Lois Wilson (June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1988) was an American actress who worked during the silent film era. She also directed two short films and was a scenario writer.

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Friday, November 26, 2021. 5:00 PM.
 Lois Wilson   - Actress.

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Profile :

Born June 28, 1894, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Died March 3, 1988 (aged 93), Reno, Nevada, U.S.

Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Occupation Actress

Years active 1915–1952

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Introduction :

Lois Wilson (June 28, 1894 – March 3, 1988) was an American actress who worked during the silent film era. She also directed two short films and was a scenario writer.

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Early life :

Born to Andrew Kenley Wilson and Contance (née Coolige) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wilson's family moved to Alabama when she was still very young. She earned a degree from Alabama Normal College (now the University of West Alabama), and became a school teacher for young children, soon leaving to pursue a film career.

In 1915, Wilson moved to California after winning a beauty contest put on by Universal Studios and the Birmingham News. This pageant was the predecessor to the Miss Alabama/Miss America pageant system, and Wilson is considered the first Miss Alabama. Upon arriving in Hollywood, she auditioned and was hired by the Victor Film Company for several small film roles.

In 1916, she visited Chicago, where she met pioneer female film director Lois Weber, who gave her a small part in her film The Dumb Girl of Portici, which starred famed ballerina Anna Pavlova. Weber then took her to Los Angeles, where she was groomed for stardom and began playing leads opposite actors such as J. Warren Kerrigan and Frank Keenan.

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Career :

After appearing in several films at various studios, Wilson settled in at Paramount Pictures in 1919, where she remained until 1927. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922, and appeared in 150 movies. Her most recognized screen portrayals are Molly Wingate in The Covered Wagon (1923), in which she was well reviewed, and Daisy Buchanan in the silent film version of The Great Gatsby (1926). She acted opposite male stars such as Rudolph Valentino and John Gilbert.

Wilson played both romantic leads and character parts. Despite making a successful transition to sound, Wilson was dissatisfied with the roles she received in the 1930s, and she soon retired in 1941, making only three films after 1939. Lois ventured to Broadway and television following her final role in The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) with Ronald Reagan. Wilson played in the network soap operas The Guiding Light in 1951, The Secret Storm and The Edge of Night. She portrayed featured character roles.

Wilson was also the model of the official poster for "America Welcomes the World", the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Celebration, in 1926.

In 1934, her performance in No Greater Glory inspired a Birmingham, Alabama sculptor to create a monument for the city's celebration of World Peace Day.

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Personal life

She was once described as having a screen image of "the soft, marrying kind of woman"; in real life, however, she never married. She was chosen by Paramount Pictures to represent the motion picture industry at the British Empire Exposition of 1924. She was described as "a typical example of the American girl in character, culture and beauty".

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Death :

Lois Wilson died of pneumonia at the Riverside Hospital for Skilled Care in Reno, Nevada at the age of 93. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Her funeral service was conducted at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, California.

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Filmography :

The following is a list of films that Lois Wilson either directed, acted in, wrote or produced:

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Silent films :

The Palace of Dust (1915, Short) as Beatrix

The New Adventures of Terence O'Rourke (1915) as Beatrix

When a Queen Loved O'Rourke (1915, Short) as Beatrix

The Road to Paradise (1915, Short) as Beatrix

The Hypocrite (1915, Extant)

Langdon's Legacy (1916) as Pepita

The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916, Extant)

Married on the Wing (1916, Short) as Grace Darling

The Pool of Flame (1916) as Princess Beatrix

The Gay Lord Waring (1916) as Helen Von Gerold

Hulda the Silent (1916, Short) as Hulda Anderson

A Son of the Immortals (1916) as Joan Cameron

The Decoy (1916, Mutual film)

The Silent Battle (1916) as Jane Loring

He Wrote a Book (1916, Short) as Jennie

The Beckoning Trail (1916) as Mary Helton

Arthur's Desperate Resolve (1916, Short) as Sibly Grey

The White Man's Law (1916)

