Florence Lawrence

Actor Jan 1 (died age 52) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1906–1998 (92 year career)

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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 motio…

Known For

Film

Night Must Fall

6.9 1937

Film

The Lonely Villa

6.0 1909

Film

Those Awful Hats

Theatre Audience

Film

The Country Doctor

Mrs. Harcourt

Film

The Old-Fashioned Way

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Film

Man on the Flying Trapeze

(uncredited)

Film

So Big!

Mina (uncredited)

Film

The Mended Lute

Rising Moon

Filmography

Acting (265)

Movies (265)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Night Must Fall

Yellow Dust

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935

as (uncredited)

6.0

The Old-Fashioned Way

1934

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

7.1

Secrets

1933

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Sinners in the Sun

So Big!

as Mina (uncredited)

Homicide Squad

The Hard Hombre

as The Sister

Sweeping Against the Winds

1930

Gambling Wives

1924

as Polly Barker

The Satin Girl

1923

as Sylvia

The Unfoldment

1922

as Katherine Nevin

The Love Craze

1918

The Face on the Screen

1916

Elusive Isabel

1916

as Isabel Thorne

The Man Who Was Never Kissed

1914

as Florence Lloyd

The Great Universal Mystery

1914

as Herself

The Mad Man’s Ward

1914

The Honor of the Humble

1914

as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter

The Law’s Decree

1914

as Flo

The Doctor’s Testimony

1914

as Florence Lund

The Pawns of Destiny

1914

as Flo

A Mysterious Mystery

1914

as Miss Lawrence

Her Ragged Knight

1914

as Flo - Bob's Ward

The Disenchantment

1914

as Flo - the Maid

The Coryphee

1914

as Florence

The Honeymooners

1914

as Florence Blair

Counterfeiters

1914

as Flo

Diplomatic Flo

1914

as Flo

The Stepmother

1914

as Flo

The Bribe

1914

The Romance of the Photograph

1914

as Flo

The False Bride

1914

as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)

The Little Mail Carrier

1914

as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier

A Singular Cynic

1914

as Flo Welton

Influence of Sympathy

1913

as The Wife

Unto the Third Generation

1913

as Esther Stern

The Spender

1913

as Flo

A Girl and Her Money

1913

as Florence Kingsley

The Closed Door

1913

as Florence Ashleigh

His Wife’s Child

1913

as Flo

Suffragettes Parade in Washington

1913

as Herself

The Girl O’ the Woods

1913

as Mab Hawkins

The Redemption of Riverton

1912

as June Martin

The Angel of the Studio

1912

as Roxie

4.0

In Swift Waters

1912

as Flo Armstrong

The Advent of Jane

1912

as Dr. Jane Bixby

Taking a Chance

1912

as Mrs. Flo Mills

The Chance Shot

1912

as Flo

A Village Romance

1912

as Flo - the Country Girl

Her Cousin Fred

1912

as Flo Ballard

Sisters

1912

as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)

