Birthday: Jan 01, 1886
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Florence Lawrence

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

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

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