Florence Lawrence
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1886
- Died
- December 28, 1938 (aged 52)
- Birthplace
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Movie
Night Must Fall
Movie
Yellow Dust
Movie
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Movie · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Secrets
Movie · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Sinners in the Sun
Movie
So Big!
Movie · as Mina (uncredited)
Homicide Squad
Movie
The Hard Hombre
Movie · as The Sister
Sweeping Against the Winds
Movie
Gambling Wives
Movie · as Polly Barker
The Satin Girl
Movie · as Sylvia
The Unfoldment
Movie · as Katherine Nevin
The Love Craze
Movie · as Florence
Elusive Isabel
Movie · as Isabel Thorne
The Face on the Screen
Movie
The Law’s Decree
Movie · as Flo
Diplomatic Flo
Movie · as Flo
The Great Universal Mystery
Movie · as Herself
The Bribe
Movie
The Doctor’s Testimony
Movie · as Florence Lund
The False Bride
Movie · as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
The Honor of the Humble
Movie · as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
The Honeymooners
Movie · as Florence Blair
The Coryphee
Movie · as Florence
The Disenchantment
Movie · as Flo - the Maid
Her Ragged Knight
Movie · as Flo - Bob's Ward
Counterfeiters
Movie · as Flo
The Little Mail Carrier
Movie · as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
The Stepmother
Movie · as Flo
The Mad Man’s Ward
Movie · as Florence
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
Movie · as Florence Lloyd
The Romance of the Photograph
Movie · as Flo
The Pawns of Destiny
Movie · as Flo
A Mysterious Mystery
Movie · as Miss Lawrence
A Singular Cynic
Movie · as Flo Welton
His Wife’s Child
Movie · as Flo
The Girl O’ the Woods
Movie · as Mab Hawkins
A Girl and Her Money
Movie · as Florence Kingsley
Influence of Sympathy
Movie · as The Wife
The Closed Door
Movie · as Florence Ashleigh
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
Movie · as Herself
The Spender
Movie · as Flo
Unto the Third Generation
Movie · as Esther Stern
Flo's Discipline
Movie · as Florence Dow
Not Like Other Girls
Movie · as Flo
A Village Romance
Movie · as Flo - the Country Girl
The Surgeon’s Heroism
Movie · as Flo
After All
Movie · as Margie
The Advent of Jane
Movie · as Dr. Jane Bixby
Her Cousin Fred
Movie · as Flo Ballard
All for Love
Movie · as Flo
The Angel of the Studio
Movie · as Roxie
The Chance Shot
Movie · as Flo
The Players
Movie · as Flo Lakewood
The Redemption of Riverton
Movie · as June Martin
In Swift Waters
Movie · as Flo Armstrong
The Lady Leone
Movie · as Lady Leone Mervyn
Sisters
Movie · as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
The Winning Punch
Movie · as Nellie Wilson
Betty’s Nightmare
Movie · as Betty
The Mill Buyers
Movie · as Flo
Tangled Relations
Movie · as Florence the Governess
Taking a Chance
Movie · as Mrs. Flo Mills
Her Child's Honor
Movie · as The Mother
Nan’s Diplomacy
Movie · as Nan
The Professor’s Ward
Movie · as Edith - The Professor's Ward
A Show Girl’s Strategem
Movie · as Ethel Lane
The Snare of Society
Movie · as Mary Williams
Opportunity and the Man
Movie · as Flora Hamilton
The Matchmaker
Movie · as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
The State Line
Movie · as The Sheriff's Daughter
That Awful Brother
Movie · as Florence
The Maniac
Movie · as Dora Elsmore
The Life Saver
Movie · as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
Through Jealous Eyes
Movie · as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
One on Reno
Movie · as Mrs. Appleby
The Slavey’s Affinity
Movie · as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
The Story of Rosie’s Rose
Movie · as Rosie Carter
Vanity and Its Cure
Movie · as Effie Hart
The Wife’s Awakening
Movie · as The Wife
Age Versus Youth
Movie · as Nora Blake
The Actress and the Singer
Movie · as The Actress
Always a Way
Movie · as Ruth Craven
Art Versus Music
Movie · as Ethel Vernon
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
Movie · as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
Duke de Ribbon Counter
Movie · as Lillian de Mille
The Two Fathers
Movie · as Gladys
The Little Rebel
Movie · as Rosalind Trevaine
A Fascinating Bachelor
Movie · as The Nurse
During Cherry Time
Movie · as Violet - the Country Girl
