Florence Lawrence

Known for Acting

Florence Lawrence's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 01, 1886

Deathday: December 28, 1938

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.

Actress

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1995

The Casting Couch

1937

Night Must Fall

1936

Yellow Dust

1935

Man on the Flying Trapeze

1934

The Old-Fashioned Way

1933

Secrets

1932

Sinners in the Sun

1932

So Big!

1931

Homicide Squad

1931

The Hard Hombre

1930

Sweeping Against the Winds

1924

Gambling Wives

1923

The Satin Girl

1922

The Unfoldment

1918

The Love Craze

1916

Elusive Isabel

1916

The Face on the Screen

1914

The Bribe

1914

The Coryphee

1914

Counterfeiters

1914

Diplomatic Flo

1914

The Disenchantment

1914

The Doctor’s Testimony

1914

The False Bride

1914

The Great Universal Mystery

1914

Her Ragged Knight

1914

The Honeymooners

1914

The Honor of the Humble

1914

The Law’s Decree

1914

The Little Mail Carrier

1914

The Mad Man’s Ward

1914

The Man Who Was Never Kissed

1914

A Mysterious Mystery

1914

The Pawns of Destiny

1914

The Romance of the Photograph

1914

A Singular Cynic

1914

The Stepmother

1913

The Closed Door

1913

A Girl and Her Money

1913

The Girl O’ the Woods

1913

His Wife’s Child

1913

Influence of Sympathy

1913

The Spender

1913

Suffragettes Parade in Washington

1913

Unto the Third Generation

1912

Flo's Discipline

1912

Not Like Other Girls

1912

The Surgeon’s Heroism

1912

A Village Romance

1912

The Advent of Jane

1912

After All

1912

All for Love

1912

The Angel of the Studio

1912

Betty’s Nightmare

1912

The Chance Shot

1912

Her Cousin Fred

1912

In Swift Waters

1912

The Lady Leone

1912

The Mill Buyers

1912

The Players

1912

The Redemption of Riverton

1912

Sisters

1912

Tangled Relations

1912

The Winning Punch

1912

Taking a Chance

1911

Her Child's Honor

1911

The Life Saver

1911

The Maniac

1911

The Matchmaker

1911

Nan’s Diplomacy

1911

One on Reno

1911

Opportunity and the Man

1911

The Professor’s Ward

1911

A Show Girl’s Strategem

1911

The Snare of Society

1911

The Slavey’s Affinity

1911

The State Line

1911

The Story of Rosie’s Rose

1911

That Awful Brother

1911

Through Jealous Eyes

1911

Vanity and Its Cure

1911

The Wife’s Awakening

1911

The Actress and the Singer

1911

Age Versus Youth

1911

Always a Way

1911

Art Versus Music

1911

The Little Rebel

1911

The Two Fathers

1911

Aunt Jane’s Legacy

1911

Duke de Ribbon Counter

1911

During Cherry Time

1911

A Fascinating Bachelor

1911

A Game of Deception

1911

A Good Turn

1911

The Test

1911

A Head for Business

1911

Her Artistic Temperament

1911

Her Humble Ministry

1911

Her Two Sons

1911

Higgenses Versus Judsons

1911

His Bogus Uncle

1911

His Friend, the Burglar

1911

His Chorus Girl Wife

1911

A Girlish Impulse

1911

The Hoyden

1911

A Rebellious Blossom

1911

Romance of Pond Cove

1911

A Rural Conqueror

1911

The Sheriff and the Man

1910

The Broken Oath

1910

The Call of the Circus

1910

The Count of Montebello

1910

Debt

1910

The Eternal Triangle

1910

A Game for Two

1910

The Governor’s Pardon

1910

His Second Wife

1910

The Irony of Fate

1910

Jane and the Stranger

1910

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

1910

The Blind Man’s Tact

1910

Justice in the Far North

1910

The Maelstrom

1910

The Miser’s Daughter

1910

The Mistake

1910

Mother Love

1910

The New Shawl

1910

The Nichols on a Vacation

1910

Old Heads and Young Hearts

1910

Once Upon a Time

1910

Pressed Roses

1910

A Reno Romance

1910

The Right Girl

1910

The Right of Love

1910

The Senator’s Double

1910

The Stage Note

1910

The Taming of Jane

1910

The Tide of Fortune

1910

Transfusion

1910

Two Men

1910

The Winning Punch

1910

The Rosary

1910

The Doctor's Perfidy

1910

All the World’s a Stage

