Lois Wilson

Personal Info

Birthday

June 26, 1894

Day of Death

1988-03-03

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Lois Wilson

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

Hollywood

Let's Get Married

Gates of Brass

The Covered Wagon

Manslaughter

The Vanishing American

Deluge

The Show of Shows

Filmography

1949
The Girl from Jones Beach
as Mrs. Wilson
1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar
1940
Nobody's Children
as Miss Jamieson
1939
Bad Little Angel
as Mrs. Ellen Creighton
1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Alice Mathews
Wedding Present
as Laura Dodacker
1935
Your Uncle Dudley
as Christine Saunders
Cappy Ricks Returns
as Florry Peasley
Society Fever
as Portia Prouty
Born to Gamble
as Paula Mathews
Public Opinion
as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor
Life Returns
as Dr. Louise Stone
1934
Bright Eyes
as Mary Blake
Ticket to a Crime
as Elaine Purdy
There's Always Tomorrow
as Sophie White
No Greater Glory
as Mother
School for Girls
as Miss Cartwright
The Show-Off
as Clara Harling
1933
Female
as Harriet Brown
In the Money
as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom
Deluge
as Helen Webster
Obey the Law
as Grace Chester
1932
The Secrets of Wu Sin
as Nona Gould
The Devil Is Driving
as Nancy Evans
The Crash
as Marcia Peterson
Divorce In The Family
as Mrs. Grace Shumaker
Drifting Souls
as Linda Lawrence
The Rider of Death Valley
as Helen Joyce
The Expert
as Nettie Minick
1931
The Age for Love
as Sylvia Pearson
Seed
as Peggy Carter
1930
Once a Gentleman
as Mrs. Malin
Temptation
as Julie
Lovin' the Ladies
as Joan Bently
The Furies
as Fifi Sands
1929
Wedding Rings
as Cornelia Quinn
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
The Gamblers
as Catherine Darwin
Her Husband's Women
as The Painter's Jealous Wife
Kid Gloves
as Ruth
1928
Conquest
as Diane Holden
On Trial
as May Strickland
Coney Island
as Joan Wellman
1927
French Dressing
as Cynthia Grey
Alias the Lone Wolf
as Eve de Montalais
Broadway Nights
as Fanny Franchette
New York
as Marjorie Church
1926
The Great Gatsby
as Daisy Buchanan
The Show Off
as Amy Fisher Piper
North of 36
as Taisie Lockheart
Fascinating Youth
as Lois Wilson
Let's Get Married
as Mary Corbin
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
as Mary Kelly
1925
Irish Luck
as Lady Gwendolyn
The Vanishing American
as Marion Warner
Rugged Water
as Norma Bartlett
Welcome Home
as Nettie Prouty
The Thundering Herd
as Milly Fayre
1924
The Man Who Fights Alone
as Marion
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Queen Marie of France
Another Scandal
as Beatrix Franklin
Icebound
as Jane Crosby
Pied Piper Malone
as Patty Thomas
1923
The Call of the Canyon
as Carley Burch
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Kate Kenner
To the Last Man
as Ellen Jorth
Hollywood
as Lois Wilson
Only 38
as Mrs. Stanley
Bella Donna
as Patricia
The Covered Wagon
as Molly Wingate
1922
Broad Daylight
as Nora Fay
Without Compromise
as Jean Ainsworth
Manslaughter
as Evans (Lydia's maid)
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
as Self
The World's Champion
as Lady Elizabeth
1921
Miss Lulu Bett
as Lulu Bett
The Hell Diggers
as Dora Wade
The Lost Romance
as Sylvia Hayes
What Every Woman Knows
as Maggie Wylie
Midsummer Madness
as Margaret Meredith
1920
What's Your Hurry?
as Virginia MacMurran
Who's Your Servant?
as Madeline Bancroft
1919
Too Much Johnson
as Mrs. Billings
A Man's Fight
as Mary Tompkins
Gates of Brass
as Margaret Blake
The Best Man
as Celia Hathaway
The End of the Game
as Mary Miller
Come Again Smith
as Lucy Stevens
1918
Prisoners of the Pines
as Rosalie Dufresne
The Bells
as Annette
Maid o' the Storm
as Elaine Shackleford
1917
Alimony
as Marjorie Lansing
Treason
as Floria Natarre
1916
The Morals of Hilda
as Marion
The Beckoning Trail
as Mary Helton
The Pool of Flame
as Princess Beatrix
The Silent Battle
as Jane Loring
A Son of the Immortals
as Joan Cameron
The Gay Lord Waring
as Helen Von Gerold
1915
The Road to Paradise
as Beatrix