A Soul at Stake (1916, Short) as Clementina Fairwood

The Decoy (1916, Short, Universal film) as Felese

Her Chance (1916, Short) as Frances Martin

The Morals of Hilda (1916) as Marion

Green Eyes (1916, Short) as Julia

Alone in the World (1917, Lost, Short: wrote, directed)

The Whispered Name (1917, Short) as Madeline Evers

Black Evidence (1917, Short) as Mary

Won by Grit (1917, Short) as Teresa

Flames of Treachery (1917, Short) as Ruth Chalmers

Treason (1917) as Floria Natarre

Parentage (1917) as Mrs. Melton

Alimony (1917) as Marjorie Lansing

His Robe of Honor (1918) as Laura Nelson

The Turn of a Card (1918) as Cynthia Burdette

One Dollar Bid (1918) as Virginia Dare

Maid o' the Storm (1918) as Elaine Shackleford

A Burglar for a Night (1918) as Janet Leslie

The Bells (1918) as Annette

Prisoners of the Pines (1918) as Rosalie Dufresne

Three X Gordon (1918) as Dorrie Webster

A Man's Man (1918) as Dolores Ruey

The Drifters (1919, Lost) as The Girl

Come Again Smith (1919, Lost) as Lucy Stevens

The End of the Game (1919, Extant) as Mary Miller

Gates of Brass (1919, Lost) as Margaret Blake

The Best Man (1919, Lost) as Celia Hathaway

A Man's Fight (1919, Lost) as Mary Tompkins

Love Insurance (1919, Lost) as Cynthia Meyrick

Why Smith Left Home (1919, Incomplete, Library of Congress) as Marian

The Price Woman Pays (1919, Lost) as Louise

It Pays to Advertise (1919, Lost) as Mary Grayson

Too Much Johnson (1919, Lost) as Mrs. Billings

Who's Your Servant? (1920, Lost) as Madeline Bancroft

Thou Art the Man (1920, Lost) as Joan Farrant

The City of Masks (1920, Lost) as Miss Emsdale

What's Your Hurry? (1920, Extant, Gosfilmofond) as Virginia MacMurran

A Full House (1920, Lost) as Ottilie Howell

Burglar Proof (1920, Lost) as Laura Lowell

Midsummer Madness (1920, Extant, Library of Congress) as Margaret Meredith

What Every Woman Knows (1921, Lost) as Maggie Wylie

The City of Silent Men (1921, Lost) as Molly Bryant

The Lost Romance (1921, Incomplete, Library of Congress) as Sylvia Hayes

The Hell Diggers (1921, Lost) as Dora Wade

Miss Lulu Bett (1921, Extant, Library of Congress) as Lulu Bett

The World's Champion (1922, Incomplete, Library of Congress) as Lady Elizabeth

Is Matrimony a Failure? (1922, Lost) as Mabel Hoyt

Our Leading Citizen (1922, Lost) as Katherine Fendle, his fiancée

Manslaughter (1922, Extant, Library of Congress, George Eastman House) as Evans - Lydia's Maid

Without Compromise (1922, Lost) as Jean Ainsworth

Broad Daylight (1922, Lost) as Nora Fay

The Covered Wagon (1923, Extant, Paramount Pictures) as Molly Wingate

Bella Donna (1923, Extant, Gosfilmofond) as Patricia

Only 38 (1923, Lost) as Mrs. Stanley

A Man's Man (1923, Lost) as Lois Wilson

To the Last Man (1923, Extant, Gosfilmofond) as Ellen Jorth

Ruggles of Red Gap (1923, Lost) as Kate Kenner

The Call of the Canyon (1923, Extant, Gosfilmofond 2010) as Carley Burch

Pied Piper Malone (1924, 'Extant, Gosfilmofond) as Patty Thomas

Icebound (1924, Lost) as Jane Crosby

Another Scandal (1924, Lost) as Beatrice Vanderdyke

The Man Who Fights Alone (1924) as Marion

Monsieur Beaucaire (1924, Extant, Library of Congress) as Queen Marie of France

North of 36 (1924, Extant, Library of Congress) as Taisie Lockheart

Contraband (1925, Lost) as Carmel Lee

The Thundering Herd (1925, Lost) as Milly Fayre

Welcome Home (1925, Extant, Library of Congress) as Nettie Prouty

Marry Me (1925, Lost) (uncredited)

