Lois Wilson

Known for: Acting

Born: 1894-06-26 – 1988-03-03 (aged 93)

From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Filmography (124)

TV
The Aldrich Family
1949
as Alice Aldrich
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Mrs. Wilson
TV★ 6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MOVIE★ 10.0
For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nobody's Children
1940
as Miss Jamieson
MOVIE★ 5.5
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Mrs. Ellen Creighton
MOVIE★ 8.0
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Alice Mathews
MOVIE★ 6.3
Wedding Present
1936
as Laura Dodacker
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
as Mary Davis
MOVIE★ 5.5
Your Uncle Dudley
1935
as Christine Saunders
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
as Florry Peasley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Society Fever
1935
as Portia Prouty
MOVIE★ 5.2
Born to Gamble
1935
as Paula Mathews
MOVIE★ 8.0
Public Opinion
1935
as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor
MOVIE★ 4.6
Life Returns
1935
as Dr. Louise Stone
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bright Eyes
1934
as Mary Blake
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ticket to a Crime
1934
as Elaine Purdy
MOVIE★ 8.0
There's Always Tomorrow
1934
as Sophie White
MOVIE★ 6.6
No Greater Glory
1934
as Mother
MOVIE★ 7.5
School for Girls
1934
as Miss Cartwright
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Show-Off
1934
as Clara Harling
MOVIE★ 6.3
Female
1933
as Harriet Brown
MOVIE★ 5.7
In the Money
1933
as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom
MOVIE★ 6.0
Deluge
1933
as Helen Webster
MOVIE★ 9.0
Obey the Law
1933
as Grace Chester
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932
as Nona Gould
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as Nancy Evans
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Crash
1932
as Marcia Peterson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Divorce In The Family
1932
as Mrs. Grace Shumaker
MOVIE★ 10.0
Drifting Souls
1932
as Linda Lawrence
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Rider of Death Valley
1932
as Helen Joyce
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Expert
1932
as Nettie Minick
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Age for Love
1931
as Sylvia Pearson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Seed
1931
as Peggy Carter
MOVIE★ 9.0
Once a Gentleman
1930
as Mrs. Malin
MOVIE★ 10.0
Temptation
1930
as Julie
MOVIE★ 5.5
Lovin' the Ladies
1930
as Joan Bently
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Furies
1930
as Fifi Sands
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wedding Rings
1929
as Cornelia Quinn
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Gamblers
1929
as Catherine Darwin
MOVIE★ 8.0
Her Husband's Women
1929
as The Painter's Jealous Wife
MOVIE★ 10.0
Kid Gloves
1929
as Ruth
MOVIE★ 8.0
Conquest
1928
as Diane Holden
MOVIE★ 7.0
Object: Alimony
1928
as Ruth Rutledge
MOVIE★ 7.0
On Trial
1928
as May Strickland
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sally's Shoulders
1928
as Sally
MOVIE★ 9.0
Coney Island
1928
as Joan Wellman
MOVIE★ 3.7
French Dressing
1927
as Cynthia Grey
MOVIE★ 10.0
Alias the Lone Wolf
1927
as Eve de Montalais
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Gingham Girl
1927
MOVIE★ 8.0
Broadway Nights
1927
as Fanny Franchette
MOVIE★ 9.0
New York
1927
as Marjorie Church
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Great Gatsby
1926
as Daisy Buchanan
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Show Off
1926
as Amy Fisher Piper
MOVIE★ 8.0
North of 36
1926
as Taisie Lockheart
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fascinating Youth
1926
as Lois Wilson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Let's Get Married
1926
as Mary Corbin
