Lois Weber
Known for DirectingBorn 1879-06-12 — died 1939-11-13Allegheny 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
The Women Who Run Hollywood
2016 · as Self (archive footage)
The Merchant of Venice
1914 · as Portia
Suspense.
1913 · as The Wife
Lost by a Hair
1914 · as Summer Girl
The Eye of God
1916 · as Renie
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1917 · as Mrs. Broome
From Death to Life
1911 · as Aratus' Wife
Scandal
1915 · as Daisy Dean
The Spider and Her Web
1914 · as Madame DuBarr
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913
Idle Wives
1916 · as Anne
Early Directors on Directing
2009 · as Self
The Twins
1911 · as The Twin Sisters
Lost Illusions
1911 · as Grace - The Wife
Sunshine Molly
1915 · as Sunshine Molly
Hop - The Devil's Brew
1916 · as Lydia Jansen
A Japanese Idyll
1912
A Heroine of '76
1911 · as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter