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Lois Weber (1879–1939)

Director | Writer | Actress

Lois Weber, who had been a street-corner evangelist before entering motion pictures in 1905, became the first American woman movie director of note, and a major one at that. Herbert Blaché, the husband of Frenchwoman Alice Guy, the first woman to direct a motion picture (and arguably, the first director of either gender to helm a fictional narrative film)... See full bio »

Born:

Florence Pietz
in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1934 White Heat
 
1927 The Angel of Broadway
 
1927/I Topsy and Eva (uncredited)
 
1927 Sensation Seekers
 
1926 The Marriage Clause
 
1923 A Chapter in Her Life
 
1921 What Do Men Want?
 
1921 The Blot
 
1921 Too Wise Wives
 
1921 What's Worth While?
 
1920 To Please One Woman
 
1920 Life's Mirror
 
1920 Mum's the Word
 
1919 Forbidden
 
1919 Home
 
1919 Mary Regan
 
1919 A Midnight Romance
 
1919 When a Girl Loves
 
1918 Borrowed Clothes
 
1918 For Husbands Only
 
1918 The Doctor and the Woman
 
1917 The Price of a Good Time
 
1917 Hand That Rocks the Cradle
 
1917 Even As You and I
 
1917 The Boyhood He Forgot (short)
 
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite
 
1917 The Face Downstairs (short)
 
1916 The Gilded Life (short)
 
1916 The Rock of Riches (short)
 
1916 The People vs. John Doe
 
1916 The Celebrated Stielow Case
 
1916 Wanted: A Home
 
1916 Idle Wives
 
1916 Under the Spell (short)
 
1916 Saving the Family Name
 
1916 Shoes
 
1916 The Eye of God
 
1916 Where Are My Children? (uncredited)
 
1916 John Needham's Double
 
1916 The Dance of Love (short)
 
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
 
1916 There Is No Place Like Home (short)
 
1916/I The Flirt (short)
 
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
 
1916 Discontent (short)
 
1915 Jewel (uncredited)
 
1915 A Cigarette - That's All (short)
 
1915 Scandal
 
1915 Betty in Search of a Thrill (co-director)
 
1915 Captain Courtesy
 
1915 Sunshine Molly (short)
 
1915 Hypocrites (uncredited)
 
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
 
1914 Helping Mother (short)
 
1914 Daisies (short)
 
1914 Behind the Veil (short)
 
1914 Plain Mary (short)
 
1914 Lost by a Hair (short)
 
1914 The Pursuit of Hate (short)
 
1914 Closed Gates (short)
 
1914 The Stone in the Road (short)
 
1914 Avenged (short)
 
1914 The Triumph of Mind (short)
 
1914 The Career of Waterloo Peterson (short)
 
1914 An Episode (short)
 
1914/I On Suspicion (short)
 
1914 The Man Who Slept (short)
 
1914 The Baby's Doll (short)
 
1914 In the Days of His Youth (short)
 
1914 The Spider and Her Web (short)
 
1914 A Modern Fairy Tale (short)
 
1914 The Weaker Sister (short)
 
1914 The Merchant of Venice
 
1914 Woman's Burden (short)
 
1914 An Old Locket (short)
 
1914 The Coward Hater (short)
 
1914 The Leper's Coat (short)
 
1914 A Fool and His Money (short)
 
1914 The Female of the Species (short)
 
1914 The Traitor (short)
 
1913 The Wife's Deceit (short)
 
1913 The Jew's Christmas (short)
 
1913 The Mask (short)
 
1913 James Lee's Wife (short)
 
1913 The Blood Brotherhood (short)
 
1913 The Haunted Bride (short)
 
1913 Two Thieves and a Cross (short)
 
1913/II The Clue (short)
 
1913 The Thumb Print (short)
 
1913/I Memories (short)
 
