Florence Lawrence
Acting
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.
Born: January 1, 1886
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Known For
The Judgment of Solomon
"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It shared a split-reel with "Jephthah's Daughter, a Biblical Tragedy".
The Old-Fashioned Way
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Flo's Discipline
Flo is the headmistress at Dow's School for Boys (enrollment: 12). The boys get too rowdy at the dinner table, so she dismisses the popular, but permissive, assistant principal. But the boys sneak out and he teaches them outdoors, until Flo turns the garden hose on them and chases the boys into the ice-house, which she locks. After an hour, she sends a bucket of hot coffee in with the assistant principal, but she removes the ladder he uses, stranding him. After another hour, he agrees to surrender, and she releases the boys. He leaves, but love has bloomed in the interim.
Night Must Fall
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
The Country Doctor
While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Those Awful Hats
A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
A young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.
The Lonely Villa
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are well-equipped for breaking in. When the father finds out what is happening, he must race against time to get back home.
So Big!
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as (uncredited)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
as Mina (uncredited)
as The Sister
as Polly Barker
as Sylvia
as Katherine Nevin
as Isabel Thorne
as June Martin
as Florence the Governess
as Florence Dow
as Margie
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
as Mrs. Appleby
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
as Mary Williams
as The Mother
as Effie Hart
as The Object of Their Affection
as The Girl
as Mrs. Jones
as Rising Moon
as Nerada
as Alice's sister
as Extra
as The Princess
as Mrs. Harcourt
as Mabel Jarrett
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas
as Flora - Aunty's Ward
as Party Guest
as Katusha
as Wedding Guest
as Lady Helen
as Nellie Burton
as Woman in the Play
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Ross
as Veronica
as Mary Wilson
as The Maid
as Girl at Wedding
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Edwards
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
as Woman in Tenement
as Theatre Audience
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Mowbray
as Bank Customer / Landlady
as Woman
as Katharina
as Mrs. John Davis
as Gladys Penrose
as Ruth Simonson
as Tomboy Nellie
as Parthenia
as First Couple
as The Boer's Wife
as A Model
as Mrs. Bibbs
as At the Beach
as Woman
as Myrtle Vane
as The Lady