Florence Lawrence
- Acting
- January 1, 1886 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- December 28, 1938
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as "The First Movie Star", and was the first film actor to be named publicly. At the height of her fame in the 1910s, she was known as "The Biograph Girl" for work as one of the leading ladies in silent films from the Biograph Company. Lawrence appeared in almost 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career.
Known for
Filmography
- Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists · Self
- The Casting Couch
- Night Must Fall
- Yellow Dust
- Man on the Flying Trapeze · (uncredited)
- The Old-Fashioned Way · Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Secrets · Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- Sinners in the Sun
- So Big! · Mina (uncredited)
- The Hard Hombre · The Sister
- Homicide Squad
- Sweeping Against the Winds
- Gambling Wives · Polly Barker
- The Satin Girl · Sylvia
- The Unfoldment · Katherine Nevin
- The Love Craze · Florence
- The Face on the Screen
- Elusive Isabel · Isabel Thorne
- The Man Who Was Never Kissed · Florence Lloyd
- A Mysterious Mystery · Miss Lawrence
- Counterfeiters · Flo
- The Honor of the Humble · Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
- The Mad Man’s Ward · Florence
- The Great Universal Mystery · Self
- Her Ragged Knight · Flo - Bob's Ward
- A Singular Cynic · Flo Welton
- The Doctor’s Testimony · Florence Lund
- The Bribe
- The Disenchantment · Flo - the Maid
- The Pawns of Destiny · Flo
- The Little Mail Carrier · Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
- Diplomatic Flo · Flo
- The Honeymooners · Florence Blair
- The Stepmother · Flo
- The Law’s Decree · Flo
- The False Bride · Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
- The Romance of the Photograph · Flo
- The Coryphee · Florence
- A Girl and Her Money · Florence Kingsley
- Influence of Sympathy · The Wife
- Unto the Third Generation · Esther Stern
- His Wife’s Child · Flo
- The Spender · Flo
- The Girl O’ the Woods · Mab Hawkins
- The Closed Door · Florence Ashleigh
- Suffragettes Parade in Washington · Self
- The Lady Leone · Lady Leone Mervyn
- Sisters · Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
- The Redemption of Riverton · June Martin
- The Angel of the Studio · Roxie
- Betty’s Nightmare · Betty
- Tangled Relations · Florence the Governess
- The Advent of Jane · Dr. Jane Bixby
- Flo's Discipline · Florence Dow
- All for Love · Flo
- After All · Margie
- The Winning Punch · Nellie Wilson
- Her Cousin Fred · Flo Ballard
- The Chance Shot · Flo
- The Mill Buyers · Flo
- Taking a Chance · Mrs. Flo Mills
- The Players · Flo Lakewood
- In Swift Waters · Flo Armstrong
- Not Like Other Girls · Flo
- The Surgeon’s Heroism · Flo
- A Village Romance · Flo - the Country Girl
- Art Versus Music · Ethel Vernon
- A Girlish Impulse · Gladys Stevens
- A Head for Business · Phyllis Moore
- His Chorus Girl Wife · Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
- Aunt Jane’s Legacy · Bessie Elkins - the Niece
- One on Reno · Mrs. Appleby
- A Rural Conqueror · Marjorie Thorne
- The Maniac · Dora Elsmore
- The Slavey’s Affinity · Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
- The Matchmaker · Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
- The Life Saver · Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
- The Story of Rosie’s Rose · Rosie Carter
- Romance of Pond Cove · Florence Earle
- A Rebellious Blossom · Flo - The Rebellious Daughter