1913 Shadows of Life (short)
 
1913 His Brand (short)
 
1913 Never Again (short)
 
1913 The Light Woman (short)
 
1913 Just in Time (short)
 
1913 Civilized and Savage (short)
 
1913 The Fallen Angel (short)
 
1913 How Men Propose (short) (uncredited)
 
1913 Through Strife (short)
 
1913 Suspense. (short)
 
1913 The Pretender (short)
 
1913 The King Can Do No Wrong (short)
 
1913 The Trifler (short)
 
1913 The Cap of Destiny (short)
 
1913 The Poverty of Riches (short)
 
1913 The Rosary (short)
 
1913 The Dragon's Breath (short)
 
1913 A Book of Verses (short)
 
1913 Until Death (short)
 
1913 Bobby's Baby (short)
 
1913 The Peacemaker (short)
 
1913 An Empty Box (short)
 
1913 Troubled Waters (short)
 
1913 In the Blood (short)
 
1913 Two Thieves (short)
 
1913/I His Sister (short)
 
1912 Leaves in the Storm (short)
 
1912 Faraway Fields (short)
 
1912 A Japanese Idyll (short)
 
1912 An Old Fashioned Girl (short)
 
1912 The Greater Christian (short)
 
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph (short)
 
1912/II The Greater Love (short)
 
1912 The Power of Thought (short)
 
1912 The Price of Peace (short)
 
1912 Eyes That See Not (short)
 
1912 The Final Pardon (short)
 
1912 The Bargain (short)
 
1912 Fine Feathers (short)
 
1912 Angels Unaware (short)
 
1911 The Martyr (short)
 
1911 A Breach of Faith (short)
 
1911/II Fate (short)
 
1911 On the Brink (short)
 
1911 The Realization (short)
 
1911/I The Heiress (short)
 
1911 A Heroine of '76 (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (116 titles)
1934 White Heat (screenplay)
 
1927/I Topsy and Eva (adaptation)
 
1927 Sensation Seekers
 
1926 The Marriage Clause (adaptation)
 
1923 A Chapter in Her Life (adaptation)
 
1921 What Do Men Want?
 
1921 The Blot
 
1921 Too Wise Wives (scenario - uncredited / story)
 
1921 What's Worth While?
 
1920 To Please One Woman
 
1919 Forbidden (writer)
 
1919 Home (screenplay / story)
 
1919 Mary Regan (writer)
 
1919 A Midnight Romance (writer)
 
1919 When a Girl Loves (screenplay / story)
 
1918 Borrowed Clothes (writer)
 
1918 For Husbands Only (writer)
 
1918 The Doctor and the Woman (writer)
 
1918 Tarzan of the Apes (writer)
 
1917 The Price of a Good Time
 
1917 Hand That Rocks the Cradle
 
1917 The Boyhood He Forgot (short) (scenario)
 
1917 The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite (scenario)
 
1917 The Face Downstairs (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Gilded Life (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The Rock of Riches (short) (scenario)
 
1916 The People vs. John Doe
 
1916 Wanted: A Home (story)
 
1916 Idle Wives
 
1916 Under the Spell (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Saving the Family Name
 
1916 Shoes
 
1916 The Eye of God
 
1916 Where Are My Children? (written by)
 
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
 
1916 There Is No Place Like Home (short) (scenario)
 
1916/I The Flirt (short) (scenario)
 
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
 
1916 Discontent (short) (screenplay / story)
 
1915 Jewel (scenario)
 
1915 A Cigarette - That's All (short) (scenario)
 
1915 Scandal (scenario)
 
1915 Sunshine Molly (short)
 
1915 Hypocrites (written by)
 
1915 It's No Laughing Matter
 
1914 False Colors (story)
 
1914 The Opened Shutters (adaptation)
 
1914 Helping Mother (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Daisies (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Behind the Veil (short)
 
1914 Plain Mary (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Lost by a Hair (short) (scenario)
 
1914 Closed Gates (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Stone in the Road (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Triumph of Mind (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Career of Waterloo Peterson (short) (scenario)
 
1914 An Episode (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Man Who Slept (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Baby's Doll (short)
 
1914 In the Days of His Youth (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Spider and Her Web (short) (scenario)
 
1914 A Modern Fairy Tale (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Weaker Sister (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Merchant of Venice
 
1914 Woman's Burden (short) (scenario)
 
1914 An Old Locket (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Coward Hater (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Leper's Coat (short) (scenario)
 
1914 A Fool and His Money (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Female of the Species (short) (scenario)
 
1914 The Traitor (short) (story)
 
1913 The Wife's Deceit (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Jew's Christmas (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Mask (short) (scenario)
 
