Lois Wilson (actress)
Lois Wilson ( born June 28, 1894 in Pittsburgh, † March 3, 1988 in Reno (Nevada ) ) was an American actress.
Life and work
Wilson initially aimed at the profession of a teacher. Contacts to the film industry, she received when she won the title of Miss 1915 Alabama. This event was sponsored by the film production company Universal occasion of the opening of the film City Universal City.
Then they took over one and a half decades leading roles in different films. She became known in 1922 as Molly Wingate especially in the large-scale Western The Caravan and 1926 as Daisy Buchanan in the first film adaptation of the novel The Great Gatsby.
In 1928 she debuted in Los Angeles at the theater. With the end of her film career in 1937, she went to New York where he continued her theatrical career. Most recently she performed several times with in television series. Your entire memorabilia bequeathed Kent State University, who then introduced her to honor a Lois Wilson Day.