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Lois Weber

Lois Weber

Born: 1879-06-12 • 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.

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