Florence Lawrence
January 1, 1886 (139 years old) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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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- 1998 · Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Self (archive footage)
- 1937 · Night Must Fall as
- 1936 · Yellow Dust as
- 1935 · Man on the Flying Trapeze as (uncredited)
- 1934 · The Old-Fashioned Way as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- 1933 · Secrets as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- 1932 · Sinners in the Sun as
- 1932 · So Big! as Mina (uncredited)
- 1931 · The Hard Hombre as The Sister
- 1931 · Homicide Squad as
- 1930 · Sweeping Against the Winds as
- 1924 · Gambling Wives as Polly Barker
- 1923 · The Satin Girl as Sylvia
- 1922 · The Unfoldment as Katherine Nevin
- 1918 · The Love Craze as
- 1916 · The Face on the Screen as
- 1916 · Elusive Isabel as Isabel Thorne
- 1914 · 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 as
- 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 Disenchantment as Flo - the Maid
- 1914 · The Bribe as
- 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
- 1913 · 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
- 1912 · 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 · Tangled Relations as Florence the Governess
- 1912 · The Advent of Jane as Dr. Jane Bixby
- 1912 · Flo's Discipline as Florence Dow
- 1912 · All for Love as Flo
- 1912 · After All as Margie
- 1912 · The Winning Punch as Nellie Wilson
- 1912 · Her Cousin Fred as Flo Ballard
- 1912 · The Chance Shot as Flo
- 1912 · The Mill Buyers as Flo
- 1912 · Taking a Chance as Mrs. Flo Mills
- 1912 · The Players as Flo Lakewood
- 1912 · In Swift Waters as Flo Armstrong
- 1912 · Not Like Other Girls as Flo
- 1912 · The Surgeon’s Heroism as
- 1912 · A Village Romance as Flo - the Country Girl
- 1911 · Art Versus Music as Ethel Vernon
- 1911 · A Girlish Impulse as Gladys Stevens
- 1911 · A Head for Business as Phyllis Moore
- 1911 · His Chorus Girl Wife as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
- 1911 · Aunt Jane’s Legacy as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
- 1911 · One on Reno as Mrs. Appleby
- 1911 · A Rural Conqueror as Marjorie Thorne
- 1911 · The Maniac as Dora Elsmore
- 1911 · The Slavey’s Affinity as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
- 1911 · The Matchmaker as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
- 1911 · The Life Saver as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
- 1911 · The Story of Rosie’s Rose as Rosie Carter
- 1911 · Romance of Pond Cove as Florence Earle
- 1911 · A Rebellious Blossom as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
- 1911 · Through Jealous Eyes as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
- 1911 · Her Two Sons as The Younger Brother's Wife
- 1911 · During Cherry Time as Violet - the Country Girl
- 1911 · The Snare of Society as Mary Williams
- 1911 · Always a Way as Ruth Craven
- 1911 · The Little Rebel as Rosalind Trevaine
- 1911 · Higgenses Versus Judsons as Freda Judson
- 1911 · Duke de Ribbon Counter as Lillian de Mille
- 1911 · The Professor’s Ward as Edith - The Professor's Ward
- 1911 · A Game of Deception as The Actress
- 1911 · The State Line as The Sheriff's Daughter
- 1911 · A Good Turn as
- 1911 · Her Humble Ministry as The Reformed Woman
- 1911 · That Awful Brother as Florence
- 1911 · A Fascinating Bachelor as The Nurse
- 1911 · The Sheriff and the Man as
- 1911 · The Hoyden as Gladys Weston
- 1911 · The Two Fathers as Gladys
- 1911 · Opportunity and the Man as Flora Hamilton
- 1911 · The Wife’s Awakening as The Wife
- 1911 · Her Child's Honor as The Mother
- 1911 · Her Artistic Temperament as Flo
- 1911 · The Actress and the Singer as The Actress
- 1911 ·