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.
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Filmography
all 69
Movies 69
Director 38
Writer 2
self 1
Herself (archive footage)
The Women Who Run Hollywood (2016)
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Director
White Heat (1934)
Movie
Director
The Angel of Broadway (1927)
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Director
Topsy and Eva (1927)
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Director
Sensation Seekers (1927)
Movie
Director
The Marriage Clause (1926)
Movie
Director
A Chapter in Her Life (1923)
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Director
What Do Men Want? (1921)
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Director
The Blot (1921)
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Director
Too Wise Wives (1921)
Movie
Director
What's Worth While? (1921)
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Director
To Please One Woman (1920)
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Director
Forbidden (1919)
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Director
Home (1919)
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Director
Mary Regan (1919)
Movie
Director
A Midnight Romance (1919)
Movie
Director
When a Girl Loves (1919)
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Director
Borrowed Clothes (1918)
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Director
For Husbands Only (1918)
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Director
The Doctor and the Woman (1918)
Movie
Writer
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
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Director
The Price of a Good Time (1917)
Movie
Mrs. Broome
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)
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Director
Even as You and I (1917)
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Director
The Mysterious Mrs. M (1917)
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Actress
Alone in the World (1917)
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Director
The People vs. John Doe (1916)
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Director
Wanted- A Home (1916)
Movie
Anne Wall
Idle Wives (1916)
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Director
Saving the Family Name (1916)
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Director
Shoes (1916)
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Renie
The Eye of God (1916)
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Director
Where Are My Children? (1916)
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Director
John Needham's Double (1916)
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Director
The Flirt (1916)
Movie
Lydia Jansen
Hop - The Devil's Brew (1916)
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Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
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Director
Discontent (1916)
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Director
Jewel (1915)
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Director
A Cigarette - That's All (1915)
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Daisy Dean
Scandal (1915)
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Director
Betty in Search of a Thrill (1915)
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Director
Captain Courtesy (1915)
Movie
Sunshine Molly
Sunshine Molly (1915)
Movie
Director
Hypocrites (1915)
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Director
It's No Laughing Matter (1915)
Movie
Mrs. Moore / Daughter Flo
False Colors (1914)
Movie
Writer
The Opened Shutters (1914)
Movie
The Summer Girl
Lost by a Hair (1914)
Movie
Diana Grave
The Pursuit of Hate (1914)
Movie
Madame DuBarr
The Spider and Her Web (1914)
Movie
Portia
The Merchant of Venice (1914)
Movie
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
The Jew's Christmas (1913)
Movie
The Maid
How Men Propose (1913)
Movie
The Wife
Suspense. (1913)
Movie
The Soldier's Sweetheart
The Rosary (1913)
Movie
Actress
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913)
Movie
Actress
A Japanese Idyll (1912)
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Director
The Troubadour's Triumph (1912)
Movie
The Millionaire's Wife
Eyes That See Not (1912)
Movie
The Artist's Model
Fine Feathers (1912)
Movie
Ann
The Price (1911)
Movie
Grace - the Wife
Lost Illusions (1911)
Movie
Mrs. Brown
Sherlock Holmes, Jr. (1911)
Movie
Flora Brown
Fate (1911)
Movie
Tess - a Girl of the Village
On the Brink (1911)
Movie
The Twin Sisters
The Twins (1911)
Movie
Actress
From Death to Life (1911)
Movie
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
A Heroine of '76 (1911)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1879-06-13
Deathday1939-11-13 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceAllegheny County, United States of America
RelationshipsPhillips Smalley (1904-01-01 - 1922-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsFlorence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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