Lois Wilson

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 26, 1894 (93 years old)
Died
March 3, 1988
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1915 – 1949

Lois Wilson

1 nomination
102 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Jun 26, 1894
From
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1915 – 1949

Award Recognition

0
Wins
1
Nomination

Complete Filmography

1949

The Girl from Jones Beach as Mrs. Wilson Award

1941

For Beauty's Sake as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar Award

1940

Nobody's Children as Miss Jamieson

1939

Bad Little Angel as Mrs. Ellen Creighton Award

1936

Wedding Present as Laura Dodacker Award
Laughing at Trouble as Alice Mathews

1935

Life Returns as Dr. Louise Stone
Cappy Ricks Returns as Florry Peasley
Born to Gamble as Paula Mathews
Your Uncle Dudley as Christine Saunders
Public Opinion as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor
Society Fever as Portia Prouty

1934

Bright Eyes as Mary Blake Award
Ticket to a Crime as Elaine Purdy Award
No Greater Glory as Mother
There's Always Tomorrow as Sophie White
School for Girls as Miss Cartwright
The Show-Off as Clara Harling

1933

Female as Harriet Brown Award
Deluge as Helen Webster Award
Obey the Law as Grace Chester
In the Money as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom

1932

The Secrets of Wu Sin as Nona Gould Award
The Expert as Nettie Minick
Divorce In The Family as Mrs. Grace Shumaker
The Devil Is Driving as Nancy Evans
The Crash as Marcia Peterson
The Rider of Death Valley as Helen Joyce
Drifting Souls as Linda Lawrence

1931

Seed as Peggy Carter
The Age for Love as Sylvia Pearson

1930

Once a Gentleman as Mrs. Malin
The Furies as Fifi Sands
Lovin' the Ladies as Joan Bently
Temptation as Julie

1929

Show of Shows as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited) Award
The Gamblers as Catherine Darwin
Wedding Rings as Cornelia Quinn
Kid Gloves as Ruth
Her Husband's Women as The Painter's Jealous Wife

1928

On Trial as May Strickland
Coney Island as Joan Wellman
Conquest as Diane Holden

1927

New York as Marjorie Church
Broadway Nights as Fanny Franchette
French Dressing as Cynthia Grey
The Gingham Girl
Alias the Lone Wolf as Eve de Montalais

1926

North of 36 as Taisie Lockheart
The Show Off as Amy Fisher Piper Award
Fascinating Youth as Lois Wilson
The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan
Bluebeard's Seven Wives as Mary Kelly
Let's Get Married as Mary Corbin

1925

Irish Luck as Lady Gwendolyn
The Thundering Herd as Milly Fayre
Welcome Home as Nettie Prouty
The Vanishing American as Marion Warner
Rugged Water as Norma Bartlett

1924

Pied Piper Malone as Patty Thomas Award
Monsieur Beaucaire as Queen Marie of France
The Man Who Fights Alone as Marion
Icebound as Jane Crosby
Another Scandal as Beatrix Franklin

1923

Hollywood as Lois Wilson Award
The Covered Wagon as Molly Wingate Award
The Call of the Canyon as Carley Burch
To the Last Man as Ellen Jorth
Ruggles of Red Gap as Kate Kenner
Only 38 as Mrs. Stanley
Bella Donna as Patricia

1922

Manslaughter as Evans (Lydia's maid) Award
The World's Champion as Lady Elizabeth Award
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
Broad Daylight as Nora Fay
Without Compromise as Jean Ainsworth

1921

Miss Lulu Bett as Lulu Bett Award
What Every Woman Knows as Maggie Wylie
Midsummer Madness as Margaret Meredith
The Lost Romance as Sylvia Hayes
The Hell Diggers as Dora Wade

1920

What's Your Hurry? as Virginia MacMurran
Who's Your Servant? as Madeline Bancroft

1919

Too Much Johnson as Mrs. Billings
The End of the Game as Mary Miller
Gates of Brass as Margaret Blake
A Man's Fight as Mary Tompkins
The Best Man as Celia Hathaway
Come Again Smith as Lucy Stevens

1918

The Bells as Annette Award
Prisoners of the Pines as Rosalie Dufresne
Maid o' the Storm as Elaine Shackleford

1917

Alimony as Marjorie Lansing
Treason as Floria Natarre

1916

The Pool of Flame as Princess Beatrix
The Gay Lord Waring as Helen Von Gerold
The Silent Battle as Jane Loring
The Morals of Hilda as Marion
A Son of the Immortals as Joan Cameron
The Decoy
The Beckoning Trail as Mary Helton

1915

The Road to Paradise as Beatrix

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The Girl from Jones Beach
Bright Eyes

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