The Lady Leone

1912

as Lady Leone Mervyn

10.0

The Players

1912

as Flo Lakewood

Tangled Relations

1912

as Florence the Governess

Flo's Discipline

1912

as Florence Dow

7.0

After All

1912

as Margie

Not Like Other Girls

1912

as Flo

The Mill Buyers

1912

as Flo

The Winning Punch

1912

as Nellie Wilson

The Surgeon’s Heroism

1912

Betty’s Nightmare

1912

as Betty

All for Love

1912

as Flo

The Snare of Society

1911

as Mary Williams

A Game of Deception

1911

as The Actress

Aunt Jane’s Legacy

1911

as Bessie Elkins - the Niece

A Good Turn

1911

Romance of Pond Cove

1911

as Florence Earle

The Professor’s Ward

1911

as Edith - The Professor's Ward

A Head for Business

1911

as Phyllis Moore

The Life Saver

1911

as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl

The Little Rebel

1911

as Rosalind Trevaine

The Matchmaker

1911

as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess

The Actress and the Singer

1911

as The Actress

The Maniac

1911

as Dora Elsmore

One on Reno

1911

as Mrs. Appleby

The Slavey’s Affinity

1911

as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge

The Hoyden

1911

as Gladys Weston

The Story of Rosie’s Rose

1911

as Rosie Carter

Her Humble Ministry

1911

as The Reformed Woman

A Girlish Impulse

1911

as Gladys Stevens

Vanity and Its Cure

1911

as Effie Hart

That Awful Brother

1911

as Florence

The Test

1911

as Miss Gillman

8.0

The Wife’s Awakening

1911

as The Wife

Her Artistic Temperament

1911

as Flo

A Rebellious Blossom

1911

as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter

Her Two Sons

1911

as The Younger Brother's Wife

A Rural Conqueror

1911

as Marjorie Thorne

Age Versus Youth

1911

as Nora Blake

His Friend, the Burglar

1911

as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

His Chorus Girl Wife

1911

as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl

Her Child's Honor

1911

as The Mother

Art Versus Music

1911

as Ethel Vernon

Higgenses Versus Judsons

1911

as Freda Judson

Always a Way

1911

as Ruth Craven

A Fascinating Bachelor

1911

as The Nurse

A Show Girl’s Strategem

1911

as Ethel Lane

The State Line

1911

as The Sheriff's Daughter

Nan’s Diplomacy

1911

as Nan

The Sheriff and the Man

1911

His Bogus Uncle

1911

as The Object of Their Affection

During Cherry Time

1911

as Violet - the Country Girl

Through Jealous Eyes

1911

as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse

Duke de Ribbon Counter

1911

as Lillian de Mille

Opportunity and the Man

1911

as Flora Hamilton

The Two Fathers

1911

as Gladys

The Senator’s Double

1910

The Tide of Fortune

1910

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

1910

as Mrs. George Rand

The Irony of Fate

1910

The Nichols on a Vacation

1910

as Mrs. Nichols

The Call of the Circus

1910

The Eternal Triangle

1910

as The Wife

The Right of Love

1910

The Governor’s Pardon

1910

The Miser’s Daughter

1910

as The Miser's Daughter

The New Shawl

1910

as Marie

The Taming of Jane

1910

as Jane

The Blind Man’s Tact

1910

A Game for Two

1910

as Mrs. Henderson

The Count of Montebello

1910

as The Heiress

The Winning Punch

1910

The Stage Note

1910

Mother Love

1910

as The Mother

Once Upon a Time

1910

The Maelstrom

1910

Jane and the Stranger

1910

as Jane

Old Heads and Young Hearts

The Mistake

Debt

A Reno Romance

as Grace

Transfusion

1910

The Doctor's Perfidy

1910

Two Men

1910

as TheOrphan

The Right Girl

The Rosary

His Second Wife

The Broken Oath

All the World’s a Stage

1910

Pressed Roses

1910

The Time-Lock Safe

1910

as The Mother

Justice in the Far North

1910

Trying to Get Arrested

1909

as The Nanny

3.5

The Salvation Army Lass

1909

as Mary Wilson

4.0

A Drunkard's Reformation

as Woman in the Play

The Note in the Shoe

as Ella Berling

The Mended Lute

as Rising Moon

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

as Mrs. Jones

The Lonely Villa

The Curtain Pole

as Mrs. Edwards

Nursing a Viper

Jealousy and the Man

as Mrs. Jim Brooks

The Road to the Heart

1909

as Mexican Woman

5.0

The Forest Ranger’s Daughter

1909

as The Forest Ranger's Daughter

The Roue’s Heart

1909

as Noblewoman

4.5

The Brahma Diamond

1909

as The Guard's Sweetheart

1.5

The Awakening of Bess

1909

as Bess

Jones and His New Neighbors

as Mrs. Jones

Lucky Jim

as Wedding Guest

Mrs. Jones Entertains

1909

as Mrs. Jones

3.2

The Criminal Hypnotist

1909

as The Maid

2.0

Tragic Love

1909

as The Maid / In Factory

Tender Hearts

as Extra

Those Boys!

