Florence Lawrence
Acting
- Born:
- 1886-01-01
- Died:
- 1938-12-28
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The Casting Couch
Night Must Fall
Yellow Dust
Man on the Flying Trapeze
The Old-Fashioned Way
Secrets
Sinners in the Sun
So Big!
The Hard Hombre
Homicide Squad
Sweeping Against the Winds
Gambling Wives
The Satin Girl
The Unfoldment
The Love Craze
The Face on the Screen
Elusive Isabel
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
A Mysterious Mystery
Counterfeiters
The Honor of the Humble
The Mad Man’s Ward
The Great Universal Mystery
Her Ragged Knight
A Singular Cynic
The Doctor’s Testimony
The Bribe
The Disenchantment
The Pawns of Destiny
The Little Mail Carrier
Diplomatic Flo
The Honeymooners
The Stepmother
The Law’s Decree
The False Bride
The Romance of the Photograph
The Coryphee
A Girl and Her Money
Influence of Sympathy
Unto the Third Generation
His Wife’s Child
The Spender
The Girl O’ the Woods
The Closed Door
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
The Lady Leone
Sisters
The Redemption of Riverton
The Angel of the Studio
Betty’s Nightmare
Tangled Relations
The Advent of Jane
Flo's Discipline
All for Love
After All
The Winning Punch
Her Cousin Fred
The Chance Shot
The Mill Buyers
Taking a Chance
The Players
In Swift Waters
Not Like Other Girls
The Surgeon’s Heroism
A Village Romance
Art Versus Music
A Girlish Impulse
A Head for Business
His Chorus Girl Wife
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
One on Reno
A Rural Conqueror
The Maniac
The Slavey’s Affinity
The Matchmaker
The Life Saver
The Story of Rosie’s Rose
Romance of Pond Cove
A Rebellious Blossom
Through Jealous Eyes
Her Two Sons
During Cherry Time
The Snare of Society
Always a Way
The Little Rebel
Higgenses Versus Judsons
Duke de Ribbon Counter
The Professor’s Ward
A Game of Deception
The State Line
A Good Turn
Her Humble Ministry
That Awful Brother
A Fascinating Bachelor
The Sheriff and the Man
The Hoyden
The Two Fathers
Opportunity and the Man
The Wife’s Awakening
Her Child's Honor
Her Artistic Temperament
The Actress and the Singer
His Friend, the Burglar
Vanity and Its Cure
Nan’s Diplomacy
The Test
A Show Girl’s Strategem
Age Versus Youth
His Bogus Uncle
The Count of Montebello
All the World’s a Stage
Pressed Roses
Debt
The Right Girl
The Taming of Jane
The Senator’s Double
Once Upon a Time
Irony of Fate
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
The Mistake
Old Heads and Young Hearts
The Call of the Circus
A Game for Two
The Nichols on a Vacation
A Reno Romance
The Eternal Triangle
The Doctor's Perfidy
Two Men
The New Shawl
The Maelstrom
The Rosary
His Second Wife
The Miser’s Daughter
Transfusion
The Stage Note
The Time-Lock Safe
The Broken Oath
Mother Love
The Governor’s Pardon
Jane and the Stranger
The Blind Man’s Tact
Justice in the Far North
The Tide of Fortune
The Right of Love
The Winning Punch
The Awakening of Bess
Lest We Forget
Her Generous Way
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
Love's Stratagem
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
Mr. Jones' Burglar
The Mended Lute
The Slave
Sweet and Twenty
Jealousy and the Man
Tender Hearts
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Country Doctor
The Necklace
The Way of Man
The Peachbasket Hat
Her First Biscuits
The Lonely Villa
Eradicating Aunty
What Drink Did
Two Memories
Eloping with Auntie
The Judgment of Solomon
Resurrection
The Jilt
A Baby's Shoe
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
The Note in the Shoe
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
Lucky Jim
Drive for a Life
Lady Helen's Escapade
A Troublesome Satchel
Confidence
The Winning Coat
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
Trying to Get Arrested
The Road to the Heart
A Drunkard's Reformation
Jones and His New Neighbors
The Medicine Bottle
The Deception
The Lure of the Gown
I Did It, Mamma
The Salvation Army Lass
The Roue’s Heart
The Wooden Leg
His Wife's Mother
The Prussian Spy
Saul and David
At the Altar
The Politician's Love Story
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The Curtain Pole
His Ward's Love
Tragic Love
A Wreath in Time
The Brahma Diamond
The Girls and Daddy
The Cord of Life
Those Awful Hats
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
The Criminal Hypnotist
Those Boys!
The Sacrifice
The Honor of Thieves
Mrs. Jones Entertains
One Touch of Nature
The Helping Hand
Mr. Jones at the Ball
The Christmas Burglars
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
An Awful Moment
The Test of Friendship
The Reckoning
The Feud and the Turkey
Money Mad
The Valet's Wife
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
The Clubman and the Tramp
A Woman's Way
The Ingrate
The Song of the Shirt
The Taming of the Shrew
The Pirate's Gold
After Many Years
Antony and Cleopatra
Concealing a Burglar
The Call of the Wild
Romance of a Jewess
The Planter's Wife
The Vaquero's Vow
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Father Gets in the Game
The Zulu's Heart
The Devil
The Stolen Jewels
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
A Smoked Husband
Where the Breakers Roar
The Heart of O Yama
The Red Girl
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
The Girl and the Outlaw
Betrayed by a Handprint
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
The Automobile Thieves