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.

Cast

Sweeping Against the Winds

Night Must Fall

The Curtain Pole

The Hard Hombre

The Mended Lute

Those Awful Hats

Theatre Audience

Lady Helen's Escapade

Bank Customer / Landlady

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

A Drunkard's Reformation

Woman in the Play

Betrayed by a Handprint

The Song of the Shirt

After Many Years

Mrs. John Davis

Her First Biscuits

The Taming of the Shrew

An Awful Moment

The Lure of the Gown

Sinners in the Sun

Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

The Girl and the Outlaw

Where the Breakers Roar

The Heart of O Yama

Girl at Wedding

A Smoked Husband

Father Gets in the Game

Romance of a Jewess

The Call of the Wild

The Feud and the Turkey

Nellie Caufield's Sister

The Country Doctor

The Clubman and the Tramp

Bridget / Dinner Guest

Concealing a Burglar

The Valet's Wife

The Test of Friendship

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Flo's Discipline

The Christmas Burglars

Mr. Jones at the Ball

The Helping Hand

The Honor of Thieves

Rachel Einstein

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

One Touch of Nature

Mrs. John Murray

The Criminal Hypnotist

The Salvation Army Lass

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath

The Cardinal's Conspiracy

Her Child's Honor

The Old-Fashioned Way

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze

The Automobile Thieves

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

Theckla, the Viking's Daughter

Sweet and Twenty

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Trying to Get Arrested

Not Like Other Girls

The Peachbasket Hat

The Zulu's Heart

The Boer's Wife

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

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Self (archive footage)

Mina (uncredited)

Mrs. Jones Entertains

Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

Boone's Daughter

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

Unconfirmed Character

Ingomar, the Barbarian

The Pirate's Gold

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

The Trapper's Wife

The Vaquero's Vow

Wedding Party / In Bar

The Planter's Wife

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

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

The Stolen Jewels

The Brahma Diamond

The Guard's Sweetheart

The Poor Mother

The Awakening of Bess

The Girls and Daddy

Dr. Payson's First Daughter

Drive for a Life

Jealousy and the Man

Mrs. Jim Brooks

Eradicating Aunty

Flora - Aunty's Ward

Eloping with Auntie

His Ward's Love

The Reverend's Ward

His Wife's Mother

Mary Allison - Frank's Sister

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

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

Jones and the Lady Book Agent

Jones and His New Neighbors

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

The Eternal Triangle

Jane and the Stranger

The Call of the Circus

The Medicine Bottle

The Governor’s Pardon

The Irony of Fate

The Politician's Love Story

The Prussian Spy

Katherine Nevin

The Broken Oath

The Note in the Shoe

The Count of Montebello

His Second Wife

Nan’s Diplomacy

The Professor’s Ward

Edith - The Professor's Ward

A Show Girl’s Strategem

The Snare of Society

Opportunity and the Man

Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess

The Sheriff's Daughter

That Awful Brother

Jessie Storm - the Local Girl

A Troublesome Satchel

A Village Romance

Flo - the Country Girl

The Winning Coat

Lady-in-Waiting

The Road to the Heart

Through Jealous Eyes

Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse

Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

The Roue’s Heart

The Face on the Screen

The Slavey’s Affinity

Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge

The Story of Rosie’s Rose

Vanity and Its Cure

The Wife’s Awakening

The Surgeon’s Heroism

A Wreath in Time

Mrs. John Goodhusband

The Blind Man’s Tact

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

Mrs. George Rand

The Taming of Jane

Old Heads and Young Hearts

The Nichols on a Vacation

Once Upon a Time

Justice in the Far North

The Right of Love

The Miser’s Daughter

The Miser's Daughter

The Senator’s Double

The Winning Punch

The Tide of Fortune

The Advent of Jane

Age Versus Youth

The Actress and the Singer

Art Versus Music

Her Cousin Fred

The Angel of the Studio

The Chance Shot

The Redemption of Riverton

His Wife’s Child

In Swift Waters

The Girl O’ the Woods

A Girl and Her Money

Florence Kingsley

Influence of Sympathy

Lady Leone Mervyn

Annie / Mary (twin sisters)

The Winning Punch

Betty’s Nightmare

The Mill Buyers

Tangled Relations

Florence the Governess

The Closed Door

Florence Ashleigh

Aunt Jane’s Legacy

Bessie Elkins - the Niece

Duke de Ribbon Counter

Lillian de Mille

Taking a Chance

The Two Fathers

All the World’s a Stage

The Doctor's Perfidy

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

The Little Rebel

Rosalind Trevaine

Her Generous Way

The Forest Ranger’s Daughter

The Forest Ranger's Daughter

Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

A Fascinating Bachelor

During Cherry Time

Violet - the Country Girl

A Game of Deception

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

Love's Stratagem

Suffragettes Parade in Washington

The Law’s Decree

The Great Universal Mystery

The Doctor’s Testimony

The False Bride

Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)

The Honor of the Humble

Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter

Unto the Third Generation

The Honeymooners

The Disenchantment

Her Ragged Knight

Flo - Bob's Ward

The Little Mail Carrier

Flo - the Little Mail Carrier

The Mad Man’s Ward

The Man Who Was Never Kissed

The Romance of the Photograph

The Pawns of Destiny

A Mysterious Mystery

A Singular Cynic

Her Humble Ministry

The Reformed Woman

The Younger Brother's Wife

Her Artistic Temperament

His Chorus Girl Wife

Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl

A Girlish Impulse

His Friend, the Burglar

Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

A Head for Business

Higgenses Versus Judsons

His Bogus Uncle

The Object of Their Affection

A Rebellious Blossom

Flo - The Rebellious Daughter

A Rural Conqueror

Marjorie Thorne

The Sheriff and the Man

Romance of Pond Cove

The Cord of Life

Woman in Tenement

Mrs. Alfred Lucas

The Maid / In Factory

Nursing a Viper

The Time-Lock Safe

The Lonely Villa

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

The Judgment of Solomon