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Lois Wilson (I) (1894–1988)

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School teacher turned brief stage actress before entering films at Paramount in 1916. She was playing leading roles well into the sound era, mostly in unflattering parts. After retiring from the screen she went on to work in television and on stage. Miss Wilson never married, but two of her sisters Diane Kane and Connie Lewis became actresses. See full bio »

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 93) in Reno, Nevada, USA
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1954-1955 Guiding Light (TV series)
Mrs. Lowery
 
1954 The Secret Storm (TV series)
 
1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Girl with the Stop Watch (1953)
 
1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– The Diet (1950)
 
1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
– The Married Look (1950)
 
1949 The Aldrich Family (TV series)
Mrs. Alice Aldrich #1 (1949-1950, 1951))
 
1949 The Girl from Jones Beach
Mrs. Wilson
 
1941 For Beauty's Sake
Mrs. Lloyd Kennar
 
1940 Nobody's Children
Miss Jamieson
 
1939 Bad Little Angel
Mrs. Ellen Creighton
 
1936 Laughing at Trouble
Alice Mathews
 
1936 Wedding Present
Laura Dodacker
 
1936 The Return of Jimmy Valentine
Mary Davis
 
1935 Your Uncle Dudley
Christine Saunders
 
1935 Cappy Ricks Returns
Florry Peasley
 
1935 Society Fever
Portia Prouty
 
1935 Born to Gamble
Paula Mathews
 
1935 Public Opinion
Mona Trevor/Anne Trevor
 
1935 Life Returns
Dr. Louise Stone
 
1934 Bright Eyes
Mary Blake
 
1934 Ticket to a Crime
Elaine Purdy
 
1934 There's Always Tomorrow
Sophie White
 
1934 School for Girls
Miss Cartwright
 
1934 No Greater Glory
Mother
 
1934 The Show-Off
Clara Harling
 
1933 Female
Harriet
 
1933 In the Money
Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom
 
1933 Deluge
Helen Webster
 
1933 Laughing at Life
Mrs. McHale
 
1933 Obey the Law
Grace Chester
 
1932 The Secrets of Wu Sin
Nona Gould
 
1932 The Devil Is Driving
Nancy Evans
 
1932 The Crash
Marcia Peterson
 
1932 Divorce in the Family
Mrs. Shumaker
 
1932 Drifting
Linda Lawrence
 
1932 The Rider of Death Valley
Helen Joyce
 
1932 The Expert
Nettie Minick
 
1932 Law and Order
Mabell (uncredited)
 
1931 The Age for Love
Sylvia Pearson
 
1931 Seed
Peggy Carter
 
1930 Once a Gentleman
Mrs. Mallin
 
1930 Temptation
Julie
 
1930 Lovin' the Ladies
Joan Bently
 
1930 The Furies
Fifi Sands
 
1930 For Love or Money (short)
 
1929 Wedding Rings
Cornelia Quinn
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number
 
1929 Her Husband's Women (short)
 
1929 The Gamblers
Catherine Darwin
 
1929 Kid Gloves
Ruth
 
1929/I A Bird in the Hand (short)
The Wife
 
1928 Object: Alimony
Ruth Rutledge
 
1928 Conquest
Diane Holden
 
1928 On Trial
May Strickland
 
1928 Sally's Shoulders
Sally
 
1928 Ransom
Lois Brewster
 
1928 Miss Information (short)
 
1928 Coney Island
Joan Wellman
 
1927 French Dressing
Cynthia Grey
 
1927 Alias the Lone Wolf
Eve de Montalais
 
1927 The Gingham Girl
Mary Thompson
 
1927 Broadway Nights
Fanny Franchette
 
1927 New York
Marjorie Church
 
1926 The Great Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
 
1926 The Show Off
Amy Fisher
 
1926 Let's Get Married
Mary Corbin
 
1925 Bluebeard's Seven Wives
Mary Kelly
 
1925 Irish Luck
Lady Gwendolyn
 
1925 The King on Main Street
Hotel guest in lobby (cameo appearance) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1925 The Vanishing American
Marion Warner
 
