
Lois Wilson
Known for Acting · 124 credits
- Born
- 1894-06-26
- Died
- 1988-03-03
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (2)
Movies (122)

Object: Alimony
1928
as Ruth Rutledge

Burglar Proof
1920
as Laura Lowell

Love Insurance
1919
as Cynthia Meyrick

The Drifters
1919
as The Girl

New York
1927
as Marjorie Church

The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

The Vanishing American
1925
as Marion Warner

No Greater Glory
1934
as Mother

Bella Donna
1923
as Patricia

French Dressing
1927
as Cynthia Grey

Miss Lulu Bett
1921
as Lulu Bett

School for Girls
1934
as Miss Cartwright

The Show Off
1926
as Amy Fisher Piper

Contraband
1925
as Carmel Lee

Wedding Rings
1929
as Cornelia Quinn

Gates of Brass
1919
as Margaret Blake

The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
as Mary Davis

The Gamblers
1929
as Catherine Darwin

In the Money
1933
as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom

Your Uncle Dudley
1935
as Christine Saunders

Bright Eyes
1934
as Mary Blake

The Bells
1918
as Annette

Life Returns
1935
as Dr. Louise Stone

A Burglar for a Night
1918
as Janet Leslie

A Full House
1920
as Ottilie Howell

The City of Silent Men
1921
as Molly Bryant

The Thundering Herd
1925
as Milly Fayre

Why Smith Left Home
1919
as Marian

Thou Art the Man
1920
as Joan Farrant

His Robe of Honor
1918
as Laura Nelson

Three X Gordon
1918
as Dorrie Webster

Wedding Present
1936
as Laura Dodacker

The Decoy
1916

Divorce In The Family
1932
as Mrs. Grace Shumaker
The Road to Paradise
1915
as Beatrix

Obey the Law
1933
as Grace Chester

Fascinating Youth
1926
as Lois Wilson

The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Mrs. Wilson

The Covered Wagon
1923
as Molly Wingate

Who's Your Servant?
1920
as Madeline Bancroft

Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922
as Mabel Hoyt

The Show-Off
1934
as Clara Harling

Manslaughter
1922
as Evans (Lydia's maid)

The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
as Nona Gould

Female
1933
as Harriet Brown

Bad Little Angel
1939
as Mrs. Ellen Creighton

The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Nancy Evans

Kid Gloves
1929
as Ruth

The Great Gatsby
1926
as Daisy Buchanan

It Pays to Advertise
1919
as Mary Grayson

Alias the Lone Wolf
1927
as Eve de Montalais

Monsieur Beaucaire
1924
as Queen Marie of France
Public Opinion
1935
as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor

The Hell Diggers
1921
as Dora Wade

Sally's Shoulders
1928
as Sally

Seed
1931
as Peggy Carter

Deluge
1933
as Helen Webster

Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Alice Mathews

The Man Who Fights Alone
1924
as Marion

Another Scandal
1924
as Beatrix Franklin

The Crash
1932
as Marcia Peterson

Ruggles of Red Gap
1923
as Kate Kenner

What Every Woman Knows
1921
as Maggie Wylie

For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar

The Morals of Hilda
1916
as Marion

To the Last Man
1923
as Ellen Jorth

Broadway Nights
1927
as Fanny Franchette

The Call of the Canyon
1923
as Carley Burch

Ticket to a Crime
1934
as Elaine Purdy

Society Fever
1935
as Portia Prouty

Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1926
as Mary Kelly

The Best Man
1919
as Celia Hathaway

A Man's Man
1917
as Dolores Ruey

Pied Piper Malone
1924
as Patty Thomas

Hollywood
1923
as Lois Wilson

Midsummer Madness
1921
as Margaret Meredith

There's Always Tomorrow
1934
as Sophie White

The Lost Romance
1921
as Sylvia Hayes

Our Leading Citizen
1922
as Katherine Fendle - His Fiancee

The Rider of Death Valley
1932
as Helen Joyce

The Expert
1932
as Nettie Minick

A Man's Fight
1919
as Mary Tompkins

The Age for Love
1931
as Sylvia Pearson

The Turn of a Card
1918
as Cynthia Burdette
Her Husband's Women
1929
as The Painter's Jealous Wife
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
as Florry Peasley

Too Much Johnson
1919
as Mrs. Billings

Welcome Home
1925
as Nettie Prouty

The City of Masks
1920
as Miss Emsdale

On Trial
1928
as May Strickland

Drifting Souls
1932
as Linda Lawrence

Irish Luck
1925
as Lady Gwendolyn

Rugged Water
1925
as Norma Bartlett

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
as Self

Treason
1917
as Floria Natarre

Without Compromise
1922
as Jean Ainsworth

Nobody's Children
1940
as Miss Jamieson

The End of the Game
1919
as Mary Miller

Alimony
1917
as Marjorie Lansing

North of 36
1926
as Taisie Lockheart

Maid o' the Storm
1918
as Elaine Shackleford

Broad Daylight
1922
as Nora Fay

Let's Get Married
1926
as Mary Corbin

Icebound
1924
as Jane Crosby

The Silent Battle
1916
as Jane Loring

Temptation
1930
as Julie

The Furies
1930
as Fifi Sands

The World's Champion
1922
as Lady Elizabeth

Lovin' the Ladies
1930
as Joan Bently

Born to Gamble
1935
as Paula Mathews

Come Again Smith
1919
as Lucy Stevens

The Pool of Flame
1916
as Princess Beatrix
Once a Gentleman
1930
as Mrs. Malin

Only 38
1923
as Mrs. Stanley

The Beckoning Trail
1916
as Mary Helton

The Gingham Girl
1927

Conquest
1928
as Diane Holden

Coney Island
1928
as Joan Wellman

Prisoners of the Pines
1918
as Rosalie Dufresne

What's Your Hurry?
1920
as Virginia MacMurran
About Lois Wilson
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. With 124 credits spanning from 1915 to 1949, Lois Wilson has appeared in 122 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lois Wilson Movies
- Object: Alimony (1928) — as Ruth Rutledge
- Burglar Proof (1920) — as Laura Lowell
- Love Insurance (1919) — as Cynthia Meyrick
- The Drifters (1919) — as The Girl
- New York (1927) — as Marjorie Church
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