Lois Wilson

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Lois Wilson (1924)

Lois Wilson (born June 28, 1894 in Pittsburgh , † March 3, 1988 in Reno , Nevada ) was an American actress .

Live and act

Wilson initially aspired to become a teacher. She got in touch with the film industry when she won the Miss Alabama title in 1915. This event was sponsored by the film production company Universal on the occasion of the opening of the film city Universal City.

Then she took on leading roles in various films for a decade and a half. She was best known in 1922 as Molly Wingate in the large-scale western The Caravan and in 1926 as Daisy Buchanan in the first film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby .

In 1928 she made her theater debut in Los Angeles . With the end of her film career, she went to New York in 1937 and continued her theater career there. Most recently, she acted several times in television series. She bequeathed all of her memorabilia to Kent State University , which then introduced a Lois Wilson Day in her honor.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1922: Women on the wrong track ( Manslaughter )
  • 1923: The caravan ( The Covered Wagon )
  • 1923: People of Two Worlds ( The Call of the Canyon )
  • 1924: Monsieur Beaucaire, the royal barber (Monsieur Beaucaire)
  • 1925: Prairie Devil ( The Thundering Herd )
  • 1925: The sinking of the red race ( The Vanishing American )
  • 1926: The Great Gatsby
  • 1927: In the shadow of the skyscrapers ( New York )
  • 1928: Lunapark ( Coney Island )
  • 1931: My children - my happiness ( Seed )
  • 1932: The ride into Death Valley ( The Rider of Death Valley )
  • 1932: The dud ( The Crash )
  • 1932: The Hell Garage ( The Devil Is Driving )
  • 1933: The boss is a beautiful woman ( female )
  • 1934: The boys from Paulsgasse ( No Greater Glory )
  • 1934: Laughing Eyes ( Bright Eyes )
  • 1935: Life Returns
  • 1949: Venus on the Beach ( The Girl from Jones Beach )
  • 1954–1955: Springfield Story ( The Guiding Light )

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Lois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1988
Place of death Reno (Nevada)