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Lois Weber
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mrs. Phillips Smalley, Florence Lois Weber
American actor/film director (1879-1939)
Film & TV
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.
Known for
- The Women Who Run Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2016
- Early Directors on Directing — Self2009
- Alone in the World1917
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle — Mrs. Broome1917
- Idle Wives — Anne1916
- The Eye of God — Renie1916
- Hop - The Devil's Brew — Lydia Jansen1916
- Scandal — Daisy Dean1915
- Sunshine Molly — Sunshine Molly1915
- The Spider and Her Web — Madame DuBarr1914
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Key facts
- Born
- Florence Lois Weber , ( 1879-06-13 ) June 13, 1879, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- November 13, 1939 (1939-11-13) (aged 60), Hollywood, California , U.S.
- Occupations
- Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actress
- Spouses
- Phillips Smalley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1904 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1922 ) Harry Gantz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1926 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1935 )
- Awards
- Hollywood Walk of Fame – Motion Picture, 6518 Hollywood Blvd
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lois
- Family name
- Weber
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Allegheny
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Spouse
- Phillips Smalley
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Shoes
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- LoisWeber.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lois Weber
- date of birth
- 1879-06-13
- date of death
- 1939-11-13
- cause of death
- ulcer
- name in native language
- Lois Weber
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Lois Weber
- Commons Creator page
- Lois Weber
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Florence Lois Weber (June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939) was an American silent film director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She is identified in some historical references as among "the most important and prolific film directors in the era of silent films". Film historian Anthony Slide has also asserted, "Along with D. W. Griffith, Weber was the American cinema's first genuine auteur, a filmmaker involved in all aspects of production and one who utilized the motion picture to put across her own ideas and philosophies".
Weber produced a body of work which has been compared to Griffith's in both quantity and quality and brought to the screen her concerns for humanity and social justice in an estimated 200 to 400 films, of which as few as twenty have been preserved.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lois Weber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.