Florence Lawrence
Acting • Born 1886-01-01 – Died 1938-12-28
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.
Filmography
265 credits
Homicide Squad
Movie • 1931
Sweeping Against the Winds
Movie • 1930
Night Must Fall
Movie • 1937
The Necklace
Movie • 1909
The Curtain Pole
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Edwards
The Hard Hombre
Movie • 1931
The Sister
The Mended Lute
Movie • 1909
Rising Moon
Those Awful Hats
Movie • 1909
Theatre Audience
Lady Helen's Escapade
Movie • 1909
Lady Helen
Money Mad
Movie • 1908
Bank Customer / Landlady
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
A Drunkard's Reformation
Movie • 1909
Woman in the Play
Betrayed by a Handprint
Movie • 1908
Myrtle Vane
The Song of the Shirt
Movie • 1908
Woman
Resurrection
Movie • 1909
Katusha
Confidence
Movie • 1909
Nellie Burton
After Many Years
Movie • 1908
Mrs. John Davis
Her First Biscuits
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
Yellow Dust
Movie • 1936
The Taming of the Shrew
Movie • 1908
Katharina
An Awful Moment
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Mowbray
The Lure of the Gown
Movie • 1909
Veronica
Sinners in the Sun
Movie • 1932
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Bailey
The Girl and the Outlaw
Movie • 1908
Woman
Where the Breakers Roar
Movie • 1908
At the Beach
The Red Girl
Movie • 1908
The Red Girl
The Heart of O Yama
Movie • 1908
O'Yama
At the Altar
Movie • 1909
Girl at Wedding
A Smoked Husband
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Bibbs
Father Gets in the Game
Movie • 1908
First Couple
Romance of a Jewess
Movie • 1908
Ruth Simonson
The Call of the Wild
Movie • 1908
Gladys Penrose
The Feud and the Turkey
Movie • 1908
Nellie Caufield's Sister
The Reckoning
Movie • 1908
The Wife
The Country Doctor
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Harcourt
The Clubman and the Tramp
Movie • 1908
Bridget / Dinner Guest
Concealing a Burglar
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Brown
The Valet's Wife
Movie • 1908
Muse
The Test of Friendship
Movie • 1908
Jennie Colman
The Way of Man
Movie • 1909
Mabel Jarrett
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Movie • 1908
Calpurnia
Flo's Discipline
Movie • 1912
Florence Dow
The Christmas Burglars
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Martin
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Jones
The Helping Hand
Movie • 1908
Wedding Guest
The Honor of Thieves
Movie • 1909
Rachel Einstein
The Sacrifice
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Hardluck
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
One Touch of Nature
Movie • 1909
Mrs. John Murray
The Criminal Hypnotist
Movie • 1909
The Maid
The Salvation Army Lass
Movie • 1909
Mary Wilson
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
Movie • 1907
The Lady
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Movie • 1909
The Princess
Her Child's Honor
Movie • 1911
The Mother
The Old-Fashioned Way
Movie • 1934
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Movie • 1935
(uncredited)
The Automobile Thieves
Movie • 1906
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
Movie • 1908
Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
Two Memories
Movie • 1909
Party Guest
Sweet and Twenty
Movie • 1909
Alice's sister
Secrets
Movie • 1933
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Trying to Get Arrested
Movie • 1909
The Nanny
Not Like Other Girls
Movie • 1912
Flo
The Peachbasket Hat
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
The Slave
Movie • 1909
Nerada
The Zulu's Heart
Movie • 1908
The Boer's Wife
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
Movie • 1908
Cleopatra
Elusive Isabel
Movie • 1916
Isabel Thorne
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
So Big!