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1926
as Mary Kelly
MOVIE★ 4.0
Irish Luck
1925
as Lady Gwendolyn
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Vanishing American
1925
as Marion Warner
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rugged Water
1925
as Norma Bartlett
MOVIE★ 7.0
Welcome Home
1925
as Nettie Prouty
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Thundering Herd
1925
as Milly Fayre
MOVIE★ 8.0
Contraband
1925
as Carmel Lee
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Man Who Fights Alone
1924
as Marion
MOVIE★ 5.6
Monsieur Beaucaire
1924
as Queen Marie of France
MOVIE★ 8.0
Another Scandal
1924
as Beatrix Franklin
MOVIE★ 9.0
Icebound
1924
as Jane Crosby
MOVIE★ 6.5
Pied Piper Malone
1924
as Patty Thomas
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Call of the Canyon
1923
as Carley Burch
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ruggles of Red Gap
1923
as Kate Kenner
MOVIE★ 9.0
To the Last Man
1923
as Ellen Jorth
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hollywood
1923
as Lois Wilson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Only 38
1923
as Mrs. Stanley
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bella Donna
1923
as Patricia
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Covered Wagon
1923
as Molly Wingate
MOVIE★ 9.0
Broad Daylight
1922
as Nora Fay
MOVIE★ 7.0
Without Compromise
1922
as Jean Ainsworth
MOVIE★ 5.5
Manslaughter
1922
as Evans (Lydia's maid)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Our Leading Citizen
1922
as Katherine Fendle - His Fiancee
MOVIE★ 10.0
Is Matrimony a Failure?
1922
as Mabel Hoyt
MOVIE
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The World's Champion
1922
as Lady Elizabeth
MOVIE★ 5.9
Miss Lulu Bett
1921
as Lulu Bett
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Hell Diggers
1921
as Dora Wade
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Lost Romance
1921
as Sylvia Hayes
MOVIE★ 8.0
The City of Silent Men
1921
as Molly Bryant
MOVIE★ 10.0
What Every Woman Knows
1921
as Maggie Wylie
MOVIE★ 3.3
Midsummer Madness
1921
as Margaret Meredith
MOVIE★ 9.0
Burglar Proof
1920
as Laura Lowell
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Full House
1920
as Ottilie Howell
MOVIE★ 9.0
What's Your Hurry?
1920
as Virginia MacMurran
MOVIE★ 10.0
The City of Masks
1920
as Miss Emsdale
MOVIE★ 8.0
Thou Art the Man
1920
as Joan Farrant
MOVIE★ 9.0
Who's Your Servant?
1920
as Madeline Bancroft
MOVIE★ 9.0
Too Much Johnson
1919
as Mrs. Billings
MOVIE★ 8.0
It Pays to Advertise
1919
as Mary Grayson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Why Smith Left Home
1919
as Marian
MOVIE★ 9.0
Love Insurance
1919
as Cynthia Meyrick
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Man's Fight
1919
as Mary Tompkins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Gates of Brass
1919
as Margaret Blake
MOVIE
The Best Man
1919
as Celia Hathaway
MOVIE★ 5.3
The End of the Game
1919
as Mary Miller
MOVIE★ 8.0
Come Again Smith
1919
as Lucy Stevens
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Drifters
1919
as The Girl
MOVIE
Three X Gordon
1918
as Dorrie Webster
MOVIE
Prisoners of the Pines
1918
as Rosalie Dufresne
MOVIE
The Bells
1918
as Annette
MOVIE
A Burglar for a Night
1918
as Janet Leslie
MOVIE
Maid o' the Storm
1918
as Elaine Shackleford
MOVIE
The Turn of a Card
1918
as Cynthia Burdette
MOVIE
His Robe of Honor
1918
as Laura Nelson
MOVIE
Alimony
1917
as Marjorie Lansing
MOVIE
A Man's Man
1917
as Dolores Ruey
MOVIE
Treason
1917
as Floria Natarre
MOVIE
The Morals of Hilda
1916
as Marion
MOVIE
The Pool of Flame
1916
as Princess Beatrix
MOVIE
The Beckoning Trail
1916
as Mary Helton
MOVIE
The Silent Battle
1916
as Jane Loring
MOVIE
The Decoy
1916
MOVIE
A Son of the Immortals
1916
as Joan Cameron
MOVIE
The Gay Lord Waring
1916
as Helen Von Gerold
MOVIE
The Road to Paradise
1915
as Beatrix