Lois Wilson

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Biography

A schoolteacher who became a stage actress . 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.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·director·writer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 28 June 1894
  • Place of birth
  • Pittsburgh
  • Death date
  • 1988-03-03
  • Death age
  • 94
  • Place of death
  • Reno· Nevada
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Education
  • University of West Alabama

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Sister of actress Diana Kane and Connie Lewis.

One of her life-long best friends was Gloria Swanson. Another was Edith Fellows.

WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922.

Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman.

Ex-sister-in-law of George Fitzmaurice.

Profiled in "Speaking of Silents: First Ladies of the Screen" by William Drew, 1997.

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