Movie • 1932
Mina (uncredited)
Mrs. Jones Entertains
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
Movie • 1907
Boone's Daughter
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
Movie • 1908
Unconfirmed Character
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Movie • 1908
Parthenia
The Devil
Movie • 1908
A Model
The Pirate's Gold
Movie • 1908
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Movie • 1909
The Ingrate
Movie • 1908
The Trapper's Wife
The Vaquero's Vow
Movie • 1908
Wedding Party / In Bar
The Planter's Wife
Movie • 1908
Tomboy Nellie
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
Movie • 1908
Salome
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
Movie • 1908
Juliet
The Stolen Jewels
Movie • 1908
Mrs. Jenkins
A Woman's Way
Movie • 1908
Flo
The Brahma Diamond
Movie • 1909
The Guard's Sweetheart
A Baby's Shoe
Movie • 1909
The Poor Mother
The Awakening of Bess
Movie • 1909
Bess
Lucky Jim
Movie • 1909
Wedding Guest
The Deception
Movie • 1909
Mabel Colton
The Girls and Daddy
Movie • 1909
Dr. Payson's First Daughter
Drive for a Life
Movie • 1909
Mignon
Jealousy and the Man
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jim Brooks
Eradicating Aunty
Movie • 1909
Flora - Aunty's Ward
Eloping with Auntie
Movie • 1909
Margie
His Ward's Love
Movie • 1909
The Reverend's Ward
His Wife's Mother
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
The Jilt
Movie • 1909
Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
Movie • 1907
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
Jones and His New Neighbors
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Jones
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
Movie • 1907
The Eternal Triangle
Movie • 1910
The Wife
Jane and the Stranger
Movie • 1910
Jane
The Call of the Circus
Movie • 1910
The Medicine Bottle
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Ross
A Game for Two
Movie • 1910
Mrs. Henderson
The Governor’s Pardon
Movie • 1910
Florence
The Irony of Fate
Movie • 1910
The Politician's Love Story
Movie • 1909
The Prussian Spy
Movie • 1909
The Maid
The Unfoldment
Movie • 1922
Katherine Nevin
The Broken Oath
Movie • 1910
The Note in the Shoe
Movie • 1909
Ella Berling
The Count of Montebello
Movie • 1910
The Heiress
His Second Wife
Movie • 1910
Debt
Movie • 1910
Nan’s Diplomacy
Movie • 1911
Nan
The Professor’s Ward
Movie • 1911
Edith - The Professor's Ward
A Show Girl’s Strategem
Movie • 1911
Ethel Lane
The Snare of Society
Movie • 1911
Mary Williams
Opportunity and the Man
Movie • 1911
Flora Hamilton
The Matchmaker
Movie • 1911
Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
The State Line
Movie • 1911
The Sheriff's Daughter
That Awful Brother
Movie • 1911
Florence
The Maniac
Movie • 1911
Dora Elsmore
The Life Saver
Movie • 1911
Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
A Troublesome Satchel
Movie • 1909
In Crowd
Those Boys!
Movie • 1909
The Maid
A Village Romance
Movie • 1912
Flo - the Country Girl
The Winning Coat
Movie • 1909
Lady-in-Waiting
The Road to the Heart
Movie • 1909
Mexican Woman
Through Jealous Eyes
Movie • 1911
Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Schneider
The Love Craze
Movie • 1918
Florence
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
Movie • 1909
Mary Flinn
One on Reno
Movie • 1911
Mrs. Appleby
The Roue’s Heart
Movie • 1909
Noblewoman
The Face on the Screen
Movie • 1916
The Slavey’s Affinity
Movie • 1911
Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
The Story of Rosie’s Rose
Movie • 1911
Rosie Carter
Vanity and Its Cure
Movie • 1911
Effie Hart
The Wife’s Awakening
Movie • 1911
The Wife
The Surgeon’s Heroism
Movie • 1912
Flo
A Wreath in Time
Movie • 1909
Mrs. John Goodhusband
The Wooden Leg
Movie • 1909
Claire
The Blind Man’s Tact
Movie • 1910
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
Movie • 1910
Mrs. George Rand
The Taming of Jane
Movie • 1910
Jane
Old Heads and Young Hearts
Movie • 1910
The Stage Note
Movie • 1910
The Nichols on a Vacation
Movie • 1910
Mrs. Nichols
Once Upon a Time
Movie • 1910
Mother Love
Movie • 1910
The Mother
Pressed Roses
Movie • 1910
Justice in the Far North
Movie • 1910
Florence
The Right of Love
Movie • 1910
The Miser’s Daughter
Movie • 1910
The Miser's Daughter
The Maelstrom
Movie • 1910
The New Shawl
Movie • 1910
Marie
A Reno Romance
Movie • 1910
Grace
The Mistake
Movie • 1910
Florence
The Senator’s Double
Movie • 1910
The Right Girl
Movie • 1910
Transfusion
Movie • 1910
Two Men
Movie • 1910
TheOrphan
The Winning Punch
Movie • 1910
The Tide of Fortune
Movie • 1910
After All