1913 James Lee's Wife (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Blood Brotherhood (short) (writer)
 
1913 The Haunted Bride (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Two Thieves and a Cross (short) (scenario)
 
1913/II The Clue (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Thumb Print (short) (scenario)
 
1913/I Memories (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Shadows of Life (short) (scenario / story)
 
1913 His Brand (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Genesis 4:9 (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Never Again (short)
 
1913 The Light Woman (short) (co-adaption)
 
1913/II The Call (short) (screenplay / story)
 
1913 Just in Time (short) (scenario / story)
 
1913 The Heart of a Jewess (short) (scenario / story)
 
1913 Civilized and Savage (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Fallen Angel (short) (scenario)
 
1913 How Men Propose (short) (uncredited)
 
1913 Suspense. (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Pretender (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The King Can Do No Wrong (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Cap of Destiny (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Poverty of Riches (short) (story)
 
1913 The Rosary (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Until Death (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Bobby's Baby (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Peacemaker (short) (scenario)
 
1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray (short) (scenario)
 
1913 An Empty Box (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Troubled Waters (short) (scenario)
 
1913 In the Blood (short) (scenario)
 
1913 Two Thieves (short) (scenario / story)
 
1913/I His Sister (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Faraway Fields (short) (scenario / story)
 
1912 An Old Fashioned Girl (short) (scenario / story)
 
1912 The Troubadour's Triumph (short) (scenario)
 
1912 The Power of Thought (short)
 
1912 The Price of Peace (short)
 
1912 The Final Pardon (short) (scenario)
 
1912 Fine Feathers (short) (scenario)
 
1911 The Martyr (short)
 
1911 On the Brink (short) (scenario)
 
Show ShowActress (105 titles)
1920 Mum's the Word (unconfirmed)
 
1917 Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Mrs. Broome
 
1917 The Boyhood He Forgot (short)
 
1917 The Face Downstairs (short)
 
1917 Alone in the World (short)
 
1916 The Gilded Life (short)
 
1916 The Rock of Riches (short)
 
1916 The Children Shall Pay (short)
 
1916 The Celebrated Stielow Case
 
1916 Idle Wives
Anne
 
1916 Under the Spell (short)
 
1916 The Eye of God
Renie
 
1916 Hop - The Devil's Brew
Lydia Jansen
 
1915 Scandal
Daisy Dean
 
1915 Sunshine Molly (short)
Sunshine Molly
 
1914 False Colors
Mrs. Moore/daughter Flo
 
1914 Helping Mother (short)
 
1914 Daisies (short)
 
1914 Behind the Veil (short)
 
1914 Plain Mary (short)
 
1914 Lost by a Hair (short)
The Summer Girl
 
1914 The Pursuit of Hate (short)
 
1914 Closed Gates (short)
 
1914 The Stone in the Road (short)
 
1914 Avenged (short)
 
1914 The Triumph of Mind (short)
Fannie
 
1914/I On Suspicion (short)
 
1914 The Baby's Doll (short)
 
1914 The Spider and Her Web (short)
Madame DuBarr
 
1914 The Merchant of Venice
Portia
 
1914 Woman's Burden (short)
Peggy
 
1914 An Old Locket (short)
 
1914 The Coward Hater (short)
Jane - a Schoolteacher
 
1914 The Leper's Coat (short)
The Wife
 
1914 A Fool and His Money (short)
Helen Hogg - the Daughter of the House
 
1914 The Female of the Species (short)
The Gypsy - the Bad (good) Woman
 
1913 The Wife's Deceit (short)
Lois - the Wife
 
1913 The Jew's Christmas (short)
Leah - Isaac's Daughter
 
1913 The Mask (short)
Lois
 
1913 James Lee's Wife (short)
James Lee's Wife
 
1913 The Blood Brotherhood (short)
Maria - the Bank Presient's Daughter
 
1913 The Haunted Bride (short)
Lydia
 
1913 Two Thieves and a Cross (short)
Belle - 2nd Thief
 
1913/I Memories (short)
Personification of Experience
 
1913 Shadows of Life (short)
The Bride
 
1913 His Brand (short)
The Wife
 
1913 Never Again (short)
The Wife
 
1913 The Light Woman (short)
The Actress
 
1913/II The Call (short)
 
