Lois Wilson

Lois Wilson

Known for
Acting
Born
June 26, 1894
Died
March 3, 1988 (aged 93)
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

A schoolteacher who became a stage actress (briefly), Lois Wilson entered films in 1916 at Paramount (her sisters, Diana Kane and Connie Lewis, also worked as actresses). Wilson played leading roles well into the sound era, and after she retired from the screen she worked sporadically in television and again appeared on stage.

Known For

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Filmography

1980
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1949
The Girl from Jones Beach poster

The Girl from Jones Beach

Movie · as Mrs. Wilson

1949
The Aldrich Family poster

The Aldrich Family

TV · as Alice Aldrich · 35 eps

1948
The Philco Television Playhouse poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV · 1 ep

1941
For Beauty's Sake poster

For Beauty's Sake

Movie · as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar

1940
Nobody's Children poster

Nobody's Children

Movie · as Miss Jamieson

1939
Bad Little Angel poster

Bad Little Angel

Movie · as Mrs. Ellen Creighton

1936
Wedding Present poster

Wedding Present

Movie · as Laura Dodacker

1936
Laughing at Trouble poster

Laughing at Trouble

Movie · as Alice Mathews

1936
The Return of Jimmy Valentine poster

The Return of Jimmy Valentine

Movie · as Mary Davis

1935
Life Returns poster

Life Returns

Movie · as Dr. Louise Stone

1935
Public Opinion

Public Opinion

Movie · as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor

1935
Society Fever poster

Society Fever

Movie · as Portia Prouty

1935
Cappy Ricks Returns

Cappy Ricks Returns

Movie · as Florry Peasley

1935
Your Uncle Dudley poster

Your Uncle Dudley

Movie · as Christine Saunders

1935
Born to Gamble poster

Born to Gamble

Movie · as Paula Mathews

1934
Bright Eyes poster

Bright Eyes

Movie · as Mary Blake

1934
There's Always Tomorrow poster

There's Always Tomorrow

Movie · as Sophie White

1934
Ticket to a Crime poster

Ticket to a Crime

Movie · as Elaine Purdy

1934
The Show-Off poster

The Show-Off

Movie · as Clara Harling

1934
No Greater Glory poster

No Greater Glory

Movie · as Mother

1934
School for Girls poster

School for Girls

Movie · as Miss Cartwright

1933
Female poster

Female

Movie · as Harriet Brown

1933
In the Money poster

In the Money

Movie · as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom

1933
Obey the Law poster

Obey the Law

Movie · as Grace Chester

1933
Deluge poster

Deluge

Movie · as Helen Webster

1932
Divorce In The Family poster

Divorce In The Family

Movie · as Mrs. Grace Shumaker

1932
The Crash poster

The Crash

Movie · as Marcia Peterson

1932
The Expert poster

The Expert

Movie · as Nettie Minick

1932
Drifting Souls poster

Drifting Souls

Movie · as Linda Lawrence

1932
The Devil Is Driving poster

The Devil Is Driving

Movie · as Nancy Evans

1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin poster

The Secrets of Wu Sin

Movie · as Nona Gould

1932
The Rider of Death Valley poster

The Rider of Death Valley

Movie · as Helen Joyce

1931
Seed poster

Seed

Movie · as Peggy Carter

1931
The Age for Love poster

The Age for Love

Movie · as Sylvia Pearson

1930
Once a Gentleman poster

Once a Gentleman

Movie · as Mrs. Malin

1930
The Furies poster

The Furies

Movie · as Fifi Sands

1930
Lovin' the Ladies poster

Lovin' the Ladies

Movie · as Joan Bently

1930
Temptation poster

Temptation

Movie · as Julie

1929
The Show of Shows poster

The Show of Shows

Movie · as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

1929
The Gamblers poster

The Gamblers

Movie · as Catherine Darwin

1929
Kid Gloves poster

Kid Gloves

Movie · as Ruth

1929
Wedding Rings poster

Wedding Rings

Movie · as Cornelia Quinn

1929
Her Husband's Women

Her Husband's Women

Movie · as The Painter's Jealous Wife

1928
On Trial poster

On Trial

Movie · as May Strickland

1928
Conquest poster

Conquest

Movie · as Diane Holden

1928
Coney Island poster

Coney Island

Movie · as Joan Wellman

1928
Sally's Shoulders poster

Sally's Shoulders

Movie · as Sally

1928
Object: Alimony poster

Object: Alimony

Movie · as Ruth Rutledge

1927
French Dressing poster

French Dressing

Movie · as Cynthia Grey

1927
Alias the Lone Wolf poster

Alias the Lone Wolf

Movie · as Eve de Montalais

1927
New York poster

New York

Movie · as Marjorie Church

1927
Broadway Nights poster

Broadway Nights

Movie · as Fanny Franchette

1927
The Gingham Girl poster

The Gingham Girl

Movie

1926
Fascinating Youth poster

Fascinating Youth

Movie · as Lois Wilson

1926
The Show Off poster

The Show Off

Movie · as Amy Fisher Piper

1926
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Daisy Buchanan

1926
North of 36 poster

North of 36

Movie · as Taisie Lockheart

1926
Let's Get Married poster

Let's Get Married