Movie • 1912
Margie
Gambling Wives
Movie • 1924
Polly Barker
The Satin Girl
Movie • 1923
Sylvia
The Advent of Jane
Movie • 1912
Dr. Jane Bixby
Age Versus Youth
Movie • 1911
Nora Blake
The Actress and the Singer
Movie • 1911
The Actress
Always a Way
Movie • 1911
Ruth Craven
Art Versus Music
Movie • 1911
Ethel Vernon
Her Cousin Fred
Movie • 1912
Flo Ballard
All for Love
Movie • 1912
Flo
The Angel of the Studio
Movie • 1912
Roxie
The Chance Shot
Movie • 1912
Flo
The Players
Movie • 1912
Flo Lakewood
The Redemption of Riverton
Movie • 1912
June Martin
His Wife’s Child
Movie • 1913
Flo
In Swift Waters
Movie • 1912
Flo Armstrong
The Girl O’ the Woods
Movie • 1913
Mab Hawkins
A Girl and Her Money
Movie • 1913
Florence Kingsley
Influence of Sympathy
Movie • 1913
The Wife
The Lady Leone
Movie • 1912
Lady Leone Mervyn
Sisters
Movie • 1912
Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
The Winning Punch
Movie • 1912
Nellie Wilson
Betty’s Nightmare
Movie • 1912
Betty
The Mill Buyers
Movie • 1912
Flo
Tangled Relations
Movie • 1912
Florence the Governess
The Closed Door
Movie • 1913
Florence Ashleigh
The Rosary
Movie • 1910
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
Movie • 1911
Bessie Elkins - the Niece
Duke de Ribbon Counter
Movie • 1911
Lillian de Mille
Taking a Chance
Movie • 1912
Mrs. Flo Mills
The Two Fathers
Movie • 1911
Gladys
All the World’s a Stage
Movie • 1910
The Doctor's Perfidy
Movie • 1910
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
Movie • 1908
Banquet Quest
Lest We Forget
Movie • 1909
The Little Rebel
Movie • 1911
Rosalind Trevaine
Her Generous Way
Movie • 1909
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
Movie • 1909
The Forest Ranger's Daughter
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
Movie • 1908
Lady Jane
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
Movie • 1908
A Fascinating Bachelor
Movie • 1911
The Nurse
During Cherry Time
Movie • 1911
Violet - the Country Girl
A Game of Deception
Movie • 1911
The Actress
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
Movie • 1908
Love's Stratagem
Movie • 1909
The Girl
A Good Turn
Movie • 1911
Florence
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
Movie • 1913
Herself
The Law’s Decree
Movie • 1914
Flo
The Spender
Movie • 1913
Flo
Diplomatic Flo
Movie • 1914
Flo
The Great Universal Mystery
Movie • 1914
Herself
The Bribe
Movie • 1914
The Doctor’s Testimony
Movie • 1914
Florence Lund
The False Bride
Movie • 1914
Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
The Honor of the Humble
Movie • 1914
Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
Unto the Third Generation
Movie • 1913
Esther Stern
The Honeymooners
Movie • 1914
Florence Blair
The Coryphee
Movie • 1914
Florence
The Disenchantment
Movie • 1914
Flo - the Maid
Her Ragged Knight
Movie • 1914
Flo - Bob's Ward
Counterfeiters
Movie • 1914
Flo
The Little Mail Carrier
Movie • 1914
Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
The Stepmother
Movie • 1914
Flo
The Mad Man’s Ward
Movie • 1914
Florence
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
Movie • 1914
Florence Lloyd
The Romance of the Photograph
Movie • 1914
Flo
The Pawns of Destiny
Movie • 1914
Flo
The Test
Movie • 1911
Miss Gillman
A Mysterious Mystery
Movie • 1914
Miss Lawrence
A Singular Cynic
Movie • 1914
Flo Welton
Her Humble Ministry
Movie • 1911
The Reformed Woman
Her Two Sons
Movie • 1911
The Younger Brother's Wife
The Hoyden
Movie • 1911
Gladys Weston
Her Artistic Temperament
Movie • 1911
Flo
His Chorus Girl Wife
Movie • 1911
Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
A Girlish Impulse
Movie • 1911
Gladys Stevens
His Friend, the Burglar
Movie • 1911
Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
A Head for Business
Movie • 1911
Phyllis Moore
Higgenses Versus Judsons
Movie • 1911
Freda Judson
His Bogus Uncle
Movie • 1911
The Object of Their Affection
A Rebellious Blossom
Movie • 1911
Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
A Rural Conqueror
Movie • 1911
Marjorie Thorne
The Sheriff and the Man
Movie • 1911
Flo
Romance of Pond Cove
Movie • 1911
Florence Earle
The Cord of Life
Movie • 1909
Woman in Tenement
What Drink Did
Movie • 1909
Mrs. Alfred Lucas
Tragic Love
Movie • 1909
The Maid / In Factory
Nursing a Viper
Movie • 1909
I Did It
Movie • 1909
The Time-Lock Safe
Movie • 1910
The Mother
Saul and David
Movie • 1909
The Lonely Villa
Movie • 1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Movie • 1909
The Judgment of Solomon
Movie • 1909
Tender Hearts
Movie • 1909
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