Florence Lawrence
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1886-01-01
Day of Death
1938-12-28 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Florence Lawrence
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
Acting
(1998)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(1937)
(1936)
(1935)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as (uncredited)
(1934)
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1933)
Secrets
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1932)
(1932)
So Big!
as Mina (uncredited)
(1931)
(1931)
The Hard Hombre
as The Sister
(1930)
(1924)
Gambling Wives
as Polly Barker
(1923)
The Satin Girl
as Sylvia
(1922)
The Unfoldment
as Katherine Nevin
(1918)
(1916)
(1916)
Elusive Isabel
as Isabel Thorne
(1914)
(1914)
The Little Mail Carrier
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
(1914)
A Mysterious Mystery
as Miss Lawrence
(1914)
The Pawns of Destiny
as Flo
(1914)
The Honeymooners
as Florence Blair
(1914)
The Honor of the Humble
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
(1914)
(1914)
Diplomatic Flo
as Flo
(1914)
The Law’s Decree
as Flo
(1914)
The Disenchantment
as Flo - the Maid
(1914)
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
as Florence Lloyd
(1914)
The False Bride
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
(1914)
The Doctor’s Testimony
as Florence Lund
(1914)
The Great Universal Mystery
as Herself
(1914)
The Coryphee
as Florence
(1914)
A Singular Cynic
as Flo Welton
(1914)
Counterfeiters
as Flo
(1914)
Her Ragged Knight
as Flo - Bob's Ward
(1914)
The Stepmother
as Flo
(1914)
(1913)
Unto the Third Generation
as Esther Stern
(1913)
The Spender
as Flo
(1913)
His Wife’s Child
as Flo
(1913)
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
as Herself
(1913)
Influence of Sympathy
as The Wife
(1913)
The Girl O’ the Woods
as Mab Hawkins
(1913)
The Closed Door
as Florence Ashleigh
(1913)
A Girl and Her Money
as Florence Kingsley
(1912)
Betty’s Nightmare
as Betty
(1912)
The Winning Punch
as Nellie Wilson
(1912)
The Angel of the Studio
as Roxie
(1912)
The Chance Shot
as Flo
(1912)
Tangled Relations
as Florence the Governess
(1912)
The Lady Leone
as Lady Leone Mervyn
(1912)
A Village Romance
as Flo - the Country Girl
(1912)
The Redemption of Riverton
as June Martin
(1912)
The Mill Buyers
as Flo
(1912)
In Swift Waters
as Flo Armstrong
(1912)
All for Love
as Flo
(1912)
Sisters
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
(1912)
The Players
as Flo Lakewood
(1912)
The Advent of Jane
as Dr. Jane Bixby
(1912)
Flo's Discipline
as Florence Dow
(1912)
After All
as Margie
(1912)
Taking a Chance
as Mrs. Flo Mills
(1912)
Her Cousin Fred
as Flo Ballard
(1912)
(1912)
Not Like Other Girls
as Flo
(1911)
His Bogus Uncle
as The Object of Their Affection
(1911)
The Life Saver
as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
(1911)
Always a Way
as Ruth Craven
(1911)
His Friend, the Burglar
as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
(1911)
The Test
as Miss Gillman
(1911)
The State Line
as The Sheriff's Daughter
(1911)
Art Versus Music
as Ethel Vernon
(1911)
The Matchmaker
as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
(1911)
Through Jealous Eyes
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
(1911)
Duke de Ribbon Counter
as Lillian de Mille
(1911)
The Snare of Society
as Mary Williams
(1911)
A Game of Deception
as The Actress
(1911)
The Slavey’s Affinity
as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
(1911)
That Awful Brother
as Florence
(1911)
The Little Rebel
as Rosalind Trevaine
(1911)
A Show Girl’s Strategem
as Ethel Lane
(1911)
A Rebellious Blossom
as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
(1911)
The Story of Rosie’s Rose
as Rosie Carter
(1911)
The Professor’s Ward
as Edith - The Professor's Ward
(1911)
(1911)
Her Humble Ministry
as The Reformed Woman
(1911)
Vanity and Its Cure
as Effie Hart
(1911)
(1911)
The Actress and the Singer
as The Actress
(1911)
Her Two Sons
as The Younger Brother's Wife
(1911)
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
(1911)
A Fascinating Bachelor
as The Nurse
(1911)
Her Child's Honor
as The Mother
(1911)
The Maniac
as Dora Elsmore
(1911)
A Girlish Impulse
as Gladys Stevens
(1911)
One on Reno
as Mrs. Appleby
(1911)
The Wife’s Awakening
as The Wife
(1911)
Age Versus Youth
as Nora Blake
(1911)
Romance of Pond Cove
as Florence Earle
(1911)
Her Artistic Temperament
as Flo
(1911)
A Head for Business
as Phyllis Moore
(1911)
A Rural Conqueror
as Marjorie Thorne
(1911)
His Chorus Girl Wife
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
(1911)
The Hoyden
as Gladys Weston
(1911)
Higgenses Versus Judsons
as Freda Judson
(1911)
Opportunity and the Man
as Flora Hamilton
(1911)
During Cherry Time
as Violet - the Country Girl
(1911)
Nan’s Diplomacy
as Nan
(1911)
The Two Fathers
as Gladys
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
A Game for Two
as Mrs. Henderson
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Jane and the Stranger
as Jane
(1910)
(1910)
The Miser’s Daughter
as The Miser's Daughter
(1910)
(1910)
The Time-Lock Safe
as The Mother
(1910)
The New Shawl
as Marie
(1910)
(1910)
The Eternal Triangle
as The Wife
(1910)
The Count of Montebello
as The Heiress
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
A Reno Romance
as Grace
(1910)
(1910)
The Nichols on a Vacation
