Florence Lawrence
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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Movies (50)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Night Must Fall
1937
Yellow Dust
1936
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as (uncredited)
1935
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1934
Secrets
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1933
Sinners in the Sun
1932
So Big!
as Mina (uncredited)
1932
The Hard Hombre
as The Sister
1931
Homicide Squad
1931
Sweeping Against the Winds
1930
Gambling Wives
as Polly Barker
1924
The Satin Girl
as Sylvia
1923
The Unfoldment
as Katherine Nevin
1922
The Love Craze
1918
The Face on the Screen
1916
Elusive Isabel
as Isabel Thorne
1916
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
as Florence Lloyd
1914
A Mysterious Mystery
as Miss Lawrence
1914
Counterfeiters
as Flo
1914
The Honor of the Humble
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
1914
The Mad Man’s Ward
1914
The Great Universal Mystery
as Herself
1914
Her Ragged Knight
as Flo - Bob's Ward
1914
A Singular Cynic
as Flo Welton
1914
The Doctor’s Testimony
as Florence Lund
1914
The Bribe
1914
The Disenchantment
as Flo - the Maid
1914
The Pawns of Destiny
as Flo
1914
The Little Mail Carrier
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
1914
Diplomatic Flo
as Flo
1914
The Honeymooners
as Florence Blair
1914
The Stepmother
as Flo
1914
The Law’s Decree
as Flo
1914
The False Bride
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
1914
The Romance of the Photograph
as Flo
1914
The Coryphee
as Florence
1914
A Girl and Her Money
as Florence Kingsley
1913
Influence of Sympathy
as The Wife
1913
Unto the Third Generation
as Esther Stern
1913
His Wife’s Child
as Flo
1913
The Spender
as Flo
1913
The Girl O’ the Woods
as Mab Hawkins
1913
The Closed Door
as Florence Ashleigh
1913
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
as Herself
1913
The Lady Leone
as Lady Leone Mervyn
1912
Sisters
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
1912
The Redemption of Riverton
as June Martin
1912
The Angel of the Studio
as Roxie
1912
Betty’s Nightmare
as Betty
1912