as The Maid

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1909

5.2

Eradicating Aunty

1909

as Flora - Aunty's Ward

Sweet and Twenty

as Alice's sister

Her Generous Way

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

1909

as The Princess

3.7

The Girls and Daddy

1909

as Dr. Payson's First Daughter

The Necklace

The Peachbasket Hat

as Mrs. Jones

Lady Helen's Escapade

as Lady Helen

Saul and David

The Wooden Leg

as Claire

The Slave

as Nerada

A Troublesome Satchel

as In Crowd

His Wife's Mother

as Mrs. Jones

A Baby's Shoe

as The Poor Mother

Eloping with Auntie

as Margie

Lest We Forget

The Jilt

as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister

What Drink Did

as Mrs. Alfred Lucas

Two Memories

as Party Guest

Her First Biscuits

as Mrs. Jones

I Did It

A Wreath in Time

as Mrs. John Goodhusband

The Country Doctor

as Mrs. Harcourt

The Honor of Thieves

as Rachel Einstein

At the Altar

as Girl at Wedding

The Prussian Spy

as The Maid

Resurrection

as Katusha

Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

as Mrs. Jones

Confidence

as Nellie Burton

The Medicine Bottle

as Mrs. Ross

Those Awful Hats

as Theatre Audience

Love's Stratagem

as The Girl

The Sacrifice

1909

as Mrs. Hardluck

4.0

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

1909

as Mrs. Jones

3.8

Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

as Mrs. Schneider

The Lure of the Gown

as Veronica

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

The Cord of Life

as Woman in Tenement

The Way of Man

as Mabel Jarrett

The Winning Coat

as Lady-in-Waiting

The Deception

as Mabel Colton

Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

as Mary Flinn

One Touch of Nature

as Mrs. John Murray

The Judgment of Solomon

1909

10.0

His Ward's Love

1909

as The Reverend's Ward

2.5

Drive for a Life

1909

as Mignon

1.5

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

1909

as Mrs. Jones

3.0

Jones and the Lady Book Agent

1909

as Mrs. Jones

2.5

The Politician's Love Story

1909

4.3

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

1908

The Song of the Shirt

1908

as Woman

3.6

Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

1908

as Lady Jane

The Helping Hand

1908

as Wedding Guest

2.0

The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen

1908

as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter

The Call of the Wild

as Gladys Penrose

The Vaquero's Vow

as Wedding Party / In Bar

3.5

The Test of Friendship

as Jennie Colman

A Smoked Husband

as Mrs. Bibbs

Ingomar, the Barbarian

1908

as Parthenia

3.0

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

1908

as Calpurnia

4.7

The Girl and the Outlaw

as Woman

The Valet's Wife

as Muse

Romance of a Jewess

as Ruth Simonson

The Zulu's Heart

as The Boer's Wife

The Christmas Burglars

1908

as Mrs. Martin

2.0

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

1908

as Salome

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

as Banquet Quest

The Devil

as A Model

The Red Girl

as The Red Girl

Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian

1908

as Cleopatra

2.5

Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet

1908

as Juliet

3.5

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

1908

3.0

Money Mad

1908

as Bank Customer / Landlady

4.8

Where the Breakers Roar

as At the Beach

After Many Years

as Mrs. John Davis

Concealing a Burglar

as Mrs. Brown

The Stolen Jewels

as Mrs. Jenkins

The Taming of the Shrew

1908

as Katharina

4.9

The Feud and the Turkey

1908

as Nellie Caufield's Sister

2.0

The Clubman and the Tramp

1908

as Bridget / Dinner Guest

An Awful Moment

as Mrs. Mowbray

A Woman's Way

The Pirate's Gold

The Planter's Wife

as Tomboy Nellie

The Ingrate

as The Trapper's Wife

2.0

The Heart of O Yama

1908

as O'Yama

1.5

Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

as Mrs. Bailey

The Reckoning

as The Wife

Betrayed by a Handprint

1908

as Myrtle Vane

2.9

Mr. Jones at the Ball

1908

as Mrs. Jones

4.1

Father Gets in the Game

1908

as First Couple

3.3

The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora

1908

as Unconfirmed Character

2.5

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath

1907

as The Lady

6.0

Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

1907

as Boone's Daughter

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

1907

The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines

1907

The Automobile Thieves

1906