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

Betrayed by a Handprint

The Song of the Shirt

A Drunkard's Reformation

Woman in the Play

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

The Girl and the Outlaw

Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

The Heart of O Yama

Where the Breakers Roar

Girl at Wedding

A Smoked Husband

Father Gets in the Game

Romance of a Jewess

The Call of the Wild

Concealing a Burglar

The Clubman and the Tramp

Bridget / Dinner Guest

The Valet's Wife

The Feud and the Turkey

Nellie Caufield's Sister

The Test of Friendship

The Country Doctor

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Flo's Discipline

The Christmas Burglars

Mr. Jones at the Ball

The Helping Hand

One Touch of Nature

Mrs. John Murray

The Honor of Thieves

Rachel Einstein

The Criminal Hypnotist

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

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 Trapper's Wife

The Pirate's Gold

The Planter's Wife

1776, or The Hessian Renegades

The Vaquero's Vow

Wedding Party / In Bar

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

Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils

The Stolen Jewels

The Awakening of Bess

The Poor Mother

The Brahma Diamond

The Guard's Sweetheart

The Girls and Daddy

Dr. Payson's First Daughter

Drive for a Life

Eloping with Auntie

Eradicating Aunty

Flora - Aunty's Ward

His Ward's Love

The Reverend's Ward

His Wife's Mother

Jealousy and the Man

Mrs. Jim Brooks

Mary Allison - Frank's Sister

Jones and His New Neighbors

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

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

Jones and the Lady Book Agent

Mr. Jones’ Burglar

The Medicine Bottle

Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

The Note in the Shoe

The Broken Oath

The Call of the Circus

The Count of Montebello

The Eternal Triangle

The Governor’s Pardon

His Second Wife

The Irony of Fate

Jane and the Stranger

The Politician's Love Story

The Prussian Spy

Katherine Nevin

Jessie Storm - the Local Girl

Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess

Nan’s Diplomacy

Opportunity and the Man

The Professor’s Ward

Edith - The Professor's Ward

A Show Girl’s Strategem

The Snare of Society

The Slavey’s Affinity

Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge

The Sheriff's Daughter

The Story of Rosie’s Rose

That Awful Brother

Through Jealous Eyes

Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse

The Road to the Heart

The Roue’s Heart

Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

Vanity and Its Cure

The Wife’s Awakening

The Surgeon’s Heroism

A Village Romance

Flo - the Country Girl

The Face on the Screen

Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

A Troublesome Satchel

The Winning Coat

Lady-in-Waiting

A Wreath in Time

Mrs. John Goodhusband

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

Mrs. George Rand

The Blind Man’s Tact

Justice in the Far North

The Miser’s Daughter

The Miser's Daughter

The Nichols on a Vacation

Old Heads and Young Hearts

Once Upon a Time

The Right of Love

The Senator’s Double

The Taming of Jane

The Tide of Fortune

The Winning Punch

The Advent of Jane

The Actress and the Singer

Age Versus Youth

Art Versus Music

The Angel of the Studio

Betty’s Nightmare

The Chance Shot

Her Cousin Fred

In Swift Waters

Lady Leone Mervyn

The Mill Buyers

The Redemption of Riverton

Annie / Mary (twin sisters)

Tangled Relations

Florence the Governess

The Winning Punch

The Closed Door

Florence Ashleigh

A Girl and Her Money

Florence Kingsley

The Girl O’ the Woods

His Wife’s Child

Influence of Sympathy

The Little Rebel

Rosalind Trevaine

The Two Fathers

Taking a Chance

Aunt Jane’s Legacy

Bessie Elkins - the Niece

Duke de Ribbon Counter

Lillian de Mille

The Doctor's Perfidy

The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy

The Forest Ranger’s Daughter

The Forest Ranger's Daughter

Her Generous Way

Love's Stratagem

All the World’s a Stage

During Cherry Time

Violet - the Country Girl

A Fascinating Bachelor

A Game of Deception

Suffragettes Parade in Washington

Unto the Third Generation

The Disenchantment

The Doctor’s Testimony

The False Bride

Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)

The Great Universal Mystery

Her Ragged Knight

Flo - Bob's Ward

The Honeymooners

The Honor of the Humble

Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter

The Law’s Decree

The Little Mail Carrier

Flo - the Little Mail Carrier

The Mad Man’s Ward

The Man Who Was Never Kissed

A Mysterious Mystery

The Pawns of Destiny

The Romance of the Photograph

A Singular Cynic

A Head for Business

Her Artistic Temperament

Her Humble Ministry

The Reformed Woman

The Younger Brother's Wife

Higgenses Versus Judsons

His Bogus Uncle

The Object of Their Affection

His Friend, the Burglar

Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

His Chorus Girl Wife

Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl

A Girlish Impulse

A Rebellious Blossom

Flo - The Rebellious Daughter

Romance of Pond Cove

A Rural Conqueror

Marjorie Thorne

The Sheriff and the Man

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