Lois Weber
b. 1879 — d. 1939 (aged 60)
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Actress
Director
Writer
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
Filmography
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★ 6.9
White Heat
1934 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
Sensation Seekers
1927 Director
Writer
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★ 7.4
Topsy and Eva
1927 Director
Writer
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The Angel of Broadway
1927 Director
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★ 5.6
The Marriage Clause
1926 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
A Chapter in Her Life
1923 Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
The Blot
1921 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
Too Wise Wives
1921 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
What Do Men Want?
1921 Director
Writer
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What's Worth While?
1921 Director
Writer
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To Please One Woman
1920 Director
Writer
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Mum's the Word
1920 Actress
Director
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Life's Mirror
1920 Director
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When a Girl Loves
1919 Director
Writer
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A Midnight Romance
1919 Director
Writer
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Mary Regan
1919 Director
Writer
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Home
1919 Director
Writer
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Forbidden
1919 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
Tarzan of the Apes
1918 Writer
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For Husbands Only
1918 Director
Writer
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Borrowed Clothes
1918 Director
Writer
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The Doctor and the Woman
1918 Director
Writer
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★ 6.8
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Boyhood He Forgot
1917 Actress
Director
Writer
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Even As You and I
1917 Director
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The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite
1917 Director
Writer
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Alone in the World
1917 Actress
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The Price of a Good Time
1917 Director
Writer
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★ 6.2
Where Are My Children?
1916 Writer
Director
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★ 6.9
Shoes
1916 Director
Writer
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★ 6.4
The Dumb Girl of Portici
1916 Director
Writer
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★ 6.0
Discontent
1916 Director
Writer
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★ 5.8
Idle Wives
1916 Actress
Director
Writer
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Saving the Family Name
1916 Director
Writer
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Wanted: A Home
1916 Director
Writer
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Under the Spell
1916 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Celebrated Stielow Case
1916 Actress
Director
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The Gilded Life
1916 Actress
Director
Writer
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There Is No Place Like Home
1916 Director
Writer
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The People vs. John Doe
1916 Director
Writer
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John Needham's Double
1916 Director
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Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Flirt
1916 Director
Writer
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The Eye of God
1916 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Rock of Riches
1916 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Dance of Love
1916 Director
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The Children Shall Pay
1916 Actress
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★ 6.4
Hypocrites
1915 Writer
Director
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★ 5.8
Scandal
1915 Actress
Director
Writer
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★ 6.6
Sunshine Molly
1915 Actress
Director
Writer
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★ 6.1
Betty in Search of a Thrill
1915 Director
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★ 8.0
It's No Laughing Matter
1915 Director
Writer
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★ 4.6
Captain Courtesy
1915 Director
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A Cigarette - That's All
1915 Director
Writer
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Jewel
1915 Writer
Director
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★ 5.9
The Merchant of Venice
1914 Actress
Director
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★ 6.5
Lost by a Hair
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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Woman's Burden
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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Daisies
1914 Director
Writer
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The Stone in the Road
1914 Actress
Director
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Closed Gates
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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A Modern Fairy Tale
1914 Director
Writer
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The Leper's Coat
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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A Fool and His Money
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Spider and Her Web
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Opened Shutters
1914 Writer
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The Triumph of Mind
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Traitor
1914 Director
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The Pursuit of Hate
1914 Actress
Director
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In the Days of His Youth
1914 Director
Writer
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On Suspicion
1914 Actress
Director
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False Colors
1914 Actress
Writer
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An Old Locket
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Coward Hater
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Career of Waterloo Peterson
1914 Director
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Plain Mary
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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Helping Mother
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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Avenged
1914 Actress
Director
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The Baby's Doll
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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The Weaker Sister
1914 Director
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The Female of the Species
1914 Actress
Director
Writer
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An Episode
1914 Director
Writer
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Behind the Veil
1914 Actress
Director
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The Man Who Slept
1914 Director
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★ 7.4
Suspense
1913 Actress
Director
Writer
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★ 5.7
How Men Propose
1913 Actress
Director
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★ 6.6
The Rosary
1913 Actress
Director
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★ 7.1
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 Actress
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His Brand
1913 Actress
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The Mask
1913 Actress
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The Light Woman
1913 Actress
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Just in Time
1913 Actress
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The Jew's Christmas
1913 Actress
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The Thumb Print
1913 Director
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James Lee's Wife
1913 Actress
Director
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His Sister
1913 Actress
Director
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The Haunted Bride
1913 Actress
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In the Blood
1913 Actress
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The Peacemaker
1913 Actress
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Genesis 4:9
1913 Writer