ACTOR

Lois Weber

1879 - 1939

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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 She is identified in some historical references as among "the most important and prolific film directors in the era of silent films".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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lois Weber has received more than 325,441 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lois Weber is the 4,811th most popular actor (down from 4,489th in 2019), the 7,037th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,711th in 2019) and the 2,156th most popular American Actor.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lois Weber ranks 4,811 out of 13,578. Before her are Mia Wasikowska, Elisha Cook Jr., Russell Brand, Oleg Taktarov, Michael Kitchen, and Tobias Menzies. After her are Dietmar Schönherr, William S. Hart, Kim Rossi Stuart, Deborra-Lee Furness, Marta Abba, and Ron Ely.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Lois Weber ranks 183. Before her are Kazimieras Būga, Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, Sydney Greenstreet, Lewis Stone, Cyril Scott, and Patrick Abercrombie. After her are Rupert Julian, Adaviye Efendiyeva, Bagha Jatin, Han Yong-un, Ángel Cabrera, and Richárd Weisz. Among people deceased in 1939, Lois Weber ranks 134. Before her are Ford Sterling, Platon Oyunsky, Halil Pasha, Prosper Bruggeman, William Mitchell Ramsay, and Sidney Howard. After her are Bautista Saavedra, Boris Grigoriev, Arthur E. Kennelly, Sergey Gritsevets, Hugo Jahnke, and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lois Weber ranks 7,037 out of 20,380. Before her are Dorothea Dix (1802), Mary J. Blige (1971), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Whitney Smith (1940), Roman Reigns (1985), and Sidney Howard (1891). After her are William S. Hart (1864), Dick Savitt (1927), Ron DeSantis (1978), Arthur Harnden (1924), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), and Ron Ely (1938).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lois Weber ranks 2,156. Before her are Harve Presnell (1933), Craig Sheffer (1960), John Fiedler (1925), Richard Boone (1917), Justin Long (1978), and Elisha Cook Jr. (1903). After her are William S. Hart (1864), Ron Ely (1938), Daphne Zuniga (1962), David A. R. White (1970), Jim Hutton (1934), and Gregory Walcott (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

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The Wife
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched the servant leave and begins to skulk. When the lady of the house sees him outside as he discovers the key, she's terrified and desperately phones her husband, who's at work in town. He jumps into a car that's idling in front of his office and races toward home, the car's owner, and police, in hot pursuit.
Jul 6th 19137 / 10
Where Are My Children?
Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Apr 16th 19166.02 / 10
Hypocrites
The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.
Jan 20th 19155.8 / 10