Portrait of Lois Wilson

Acting

Lois Wilson

Career

Active from 1915 to 1949, busiest in 1919 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
94
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lois Wilson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    2.3, average 3.9
  • Crime
    2.0, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 8
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Silent Film 4
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Classic Film 4
  • 1930s 3
  • Black and White 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Good vs. Evil 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

122
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 51
The Aldrich Family
The Aldrich Family (1949)

TV show ยท as Alice Aldrich

The Girl from Jones Beach
The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mrs. Wilson

The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)

TV show

For Beauty's Sake
For Beauty's Sake (1941)

as Mrs. Lloyd Kennar

Nobody's Children
Nobody's Children (1940)

as Miss Jamieson

1930s

33 titles ยท average score 60
Life Returns
Life Returns (1935)
GoodWatch score 30

as Dr. Louise Stone

School for Girls
School for Girls (1934)

as Miss Cartwright

There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow (1934)

as Sophie White

Deluge
Deluge (1933)
GoodWatch score 53

as Helen Webster

Female
Female (1933)
GoodWatch score 72

as Harriet Brown

In the Money
In the Money (1933)

as Mary 'Lambie' Higginbottom

The Crash
The Crash (1932)
GoodWatch score 57

as Marcia Peterson

The Rider of Death Valley
The Rider of Death Valley (1932)

as Helen Joyce

The Expert
The Expert (1932)

as Nettie Minick

The Secrets of Wu Sin
The Secrets of Wu Sin (1932)

as Nona Gould

Seed
Seed (1931)
GoodWatch score 68

as Peggy Carter

Lovin' the Ladies
Lovin' the Ladies (1930)

as Joan Bently

1920s

56 titles ยท average score 64
The Gamblers
The Gamblers (1929)

as Catherine Darwin

Kid Gloves
Kid Gloves (1929)

as Ruth

New York
New York (1927)

as Marjorie Church

Alias the Lone Wolf
Alias the Lone Wolf (1927)

as Eve de Montalais

The Show Off
The Show Off (1926)
GoodWatch score 69

as Amy Fisher Piper

The Vanishing American
The Vanishing American (1925)
GoodWatch score 67

as Marion Warner

The Thundering Herd
The Thundering Herd (1925)

as Milly Fayre

Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
GoodWatch score 57

as Queen Marie of France

The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon (1923)
GoodWatch score 79

as Molly Wingate

The Call of the Canyon
The Call of the Canyon (1923)

as Carley Burch

Manslaughter
Manslaughter (1922)
GoodWatch score 56

as Evans (Lydia's maid)

Miss Lulu Bett
Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lulu Bett

1910s

28 titles
The End of the Game
The End of the Game (1919)

as Mary Miller

The Best Man
The Best Man (1919)

as Celia Hathaway

Love Insurance
Love Insurance (1919)

as Cynthia Meyrick

Gates of Brass
Gates of Brass (1919)

as Margaret Blake

Why Smith Left Home
Why Smith Left Home (1919)

as Marian

A Man's Fight
A Man's Fight (1919)

as Mary Tompkins

It Pays to Advertise
It Pays to Advertise (1919)

as Mary Grayson

The Bells
The Bells (1918)

as Annette

A Man's Man
A Man's Man (1917)

as Dolores Ruey

Alimony
Alimony (1917)

as Marjorie Lansing

Alone in the World
Alone in the World (1917)

Director, Story

The Pool of Flame
The Pool of Flame (1916)

as Princess Beatrix