Lois Weber

AKA: Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
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1879-06-12

Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Crew Roles

The Spider and Her Web
Director
The Spider and Her Web
Scenario Writer
False Colors
Screenplay
False Colors
Director
The Pursuit of Hate
Director
A Heroine of '76
Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Producer
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Adaptation
Tarzan of the Apes
Writer
Suspense.
Director
Hypocrites
Director
Shoes
Director
Where Are My Children?
Director
The Blot
Director
The Dumb Girl of Portici
Director
How Men Propose
Director
Too Wise Wives
Director
Eyes That See Not
Director
White Heat
Writer
The Angel of Broadway
Director
Sensation Seekers
Director
Idle Wives
Director
Captain Courtesy
Director
The Blot
Writer
It's No Laughing Matter
Writer
It's No Laughing Matter
Director
The Marriage Clause
Director
The Marriage Clause
Writer
White Heat
Director
Betty in Search of a Thrill
Director
A Cigarette - That's All
Director
How Men Propose
Producer
Hypocrites
Producer
Hypocrites
Writer
The Blot
Producer
Fate
Director
Wanted- A Home
Producer
A Japanese Idyll
Director
Fine Feathers
Director
Discontent
Director
Idle Wives
Writer
Where Are My Children?
Producer
Idle Wives
Adaptation
Idle Wives
Producer
The Rosary
Director
The Merchant of Venice
Director
The Merchant of Venice
Writer
The Price
Director
Shoes
Producer
Shoes
Writer
Where Are My Children?
Writer
Too Wise Wives
Producer
Too Wise Wives
Story
Too Wise Wives
Screenplay
Scandal
Director
Sensation Seekers
Writer
Scandal
Writer
What Do Men Want?
Writer
What Do Men Want?
Director
A Midnight Romance
Writer
A Midnight Romance
Director
On the Brink
Director
On the Brink
Story
The Jew's Christmas
Director
The Troubadour's Triumph
Director
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Director
Lost by a Hair
Director
Lost by a Hair
Writer
Sunshine Molly
Director
Sunshine Molly
Writer
From Death to Life
Director
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Screenplay
Wanted- A Home
Story
The Eye of God
Scenario Writer
Even as You and I
Director
The Eye of God
Director
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Director
Saving the Family Name
Director
The People vs. John Doe
Director
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Writer
The People vs. John Doe
Writer
The People vs. John Doe
Producer
Mary Regan
Director
Mary Regan
Scenario Writer
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Director
What's Worth While?
Producer
Topsy and Eva
Adaptation
A Chapter in Her Life
Director
What's Worth While?
Director
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Scenario Writer
What's Worth While?
Writer
A Chapter in Her Life
Adaptation
For Husbands Only
Adaptation
For Husbands Only
Director
For Husbands Only
Producer
Jewel
Writer
Forbidden
Writer
Forbidden
Director
Home
Director
Home
Writer
The Price of a Good Time
Director
The Price of a Good Time
Writer
The Price of a Good Time
Editor
The Doctor and the Woman
Director
The Doctor and the Woman
Writer
The Twins
Writer
The Twins
Director
The Troubadour's Triumph
Writer
The Jew's Christmas
Writer
Saving the Family Name
Writer
Borrowed Clothes
Director
Borrowed Clothes
Writer
Discontent
Writer
The Price
Writer
The Eye of God
Writer
A Chapter in Her Life
Screenplay
Topsy and Eva
Screenplay
For Husbands Only
Screenplay
The Mysterious Mrs. M
Writer
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Screenplay
Suspense.
Writer
Mary Regan
Screenplay
When a Girl Loves
Writer
When a Girl Loves
Director
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Producer
To Please One Woman
Writer
To Please One Woman
Director
The Flirt
Writer
John Needham's Double
Director
The Flirt
Director
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