A Game of Deception
Movie · as The Actress
A Good Turn
Movie · as Florence
The Test
Movie · as Miss Gillman
Her Humble Ministry
Movie · as The Reformed Woman
Her Two Sons
Movie · as The Younger Brother's Wife
The Hoyden
Movie · as Gladys Weston
Her Artistic Temperament
Movie · as Flo
His Chorus Girl Wife
Movie · as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
A Girlish Impulse
Movie · as Gladys Stevens
His Friend, the Burglar
Movie · as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
A Head for Business
Movie · as Phyllis Moore
Higgenses Versus Judsons
Movie · as Freda Judson
His Bogus Uncle
Movie · as The Object of Their Affection
A Rebellious Blossom
Movie · as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
A Rural Conqueror
Movie · as Marjorie Thorne
The Sheriff and the Man
Movie · as Flo
Romance of Pond Cove
Movie · as Florence Earle
The Eternal Triangle
Movie · as The Wife
Jane and the Stranger
Movie · as Jane
The Call of the Circus
Movie
A Game for Two
Movie · as Mrs. Henderson
The Governor’s Pardon
Movie · as Florence
Irony of Fate
Movie
The Broken Oath
Movie
The Count of Montebello
Movie · as The Heiress
His Second Wife
Movie
Debt
Movie
The Blind Man’s Tact
Movie
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
Movie · as Mrs. George Rand
The Taming of Jane
Movie · as Jane
Old Heads and Young Hearts
Movie
The Stage Note
Movie
The Nichols on a Vacation
Movie · as Mrs. Nichols
Once Upon a Time
Movie
Mother Love
Movie · as The Mother
Pressed Roses
Movie
Justice in the Far North
Movie · as Florence
The Right of Love
Movie
The Miser’s Daughter
Movie · as The Miser's Daughter
The Maelstrom
Movie
The New Shawl
Movie · as Marie
A Reno Romance
Movie · as Grace
The Mistake
Movie · as Florence
The Senator’s Double
Movie
The Right Girl
Movie
Transfusion
Movie
Two Men
Movie · as TheOrphan
The Winning Punch
Movie
The Tide of Fortune
Movie
The Rosary
Movie
All the World’s a Stage
Movie
The Doctor's Perfidy
Movie
The Time-Lock Safe
Movie · as The Mother
The Necklace
Movie
The Curtain Pole
Movie · as Mrs. Edwards
The Mended Lute
Movie · as Rising Moon
Those Awful Hats
Movie · as Theatre Audience
Lady Helen's Escapade
Movie · as Lady Helen
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
A Drunkard's Reformation
Movie · as Woman in the Play
Resurrection
Movie · as Katusha
Confidence
Movie · as Nellie Burton
Her First Biscuits
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
The Lure of the Gown
Movie · as Veronica
At the Altar
Movie · as Girl at Wedding
The Country Doctor
Movie · as Mrs. Harcourt
The Way of Man
Movie · as Mabel Jarrett
The Honor of Thieves
Movie · as Rachel Einstein
The Sacrifice
Movie · as Mrs. Hardluck
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
One Touch of Nature
Movie · as Mrs. John Murray
The Criminal Hypnotist
Movie · as The Maid
The Salvation Army Lass
Movie · as Mary Wilson
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Movie · as The Princess
Two Memories
Movie · as Party Guest
Sweet and Twenty
Movie · as Alice's sister
Trying to Get Arrested
Movie · as The Nanny
The Peachbasket Hat
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
The Slave
Movie · as Nerada
Mrs. Jones Entertains
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie
The Brahma Diamond
Movie · as The Guard's Sweetheart
A Baby's Shoe
Movie · as The Poor Mother
The Awakening of Bess
Movie · as Bess
Lucky Jim
Movie · as Wedding Guest
The Deception
Movie · as Mabel Colton
The Girls and Daddy
Movie · as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
Drive for a Life
Movie · as Mignon
Jealousy and the Man
Movie · as Mrs. Jim Brooks
Eradicating Aunty
Movie · as Flora - Aunty's Ward
Eloping with Auntie
Movie · as Margie
His Ward's Love
Movie · as The Reverend's Ward
His Wife's Mother
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
The Jilt
Movie · as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
Mr. Jones' Burglar
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
Jones and His New Neighbors
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
The Medicine Bottle
Movie · as Mrs. Ross
The Politician's Love Story
Movie
The Prussian Spy
Movie · as The Maid
The Note in the Shoe
Movie · as Ella Berling
A Troublesome Satchel
Movie · as In Crowd
Those Boys!