as Mrs. Nichols
(1910)
(1910)
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
as Mrs. George Rand
(1910)
The Taming of Jane
as Jane
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Mother Love
as The Mother
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Two Men
as TheOrphan
(1910)
(1910)
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
The Honor of Thieves
as Rachel Einstein
(1909)
Jones and His New Neighbors
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
Resurrection
as Katusha
(1909)
His Ward's Love
as The Reverend's Ward
(1909)
A Drunkard's Reformation
as Woman in the Play
(1909)
The Cord of Life
as Woman in Tenement
(1909)
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
as Mrs. Schneider
(1909)
Confidence
as Nellie Burton
(1909)
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
The Note in the Shoe
as Ella Berling
(1909)
The Criminal Hypnotist
as The Maid
(1909)
The Mended Lute
as Rising Moon
(1909)
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as The Princess
(1909)
The Curtain Pole
as Mrs. Edwards
(1909)
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
Trying to Get Arrested
as The Nanny
(1909)
Sweet and Twenty
as Alice's sister
(1909)
(1909)
Mrs. Jones Entertains
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
as Mary Flinn
(1909)
The Lure of the Gown
as Veronica
(1909)
The Sacrifice
as Mrs. Hardluck
(1909)
The Salvation Army Lass
as Mary Wilson
(1909)
The Awakening of Bess
as Bess
(1909)
Tragic Love
as The Maid / In Factory
(1909)
The Road to the Heart
as Mexican Woman
(1909)
The Way of Man
as Mabel Jarrett
(1909)
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Harcourt
(1909)
One Touch of Nature
as Mrs. John Murray
(1909)
Jealousy and the Man
as Mrs. Jim Brooks
(1909)
The Medicine Bottle
as Mrs. Ross
(1909)
The Jilt
as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
(1909)
What Drink Did
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas
(1909)
Two Memories
as Party Guest
(1909)
(1909)
The Deception
as Mabel Colton
(1909)
The Peachbasket Hat
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
His Wife's Mother
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
The Slave
as Nerada
(1909)
Her First Biscuits
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
Love's Stratagem
as The Girl
(1909)
Lady Helen's Escapade
as Lady Helen
(1909)
Drive for a Life
as Mignon
(1909)
The Prussian Spy
as The Maid
(1909)
Eloping with Auntie
as Margie
(1909)
(1909)
(1909)
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
(1909)
Tender Hearts
as Extra
(1909)
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
Lucky Jim
as Wedding Guest
(1909)
The Wooden Leg
as Claire
(1909)
(1909)
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
The Brahma Diamond
as The Guard's Sweetheart
(1909)
(1909)
Those Boys!
as The Maid
(1909)
The Roue’s Heart
as Noblewoman
(1909)
A Troublesome Satchel
as In Crowd
(1909)
A Baby's Shoe
as The Poor Mother
(1909)
Those Awful Hats
as Theatre Audience
(1909)
The Girls and Daddy
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
(1909)
(1909)
At the Altar
as Girl at Wedding
(1909)
Eradicating Aunty
as Flora - Aunty's Ward
(1909)
(1909)
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
as Mrs. Jones
(1909)
A Wreath in Time
as Mrs. John Goodhusband
(1909)
The Winning Coat
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1908)
An Awful Moment
as Mrs. Mowbray
(1908)
The Planter's Wife
as Tomboy Nellie
(1908)
(1908)
Money Mad
as Bank Customer / Landlady
(1908)
The Test of Friendship
as Jennie Colman
(1908)
(1908)
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
as Banquet Quest
(1908)
The Zulu's Heart
as The Boer's Wife
(1908)
(1908)
The Vaquero's Vow
as Wedding Party / In Bar
(1908)
The Helping Hand
as Wedding Guest
(1908)
The Song of the Shirt
as Woman
(1908)
The Stolen Jewels
as Mrs. Jenkins
(1908)
The Heart of O Yama
as O'Yama
(1908)
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
(1908)
The Call of the Wild
as Gladys Penrose
(1908)
The Reckoning
as The Wife
(1908)
The Feud and the Turkey
as Nellie Caufield's Sister
(1908)
The Clubman and the Tramp
as Bridget / Dinner Guest
(1908)
The Valet's Wife
as Muse
(1908)
The Barbarian Ingomar
as Parthenia
(1908)
The Devil
as A Model
(1908)
Where the Breakers Roar
as At the Beach
(1908)
After Many Years
as Mrs. John Davis
(1908)
A Smoked Husband
as Mrs. Bibbs
(1908)
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
as Lady Jane
(1908)
The Ingrate
as The Trapper's Wife
(1908)
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
as Calpurnia
(1908)
Romance of a Jewess
as Ruth Simonson
(1908)
The Christmas Burglars
as Mrs. Martin
(1908)
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
as Unconfirmed Character
(1908)
Father Gets in the Game
as First Couple
(1908)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Katharina
(1908)
(1908)
The Girl and the Outlaw
as Woman
(1908)
(1908)
(1908)
Concealing a Burglar
as Mrs. Brown
(1908)
(1908)
The Red Girl
as The Red Girl
(1908)
Betrayed by a Handprint
as Myrtle Vane
(1908)
Mr. Jones at the Ball
as Mrs. Jones
(1908)
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
as Mrs. Bailey
(1907)
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
as The Lady
(1907)
(1907)
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
as Boone's Daughter
(1907)
(1906)