1925 Rugged Water
Norma Bartlett
 
1925 Marry Me (uncredited)
 
1925 Welcome Home
Nettie Prouty
 
1925 The Thundering Herd
Milly Fayre
 
1925 Contraband
Carmel Lee
 
1924 North of 36
Taisie Lockheart
 
1924 Monsieur Beaucaire
Queen Marie of France
 
1924 The Man Who Fights Alone
Marion
 
1924 Another Scandal
Beatrice Vanderdyke
 
1924 Icebound
Jane Crosby
 
1924 Pied Piper Malone
Patty Thomas
 
1923 The Call of the Canyon
Carley Burch
 
1923 Ruggles of Red Gap
Kate Kenner
 
1923 To the Last Man
Ellen Jorth
 
1923 A Man's Man
Dolores Ruey
 
1923 Only 38
Mrs. Stanley
 
1923 Bella Donna
Patricia
 
1923 The Covered Wagon
Molly Wingate
 
1922 Broad Daylight
Nora Fay
 
1922 Without Compromise
Jean Ainsworth
 
1922 Manslaughter
Evans (Lydia's maid)
 
1922 Our Leading Citizen
Katherine Fendle, his fiancée
 
1922 Is Matrimony a Failure?
Mabel Hoyt
 
1922 The World's Champion
Lady Elizabeth
 
1921 Miss Lulu Bett
Lulu Bett
 
1921 The Hell Diggers
Dora Wade
 
1921 The Lost Romance
Sylvia Hayes
 
1921 The City of Silent Men
Molly Bryant
 
1921 What Every Woman Knows
Maggie Wylie
 
1920 Midsummer Madness
Margaret Meredith
 
1920 Burglar Proof
Laura Lowell
 
1920 A Full House
Ottilie Howell
 
1920 What's Your Hurry?
Virginia MacMurran
 
1920 The City of Masks
Miss Emsdale
 
1920 Thou Art the Man
Joan Farrant
 
1920 Who's Your Servant?
Madeline Bancroft
 
1919 Too Much Johnson
Mrs. Billings
 
1919 It Pays to Advertise
Mary Grayson
 
1919 The Price Woman Pays
Louise
 
1919 Why Smith Left Home
Marian
 
1919 Love Insurance
Cynthia Meyrick
 
1919 A Man's Fight
Mary Tompkins
 
1919 The Best Man
Celia Hathaway
 
1919 Gates of Brass
Margaret Blake
 
1919 The End of the Game
Mary Miller
 
1919 Come Again Smith
Lucy Stevens
 
1919 The Drifters
The Girl
 
1918 Three X Gordon
Dorrie Webster
 
1918 Prisoners of the Pines
Rosalie Dufresne
 
1918 The Bells
Annette
 
1918 A Burglar for a Night
Janet Leslie
 
1918 Maid o' the Storm
Elaine Shackleford
 
1918 One Dollar Bid
Virginia Dare
 
1918 The Turn of a Card
Cynthia Burdette
 
1918 His Robe of Honor
Laura Nelson
 
1918 A Man's Man
Dolores Ruey
 
1917 Alimony
Marjorie Lansing
 
1917 Parentage
Mrs. Melton
 
1917 Treason
Floria Natarre
 
1917 Flames of Treachery (short)
 
1917 Won by Grit (short)
 
1917 Black Evidence (short)
 
1917 The Whispered Name (short)
 
1916 Green Eyes (short)
 
1916 The Morals of Hilda
Marion
 
1916 Her Chance (short)
 
1916/II The Decoy (short)
 
1916 A Soul at Stake (short)
 
1916 The White Man's Law
 
1916 Arthur's Desperate Resolve (short)
 
1916 The Beckoning Trail
Mary Helton
 
1916 He Wrote a Book (short)
 
1916/I The Silent Battle
Jane Loring
 
1916/I The Decoy
 
1916 A Son of the Immortals
Joan Cameron
 
1916 Hulda the Silent (short)
 
1916 The Gay Lord Waring
Helen Von Gerold
 
1916 The Dumb Girl of Portici
 
1916 The Pool of Flame
Princess Beatrix
 
1916 Married on the Wing (short)
 
1916 Langdon's Legacy
Pepita
 
1915 The Road to Paradise (short)
Beatrix
 
1915 When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (short)
Beatrix
 
1915 The Palace of Dust (short)
Beatrix
 
1915 The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke
Beatrix
 
1915 The Hypocrite
 
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1917 Alone in the World (short)
 
1915 The Hypocrite
 
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1917 Alone in the World (short) (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Out West (1980) … Herself
– Swanson and Valentino (1980) … Herself
 
1957 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Herself
– Gloria Swanson (1957) … Herself
 
1941 Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (documentary short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (short)
Herself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (short)
Herself
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (short)
Herself
 
1932/I Screen Snapshots (documentary short)
Herself
 
1926 Fascinating Youth
Herself - Lois Wilson
 
1923 Hollywood
Herself
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (documentary short)
Herself
 

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5' 5" (1.65 m)
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