Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1879-06-12

Deathday

1939-11-13 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Florence Lois Weber
Mrs. Phillips Smalley

Lois Weber

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.

Known For

7.0%

Suspense.

Jul 6, 1913

5.6%

How Men Propose

Jul 19, 1913

7.1%

The Women Who Run Hollywood

May 16, 2016

8.5%

Fate

Jul 6, 1911

5.0%

Idle Wives

Sep 16, 1916

7.5%

The Rosary

May 3, 1913

5.5%

The Price

Nov 23, 1911

4.5%

The Twins

Jun 14, 1911

10.0%

On the Brink

Jun 22, 1911

TPo

0.0%

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Jan 1, 1913

0.0%

The Spider and Her Web

Mar 26, 1914

0.0%

A Heroine of '76

Feb 16, 1911

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Acting

2016

The Women Who Run Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

2014

Early Directors on Directing as Self

1917		The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Mrs. Broome
1917		Alone in the World

1916		Idle Wives as Anne
1916		The Eye of God as Renie
1916		Hop - The Devil's Brew as Lydia Jansen

1915		Scandal as Daisy Dean
1915		Sunshine Molly as Sunshine Molly

1914		False Colors as Mrs. Moore
1914		Lost by a Hair as Summer Girl
1914		The Pursuit of Hate as Diana Grave
1914		The Spider and Her Web as Madame DuBarr
1914		The Merchant of Venice as Portia

1913		The Jew's Christmas as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
1913		How Men Propose as The Maid
1913		Suspense. as The Wife
1913		The Rosary as The Soldier's Sweetheart
1913		The Picture of Dorian Gray

1912		A Japanese Idyll
1912		Eyes That See Not as The Millionaire's Wife
1912		Fine Feathers as The Artist's Model

1911		The Price as Ann
1911		Lost Illusions as Grace - The Wife
1911		Sherlock Holmes, Jr. as Mrs. Brown
1911		Fate as Flora Brown
1911		On the Brink as Tess
1911		The Twins as The Twin Sisters
1911		From Death to Life as Aratus' Wife
1911		A Heroine of '76 as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter

Directing

1934

White Heat as Director

1927		The Angel of Broadway as Director
1927		Sensation Seekers as Director

1926

The Marriage Clause as Director

1923

A Chapter in Her Life as Director

1921		What Do Men Want? as Director
1921		The Blot as Director
1921		Too Wise Wives as Director
1921		What's Worth While? as Director

1920

To Please One Woman as Director

1919		Forbidden as Director
1919		Home as Director
1919		Mary Regan as Director
1919		A Midnight Romance as Director
1919		When a Girl Loves as Director

1918		Borrowed Clothes as Director
1918		For Husbands Only as Director
1918		The Doctor and the Woman as Director

1917		The Price of a Good Time as Director
1917		The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Director
1917		Even as You and I as Director
1917		The Mysterious Mrs. M as Director

1916		The People vs. John Doe as Director
1916		Idle Wives as Director
1916		Saving the Family Name as Director
1916		Shoes as Director
1916		The Eye of God as Director
1916		Where Are My Children? as Director
1916		John Needham's Double as Director
1916		The Flirt as Director
1916		Hop - The Devil's Brew as Director
1916		The Dumb Girl of Portici as Director
1916		Discontent as Director

1915		A Cigarette - That's All as Director
1915		Scandal as Director
1915		Betty in Search of a Thrill as Director
1915		Captain Courtesy as Director
1915		Sunshine Molly as Director
1915		Hypocrites as Director
1915		It's No Laughing Matter as Director

1914		False Colors as Director
1914		Lost by a Hair as Director
1914		The Pursuit of Hate as Director
1914		The Spider and Her Web as Director
1914		The Merchant of Venice as Director

1913		The Jew's Christmas as Director
1913		How Men Propose as Director
1913		Suspense. as Director
1913		The Rosary as Director

1912		A Japanese Idyll as Director
1912		The Troubadour's Triumph as Director
1912		Eyes That See Not as Director
1912		Fine Feathers as Director

1911		The Price as Director
1911		Fate as Director
1911		On the Brink as Director
1911		The Twins as Director
1911		From Death to Life as Director
1911		A Heroine of '76 as Director

Editing

1917

The Price of a Good Time as Editor

Production

1921		The Blot as Producer
1921		Too Wise Wives as Producer
1921		What's Worth While? as Producer

1918

For Husbands Only as Producer

1917

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Producer

1916		The People vs. John Doe as Producer
1916		Wanted- A Home as Producer
1916		Idle Wives as Producer
1916		Shoes as Producer
1916		Where Are My Children? as Producer
1916		The Dumb Girl of Portici as Producer

1915

Hypocrites as Producer

1913

How Men Propose as Producer

Writing

1934

White Heat as Writer

1927		Topsy and Eva as Adaptation
1927		Topsy and Eva as Screenplay
1927		Sensation Seekers as Writer

1926

The Marriage Clause as Writer

1923		A Chapter in Her Life as Adaptation
1923		A Chapter in Her Life as Screenplay

1921		What Do Men Want? as Writer
1921		The Blot as Writer
1921		Too Wise Wives as Story
1921		Too Wise Wives as Screenplay
1921		What's Worth While? as Writer

1920

To Please One Woman as Writer

1919		Forbidden as Writer
1919		Home as Writer
1919		Mary Regan as Scenario Writer
1919		Mary Regan as Screenplay
1919		A Midnight Romance as Writer
1919		When a Girl Loves as Writer

1918		Borrowed Clothes as Writer
1918		For Husbands Only as Adaptation
1918		For Husbands Only as Screenplay
1918		The Doctor and the Woman as Writer
1918		Tarzan of the Apes as Writer

1917		The Price of a Good Time as Writer
1917		The Hand That Rocks the Cradle as Writer
1917		The Mysterious Mrs. M as Writer

1916		The People vs. John Doe as Writer
1916		Wanted- A Home as Story
1916		Idle Wives as Writer
1916		Idle Wives as Adaptation
1916		Saving the Family Name as Writer
1916		Shoes as Writer
1916		The Eye of God as Scenario Writer
1916		The Eye of God as Writer
1916		Where Are My Children? as Writer
1916		The Flirt as Writer
1916		Hop - The Devil's Brew as Scenario Writer
1916		Hop - The Devil's Brew as Screenplay
1916		The Dumb Girl of Portici as Adaptation
1916		Discontent as Writer

1915		Jewel as Writer
1915		Scandal as Writer
1915		Sunshine Molly as Writer
1915		Hypocrites as Writer
1915		It's No Laughing Matter as Writer

1914		False Colors as Screenplay
1914		Lost by a Hair as Writer
1914		The Spider and Her Web as Scenario Writer
1914		The Merchant of Venice as Writer

1913		The Jew's Christmas as Writer
1913		Suspense. as Writer
1913		The Picture of Dorian Gray as Screenplay

1912

The Troubadour's Triumph as Writer

1911		The Price as Writer
1911		On the Brink as Story
1911		The Twins as Writer