1913 Just in Time (short)
First Daughter
 
1913 The Heart of a Jewess (short)
Rebecca Lieberman
 
1913 Civilized and Savage (short)
The Savage Girl
 
1913 The Fallen Angel (short)
Helen
 
1913 How Men Propose (short)
The Maid (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 Through Strife (short)
The Wife
 
1913 Suspense. (short)
The Wife
 
1913 The Pretender (short)
Betty the Maid
 
1913 The King Can Do No Wrong (short)
Herrick's Daughter
 
1913 The Trifler (short)
The Trifler
 
1913 The Cap of Destiny (short)
 
1913 The Poverty of Riches (short)
The Wife
 
1913 The Rosary (short)
The Soldier's Sweetheart
 
1913 The Dragon's Breath (short)
Lois - the Wife
 
1913 A Book of Verses (short)
Flo - the Poet's Daughter
 
1913 Until Death (short)
First Brother's Wife
 
1913 Bobby's Baby (short)
The Wife
 
1913 The Peacemaker (short)
The Older Sister
 
1913 The Picture of Dorian Gray (short)
 
1913 An Empty Box (short)
The Woman
 
1913 Troubled Waters (short)
The Wife
 
1913 In the Blood (short)
The Colonel's Wife
 
1913 Two Thieves (short)
 
1913/I His Sister (short)
Lois Halsey
 
1912 Leaves in the Storm (short)
The Wife
 
1912 Faraway Fields (short)
The Ambitious Older Sister
 
1912 A Japanese Idyll (short)
 
1912 An Old Fashioned Girl (short)
The Old Fashioned Girl
 
1912 The Greater Christian (short)
Helen
 
1912 The Hidden Light (short)
The Editor's Daughter
 
1912/II The Greater Love (short)
The Invalid Wife
 
1912 The Power of Thought (short)
Lois - The Maid
 
1912 The Flirt (short)
The Flirt
 
1912 The Price of Peace (short)
 
1912 Fate's Warning (short)
The Musician's Sweetheart
 
1912 Eyes That See Not (short)
The Millionaire's Wife
 
1912 The Final Pardon (short)
 
1912 The Bargain (short)
May Shirwood
 
1912 Fine Feathers (short)
The Artist's Model
 
1912 Angels Unaware (short)
The Wife
 
1912 A Parting of the Ways (short)
Mary Sparks
 
1911 The Martyr (short)
The Wife and Mother
 
1911 A Breach of Faith (short)
 
1911 Lost Illusions (short)
Grace - the Wife
 
1911 The Derelict (short)
The Nurse
 
1911 Sherlock Holmes, Jr. (short)
Mrs. Brown
 
1911/II The Vagabond (short)
Miss Lee - the Editor's Daughter
 
1911/II Fate (short)
Flora Brown
 
1911 What the Tide Told (short)
Belle
 
1911 On the Brink (short)
Tess - a Girl of the Village
 
1911 The Broken Coin (short)
Ethel
 
1911 The Monogram 'J.O.' (short)
 
1911 An Exception to the Rule (short)
The Wife's Girlfriend
 
1911 The Realization (short)
The Wife
 
1911/I The Heiress (short)
 
1911 A Heroine of '76 (short)
The Tavern Keeper's Daughter
 
Show ShowProducer (19 titles)
1921 What Do Men Want? (producer)
 
1921 The Blot (producer)
 
1921 Too Wise Wives (producer)
 
1921 What's Worth While? (producer)
 
1920 To Please One Woman (producer)
 
1918 Borrowed Clothes (producer)
 
1918 For Husbands Only (producer)
 
1917 The Price of a Good Time (producer)
 
1917 Hand That Rocks the Cradle (producer)
 
1916 The People vs. John Doe (producer)
 
1916 Wanted: A Home (producer)
 
1916 Shoes (producer)
 
1916 Where Are My Children? (producer)
 
1915 Jewel (producer)
 
1915 Sunshine Molly (short) (producer)
 
1915 Hypocrites (producer)
 
1915 It's No Laughing Matter (producer)
 
1914 False Colors (producer)
 
1913 How Men Propose (short) (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1914 The Great Universal Mystery (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
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Alternate Names:

Mrs. Phillips Smalley

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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She is the first woman to direct a full-length feature, the Rex production of The Merchant of Venice. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini