Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/12/1879
Place of Birth
Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
Florence Lois WeberMrs. 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
Suspense.
as The Wife
Idle Wives
as Anne
The Rosary
as The Soldier's Sweetheart
Sunshine Molly
as Sunshine Molly
Early Directors on Directing
as Self
Hop - The Devil's Brew
as Lydia Jansen
From Death to Life
as Aratus' Wife
How Men Propose
as The Maid
The Spider and Her Web
as Madame DuBarr
Lost by a Hair
as Summer Girl
On the Brink
as Tess
The Merchant of Venice
as Portia
A Heroine of '76
as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
The Women Who Run Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Jew's Christmas
as Leah - Isaac's Daughter
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Mrs. Broome
Scandal
as Daisy Dean
Fine Feathers
as Mira, the Artist's Model
The Price
as Ann
The Twins
as The Twin Sisters