Lois Weber
June 12, 1879 (145 years old) in Allegheny 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.
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- 2016 ·The Women Who Run Hollywoodas Self (archive footage)
- 2014 ·Early Directors on Directingas Self
- 1917 ·The Hand That Rocks the Cradleas Mrs. Broome
- 1917 ·Alone in the Worldas
- 1916 ·Idle Wivesas Anne
- 1916 ·The Eye of Godas Renie
- 1916 ·Hop - The Devil's Brewas Lydia Jansen
- 1915 ·Scandalas Daisy Dean
- 1915 ·Sunshine Mollyas Sunshine Molly
- 1914 ·False Colorsas Mrs. Moore
- 1914 ·Lost by a Hairas Summer Girl
- 1914 ·The Pursuit of Hateas Diana Grave
- 1914 ·The Spider and Her Webas Madame DuBarr
- 1914 ·The Merchant of Veniceas Portia
- 1913 ·The Jew's Christmasas Leah - Isaac's Daughter
- 1913 ·How Men Proposeas The Maid
- 1913 ·Suspense.as The Wife
- 1913 ·The Rosaryas The Soldier's Sweetheart
- 1913 ·The Picture of Dorian Grayas
- 1912 ·A Japanese Idyllas
- 1912 ·Eyes That See Notas The Millionaire's Wife
- 1912 ·Fine Feathersas The Artist's Model
- 1911 ·The Priceas Ann
- 1911 ·Lost Illusionsas Grace - The Wife
- 1911 ·Sherlock Holmes, Jr.as Mrs. Brown
- 1911 ·Fateas Flora Brown
- 1911 ·On the Brinkas Tess
- 1911 ·The Twinsas The Twin Sisters
- 1911 ·From Death to Lifeas Aratus' Wife
- 1911 ·A Heroine of '76as The Tavern Keeper's Daughter