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Lois Meredith

American actress (1897-1967)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ590775 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lois Meredith (alternative styling Loïs Mérédith) (June 26, 1897 – January 15, 1967) was a silent film and theatre actress.

Early years

Meredith was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Career

She infrequently appeared on the Broadway stage from 1911 to 1926, appearing in The Duchess (1911), Help Wanted (1914), The Czarina (1922), and Number 7 (1926). Meredith appeared in 22 films, of which 21 were made between 1914 and 1922, with a 15-years gap before her final uncredited minor film role in 1937.

Editorial summary

“Lois Meredith” enters the record as american actress (1897-1967). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Lois, Meredith and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1897, 1967, 1911, 1926—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Lois, Meredith and American.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Lois Meredith” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Lois, Meredith and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q590775. The first chronological checks are 1897, 1967, 1911 and 1926.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lois Meredith” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.