1910

The Time-Lock Safe

1909

The Necklace

1909

The Curtain Pole

1909

The Mended Lute

1909

Those Awful Hats

1909

Lady Helen's Escapade

1909

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

1909

A Drunkard's Reformation

1909

Resurrection

1909

Confidence

1909

Her First Biscuits

1909

The Lure of the Gown

1909

At the Altar

1909

The Country Doctor

1909

The Way of Man

1909

One Touch of Nature

1909

The Honor of Thieves

1909

The Sacrifice

1909

The Criminal Hypnotist

1909

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

1909

The Salvation Army Lass

1909

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

1909

Two Memories

1909

Sweet and Twenty

1909

Trying to Get Arrested

1909

The Peachbasket Hat

1909

The Slave

1909

Mrs. Jones Entertains

1909

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

1909

The Awakening of Bess

1909

A Baby's Shoe

1909

The Brahma Diamond

1909

The Deception

1909

Lucky Jim

1909

The Girls and Daddy

1909

Drive for a Life

1909

Eloping with Auntie

1909

Eradicating Aunty

1909

His Ward's Love

1909

His Wife's Mother

1909

Jealousy and the Man

1909

The Jilt

1909

Jones and His New Neighbors

1909

Jones and the Lady Book Agent

1909

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

1909

The Medicine Bottle

1909

Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

1909

The Note in the Shoe

1909

The Politician's Love Story

1909

The Prussian Spy

1909

The Road to the Heart

1909

The Roue’s Heart

1909

Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

1909

Those Boys!

1909

Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

1909

A Troublesome Satchel

1909

The Winning Coat

1909

The Wooden Leg

1909

A Wreath in Time

1909

The Forest Ranger’s Daughter

1909

Her Generous Way

1909

Lest We Forget

1909

Love's Stratagem

1909

The Cord of Life

1909

What Drink Did

1909

Tragic Love

1909

Nursing a Viper

1909

I Did It

1909

Saul and David

1909

The Lonely Villa

1909

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

1909

The Judgment of Solomon

1909

Tender Hearts

1908

Money Mad

1908

Betrayed by a Handprint

1908

The Song of the Shirt

1908

After Many Years

1908

The Taming of the Shrew

1908

An Awful Moment

1908

The Girl and the Outlaw

1908

Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

1908

The Red Girl

1908

The Heart of O Yama

1908

Where the Breakers Roar

1908

A Smoked Husband

1908

Father Gets in the Game

1908

Romance of a Jewess

1908

The Call of the Wild

1908

Concealing a Burglar

1908

The Clubman and the Tramp

1908

The Valet's Wife

1908

The Feud and the Turkey

1908

The Reckoning

1908

The Test of Friendship

1908

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

1908

The Christmas Burglars

1908

Mr. Jones at the Ball

1908

The Helping Hand

1908

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

1908

The Zulu's Heart

1908

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

1908

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

1908

Ingomar, the Barbarian

1908

The Devil

1908

The Ingrate

1908

The Pirate's Gold

1908

The Planter's Wife

1908

The Vaquero's Vow

1908

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

1908

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

1908

The Stolen Jewels

1908

A Woman's Way

1908

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

1908

Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

1908

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

1908

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

1907

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath

1907

Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

1907

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

1907

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

1906

The Automobile Thieves