Director	Directing
Movie	1921	The Blot	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	The Dumb Girl of Portici	Director	Directing
Movie	1913	How Men Propose	Director	Directing
Movie	1921	Too Wise Wives	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	Eyes That See Not	Director	Directing
Movie	1934	White Heat	Writer	Writing
Movie	1927	The Angel of Broadway	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Sensation Seekers	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Idle Wives	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	Captain Courtesy	Director	Directing
Movie	1921	The Blot	Writer	Writing
Movie	1915	It's No Laughing Matter	Writer	Writing
Movie	1915	It's No Laughing Matter	Director	Directing
Movie	1926	The Marriage Clause	Writer	Writing
Movie	1926	The Marriage Clause	Director	Directing
Movie	1934	White Heat	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	Betty in Search of a Thrill	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	A Cigarette - That's All	Director	Directing
Movie	1913	How Men Propose	Producer	Production
Movie	1915	Hypocrites	Producer	Production
Movie	1915	Hypocrites	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	The Blot	Producer	Production
Movie	1911	Fate	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Wanted- A Home	Producer	Production
Movie	1912	A Japanese Idyll	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Discontent	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	Fine Feathers	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Idle Wives	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	Where Are My Children?	Producer	Production
Movie	1916	Idle Wives	Producer	Production
Movie	1916	Idle Wives	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1913	The Rosary	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Merchant of Venice	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	The Merchant of Venice	Writer	Writing
Movie	1911	The Price	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Shoes	Producer	Production
Movie	1916	Where Are My Children?	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	Shoes	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	Too Wise Wives	Producer	Production
Movie	1921	Too Wise Wives	Story	Writing
Movie	1921	Too Wise Wives	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1915	Scandal	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Sensation Seekers	Writer	Writing
Movie	1915	Scandal	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	What Do Men Want?	Director	Directing
Movie	1921	What Do Men Want?	Writer	Writing
Movie	1919	A Midnight Romance	Writer	Writing
Movie	1919	A Midnight Romance	Director	Directing
Movie	1911	On the Brink	Director	Directing
Movie	1911	On the Brink	Story	Writing
Movie	1913	The Jew's Christmas	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Director	Directing
Movie	1912	The Troubadour's Triumph	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Lost by a Hair	Writer	Writing
Movie	1915	Sunshine Molly	Writer	Writing
Movie	1911	From Death to Life	Director	Directing
Movie	1914	Lost by a Hair	Director	Directing
Movie	1915	Sunshine Molly	Director	Directing
Movie	1913	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1916	Wanted- A Home	Story	Writing
Movie	1916	The Eye of God	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1917	The Mysterious Mrs. M	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	The Eye of God	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	Even as You and I	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Saving the Family Name	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	The People vs. John Doe	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	The People vs. John Doe	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	What's Worth While?	Producer	Production
Movie	1919	Mary Regan	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1923	A Chapter in Her Life	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	The People vs. John Doe	Producer	Production
Movie	1919	Mary Regan	Director	Directing
Movie	1927	Topsy and Eva	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1921	What's Worth While?	Writer	Writing
Movie	1921	What's Worth While?	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Hop - The Devil's Brew	Scenario Writer	Writing
Movie	1923	A Chapter in Her Life	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1916	Hop - The Devil's Brew	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	For Husbands Only	Producer	Production
Movie	1918	For Husbands Only	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	For Husbands Only	Adaptation	Writing
Movie	1915	Jewel	Writer	Writing
Movie	1919	Forbidden	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Forbidden	Writer	Writing
Movie	1919	Home	Director	Directing
Movie	1919	Home	Writer	Writing
Movie	1917	The Price of a Good Time	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Price of a Good Time	Writer	Writing
Movie	1917	The Price of a Good Time	Editor	Editing
Movie	1918	The Doctor and the Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1918	The Doctor and the Woman	Writer	Writing
Movie	1912	The Troubadour's Triumph	Writer	Writing
Movie	1911	The Twins	Writer	Writing
Movie	1911	The Twins	Director	Directing
Movie	1913	The Jew's Christmas	Writer	Writing
Movie	1918	Borrowed Clothes	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	Saving the Family Name	Writer	Writing
Movie	1918	Borrowed Clothes	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	Discontent	Writer	Writing
Movie	1911	The Price	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	The Eye of God	Writer	Writing
Movie	1917	The Mysterious Mrs. M	Writer	Writing
Movie	1918	For Husbands Only	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1919	Mary Regan	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1913	Suspense.	Writer	Writing
Movie	1927	Topsy and Eva	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1916	Hop - The Devil's Brew	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1923	A Chapter in Her Life	Screenplay	Writing
Movie	1919	When a Girl Loves	Writer	Writing
Movie	1919	When a Girl Loves	Director	Directing
Movie	1917	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Producer	Production
Movie	1920	To Please One Woman	Director	Directing
Movie	1920	To Please One Woman	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	John Needham's Double	Director	Directing
Movie	1916	The Flirt	Writer	Writing
Movie	1916	The Flirt	Director	Directing