Movie · as Mary Corbin

1926
Bluebeard's Seven Wives poster

Bluebeard's Seven Wives

Movie · as Mary Kelly

1925
The Thundering Herd poster

The Thundering Herd

Movie · as Milly Fayre

1925
Rugged Water poster

Rugged Water

Movie · as Norma Bartlett

1925
Welcome Home poster

Welcome Home

Movie · as Nettie Prouty

1925
The Vanishing American poster

The Vanishing American

Movie · as Marion Warner

1925
Irish Luck poster

Irish Luck

Movie · as Lady Gwendolyn

1925
Contraband poster

Contraband

Movie · as Carmel Lee

1924
Monsieur Beaucaire poster

Monsieur Beaucaire

Movie · as Queen Marie of France

1924
Icebound poster

Icebound

Movie · as Jane Crosby

1924
The Man Who Fights Alone poster

The Man Who Fights Alone

Movie · as Marion

1924
Pied Piper Malone poster

Pied Piper Malone

Movie · as Patty Thomas

1924
Another Scandal poster

Another Scandal

Movie · as Beatrix Franklin

1923
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

Movie · as Lois Wilson

1923
Ruggles of Red Gap poster

Ruggles of Red Gap

Movie · as Kate Kenner

1923
The Covered Wagon poster

The Covered Wagon

Movie · as Molly Wingate

1923
Only 38 poster

Only 38

Movie · as Mrs. Stanley

1923
Bella Donna poster

Bella Donna

Movie · as Patricia

1923
To the Last Man poster

To the Last Man

Movie · as Ellen Jorth

1923
The Call of the Canyon poster

The Call of the Canyon

Movie · as Carley Burch

1922
Manslaughter poster

Manslaughter

Movie · as Evans (Lydia's maid)

1922
Broad Daylight poster

Broad Daylight

Movie · as Nora Fay

1922
The World's Champion poster

The World's Champion

Movie · as Lady Elizabeth

1922
Without Compromise poster

Without Compromise

Movie · as Jean Ainsworth

1922
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 poster

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

Movie · as Self

1922
Our Leading Citizen poster

Our Leading Citizen

Movie · as Katherine Fendle - His Fiancee

1922
Is Matrimony a Failure? poster

Is Matrimony a Failure?

Movie · as Mabel Hoyt

1921
The Hell Diggers poster

The Hell Diggers

Movie · as Dora Wade

1921
Miss Lulu Bett poster

Miss Lulu Bett

Movie · as Lulu Bett

1921
The Lost Romance poster

The Lost Romance

Movie · as Sylvia Hayes

1921
Midsummer Madness poster

Midsummer Madness

Movie · as Margaret Meredith

1921
What Every Woman Knows poster

What Every Woman Knows

Movie · as Maggie Wylie

1921
The City of Silent Men poster

The City of Silent Men

Movie · as Molly Bryant

1920
Who's Your Servant? poster

Who's Your Servant?

Movie · as Madeline Bancroft

1920
What's Your Hurry? poster

What's Your Hurry?

Movie · as Virginia MacMurran

1920
Burglar Proof poster

Burglar Proof

Movie · as Laura Lowell

1920
Thou Art the Man poster

Thou Art the Man

Movie · as Joan Farrant

1920
A Full House poster

A Full House

Movie · as Ottilie Howell

1920
The City of Masks poster

The City of Masks

Movie · as Miss Emsdale

1919
The End of the Game poster

The End of the Game

Movie · as Mary Miller

1919
A Man's Fight poster

A Man's Fight

Movie · as Mary Tompkins

1919
The Best Man poster

The Best Man

Movie · as Celia Hathaway

1919
Too Much Johnson poster

Too Much Johnson

Movie · as Mrs. Billings

1919
Gates of Brass poster

Gates of Brass

Movie · as Margaret Blake

1919
Come Again Smith poster

Come Again Smith

Movie · as Lucy Stevens

1919
The Drifters poster

The Drifters

Movie · as The Girl

1919
It Pays to Advertise poster

It Pays to Advertise

Movie · as Mary Grayson

1919
Love Insurance poster

Love Insurance

Movie · as Cynthia Meyrick

1919
Why Smith Left Home poster

Why Smith Left Home

Movie · as Marian

1918
The Bells poster

The Bells

Movie · as Annette

1918
Prisoners of the Pines poster

Prisoners of the Pines

Movie · as Rosalie Dufresne

1918
Maid o' the Storm poster

Maid o' the Storm

Movie · as Elaine Shackleford

1918
The Turn of a Card poster

The Turn of a Card

Movie · as Cynthia Burdette

1918
His Robe of Honor poster

His Robe of Honor

Movie · as Laura Nelson

1918
Three X Gordon poster

Three X Gordon

Movie · as Dorrie Webster

1918
A Burglar for a Night poster

A Burglar for a Night

Movie · as Janet Leslie

1917
Alimony poster

Alimony

Movie · as Marjorie Lansing

1917
Treason poster

Treason

Movie · as Floria Natarre

1917
A Man's Man poster

A Man's Man

Movie · as Dolores Ruey

1916
The Decoy poster

The Decoy

Movie

1916
A Son of the Immortals poster

A Son of the Immortals

Movie · as Joan Cameron

1916
The Silent Battle poster

The Silent Battle

Movie · as Jane Loring

1916
The Gay Lord Waring poster

The Gay Lord Waring

Movie · as Helen Von Gerold

1916
The Pool of Flame poster

The Pool of Flame

Movie · as Princess Beatrix

1916
The Morals of Hilda poster

The Morals of Hilda

Movie · as Marion

1916
The Beckoning Trail poster

The Beckoning Trail

Movie · as Mary Helton

1915
The Road to Paradise

The Road to Paradise

Movie · as Beatrix