Rugged Water (1925; Lost) as Norma Bartlett

The Vanishing American (1925, Extant, Library of Congress) as Marion Warner

The King on Main Street (1925, Extant) as Hotel guest in lobby (cameo appearance) ( uncredited)

Irish Luck (1925, Extant) as Lady Gwendolyn

Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925 Lost) as Mary Kelly

Let's Get Married (1926, Extant, Library of Congress) as Mary Corbin

Fascinating Youth (1926) as Lois Wilson

The Show-Off (1926, Extant, Library of Congress) as Amy Fisher

The Great Gatsby (1926, Lost) as Daisy Buchanan

New York (1927, Lost) as Marjorie Church

Broadway Nights (1927, Lost) as Fanny Franchette

The Gingham Girl (1927) as Mary Thompson

Alias the Lone Wolf (1927, Extant, UCLA Film & TV, per IMDb) as Eve de Montalais

French Dressing (1927, Lost) as Cynthia Grey

Coney Island (1928) as Joan Wellman

Miss Information (1928, Short) as The Public Stenographer

Ransom (1928, Lost) as Lois Brewster

Sally's Shoulders (1928) as Sally

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Sound films :

On Trial (1928, Lost) as May Strickland

Object: Alimony (1928, Columbia, Lost) as Ruth Rutledge

Conquest (1928, Lost) as Diane Holden

A Bird in the Hand (1929, Short, Incomplete, reel#2) as The Wife

Kid Gloves (1929, Lost, IMDb) as Ruth

The Gamblers (1929, Lost) as Catherine Darwin

Her Husband's Women (1929, Short) as The Painter's Jealous Wife

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

Wedding Rings (1929,Lost) as Cornelia Quinn

For Love or Money (1930, Short, Extant UCLA unpreserved nitrate)

The Furies (1930, Lost) as Fifi Sands

Lovin' the Ladies (1930, Extant, Library of Congress) as Joan Bently

Temptation (1930, Extant, Library of Congress) as Julie

Once a Gentleman (1930, Lost) as Mrs. Mallin

Seed (1931) as Peggy Carter

The Age for Love (1931, Lost) as Sylvia Pearson

The Expert (1932, Extant, Library of Congress) as Nettie Minick

The Rider of Death Valley (1932, Extant) as Helen Joyce

Drifting Souls (1932, Extant) as Linda Lawrence

Divorce in the Family (1932, Extant) as Mrs. Shumaker

The Crash (1932, Extant) as Marcia Peterson

The Devil Is Driving (1932, Extant) as Nancy Evans

The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932, Extant) as Nona Gould

Law and Order (1932, Extant)

Obey the Law (1933, Extant, Library of Congress) as Grace Chester

Laughing at Life (1933) as Mrs. McHale

Deluge (1933, Extant) as Helen Webster

In the Money (1933) as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom

Female (1933, Extant) as Harriet

The Show-Off (1934, Extant) as Clara Harling

No Greater Glory (1934) as Nemeecsek's Mother

School for Girls (1934) as Miss Cartwright

There's Always Tomorrow (1934) as Sophie White

Ticket to a Crime (1934) as Elaine Purdy

Bright Eyes (1934) as Mary Blake

Life Returns (1935) as Dr. Louise Stone

Public Opinion (1935) as Mona Trevor / Anne Trevor

Society Fever (1935) as Portia Prouty

Born to Gamble (1935) as Paula Mathews

Cappy Ricks Returns (1935) as Florry Peasley

Your Uncle Dudley (1935) as Christine Saunders

The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936) as Mary Davis

Wedding Present (1936) as Laura Dodacker

Laughing at Trouble (1936) as Alice Mathews

Bad Little Angel (1939) as Mrs. Ellen Creighton

Nobody's Children (1940) as Miss Jamieson

For Beauty's Sake (1941) as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar

The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) as Mrs. Wilson

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