Movie · as The Maid
The Winning Coat
Movie · as Lady-in-Waiting
The Road to the Heart
Movie · as Mexican Woman
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
Movie · as Mrs. Schneider
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
Movie · as Mary Flinn
The Roue’s Heart
Movie · as Noblewoman
A Wreath in Time
Movie · as Mrs. John Goodhusband
The Wooden Leg
Movie · as Claire
Lest We Forget
Movie
Her Generous Way
Movie
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
Movie · as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
Love's Stratagem
Movie · as The Girl
The Cord of Life
Movie · as Woman in Tenement
What Drink Did
Movie · as Mrs. Alfred Lucas
Tragic Love
Movie · as The Maid / In Factory
I Did It, Mamma
Movie
Saul and David
Movie
The Lonely Villa
Movie
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Movie
The Judgment of Solomon
Movie
Tender Hearts
Movie · as Extra
Money Mad
Movie · as Bank Customer / Landlady
Betrayed by a Handprint
Movie · as Myrtle Vane
The Song of the Shirt
Movie · as Woman
After Many Years
Movie · as Mrs. John Davis
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie · as Katharina
An Awful Moment
Movie · as Mrs. Mowbray
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
Movie · as Mrs. Bailey
The Girl and the Outlaw
Movie · as Woman
Where the Breakers Roar
Movie · as At the Beach
The Red Girl
Movie · as The Red Girl
The Heart of O Yama
Movie · as O'Yama
A Smoked Husband
Movie · as Mrs. Bibbs
Father Gets in the Game
Movie · as First Couple
Romance of a Jewess
Movie · as Ruth Simonson
The Call of the Wild
Movie · as Gladys Penrose
The Feud and the Turkey
Movie · as Nellie Caufield's Sister
The Reckoning
Movie · as The Wife
The Clubman and the Tramp
Movie · as Bridget / Dinner Guest
Concealing a Burglar
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
The Valet's Wife
Movie · as Muse
The Test of Friendship
Movie · as Jennie Colman
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Movie · as Calpurnia
The Christmas Burglars
Movie · as Mrs. Martin
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Movie · as Mrs. Jones
The Helping Hand
Movie · as Wedding Guest
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
Movie · as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
The Zulu's Heart
Movie · as The Boer's Wife
Antony and Cleopatra
Movie · as Cleopatra
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
Movie · as Unconfirmed Character
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Movie · as Parthenia
The Devil
Movie · as A Model
The Pirate's Gold
Movie
The Ingrate
Movie · as The Trapper's Wife
The Vaquero's Vow
Movie · as Wedding Party / In Bar
The Planter's Wife
Movie · as Tomboy Nellie
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
Movie · as Salome
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
Movie · as Juliet
The Stolen Jewels
Movie · as Mrs. Jenkins
A Woman's Way
Movie · as Flo
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
Movie · as Banquet Quest
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
Movie · as Lady Jane
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
Movie
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
Movie
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
Movie · as The Lady
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
Movie · as Boone's Daughter
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
Movie
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
Movie
The Automobile Thieves
Movie