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