At one time Lois Arnold was an actress for Thanhouser, according to a listing in the 1918 edition of the Motion Picture Studio Directory.
Lois Arnold
A member of the Thanhouser Company.
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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 133 words.
Lois Arnold was born in 1877 in St. Augustine, Florida. Early in her career she was on the stage and had her own vaudeville act. Later, she appeared as a character actress on the New York stage, in It Is to Laugh, Quicksand, and, in 1930, Overture. Her screen career included playing character parts for Biograph, Thanhouser, Famous Players, Fox, and Frohman.
The 1917 and 1918 Motion Picture News Studio Directory issues noted that she was 5’3” tall and had a dark complexion. At the time she was represented by Kirmmse, Inc., 105 West 40th Street, New York City. Lois Arnold died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 26, 1947.
Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “ARNOLD, Lois.” thanhouser.org/research/people/lois-arnold/