Florence Lawrence
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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
Secrets
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Night Must Fall
So Big!
Mina (uncredited)
The Necklace
Confidence
Nellie Burton
Tender Hearts
Extra
The Unfoldment
Katherine Nevin
Resurrection
Katusha
The Spender
Flo
Sinners in the Sun
Homicide Squad
The Slave
Nerada
Ingomar, the Barbarian
Parthenia
Tragic Love
The Maid / In Factory
Nursing a Viper
A Girl and Her Money
Florence Kingsley
Two Memories
Party Guest
Two Men
TheOrphan
The Mended Lute
Rising Moon
The Lonely Villa
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Princess
The Jilt
Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
The Girl and the Outlaw
Woman
The Devil
A Model
Tangled Relations
Florence the Governess
The Old-Fashioned Way
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
The Maelstrom
The Criminal Hypnotist
The Maid
The Way of Man
Mabel Jarrett
The Honor of Thieves
Rachel Einstein
The Ingrate
The Trapper's Wife
The Honeymooners
Florence Blair
After Many Years
Mrs. John Davis
After All
Margie
The Satin Girl
Sylvia
Love's Stratagem
The Girl
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
Mrs. Jones
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
The Maniac
Dora Elsmore
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Mrs. Jones
His Wife’s Child
Flo
The Mistake
The Nichols on a Vacation
Mrs. Nichols
The Right Girl
Where the Breakers Roar
At the Beach
Sweet and Twenty
Alice's sister
The Reckoning
The Wife
A Drunkard's Reformation
Woman in the Play
The Taming of the Shrew
Katharina
The Song of the Shirt
Woman
Man on the Flying Trapeze
(uncredited)
The Players
Flo Lakewood
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
The Lady
The Great Universal Mystery
Herself
The Hard Hombre
The Sister
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
Salome
The Rosary
The Salvation Army Lass
Mary Wilson
The Zulu's Heart
The Boer's Wife
The Note in the Shoe
Ella Berling
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
Banquet Quest
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
Father Gets in the Game
First Couple
Her Humble Ministry
The Reformed Woman
The Road to the Heart
Mexican Woman
The Heart of O Yama
O'Yama
A Woman's Way
The Call of the Wild
Gladys Penrose
Lady Helen's Escapade
Lady Helen
The Feud and the Turkey
Nellie Caufield's Sister
One on Reno
Mrs. Appleby
The Clubman and the Tramp
Bridget / Dinner Guest
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
Cleopatra
Transfusion
A Smoked Husband
Mrs. Bibbs
Those Boys!
The Maid
Mrs. Jones Entertains
Mrs. Jones
The Lure of the Gown
Veronica
The Test
Miss Gillman
Taking a Chance
Mrs. Flo Mills
A Rural Conqueror
Marjorie Thorne
All the World’s a Stage
The Awakening of Bess
Bess
The Hoyden
Gladys Weston
The Country Doctor
Mrs. Harcourt
Her Ragged Knight
Flo - Bob's Ward
The Disenchantment
Flo - the Maid
Jealousy and the Man
Mrs. Jim Brooks
Trying to Get Arrested
The Nanny
Sisters
Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Calpurnia
The Prussian Spy
The Maid
Saul and David
Her First Biscuits
Mrs. Jones
In Swift Waters
Flo Armstrong
The Stolen Jewels
Mrs. Jenkins
The Brahma Diamond
The Guard's Sweetheart
Eloping with Auntie
Margie
Age Versus Youth
Nora Blake
A Game of Deception
The Actress
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
Lady Jane
Sweeping Against the Winds
A Head for Business
Phyllis Moore
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
Mrs. Jones
The Curtain Pole
Mrs. Edwards
Diplomatic Flo
Flo
Her Two Sons
The Younger Brother's Wife
The Peachbasket Hat
Mrs. Jones
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
The Valet's Wife
Muse
The Love Craze
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
Florence Lloyd
A Singular Cynic
Flo Welton
The Tide of Fortune
The Wife’s Awakening
The Wife
The Matchmaker
Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
Lucky Jim
Wedding Guest
The Call of the Circus
What Drink Did
Mrs. Alfred Lucas
The Time-Lock Safe
The Mother
Debt
His Wife's Mother
Mrs. Jones
A Game for Two
Mrs. Henderson
The Doctor’s Testimony
Florence Lund
The Roue’s Heart
Noblewoman
The Eternal Triangle
The Wife
The Senator’s Double
The Taming of Jane
Jane
A Baby's Shoe
The Poor Mother
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
A Mysterious Mystery
Miss Lawrence
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
Mary Flinn
The Helping Hand
Wedding Guest
The Christmas Burglars
Mrs. Martin
Mother Love
The Mother
Justice in the Far North
A Girlish Impulse
Gladys Stevens
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
The Forest Ranger's Daughter
A Good Turn
A Rebellious Blossom
Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
The Redemption of Riverton
June Martin
The Mad Man’s Ward
His Second Wife
All for Love
Flo
The Medicine Bottle
Mrs. Ross
Jones and His New Neighbors
Mrs. Jones
The Test of Friendship
Jennie Colman
Influence of Sympathy
The Wife
The Vaquero's Vow
Wedding Party / In Bar
A Fascinating Bachelor
The Nurse
Counterfeiters
Flo
Her Child's Honor
The Mother
A Troublesome Satchel
In Crowd
A Village Romance
Flo - the Country Girl
The Count of Montebello
The Heiress
Those Awful Hats
Theatre Audience
The Irony of Fate
Vanity and Its Cure
Effie Hart
Once Upon a Time
The Governor’s Pardon
The Red Girl
The Red Girl
The Mill Buyers
Flo
The Snare of Society
Mary Williams
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
Mrs. George Rand
I Did It
The Miser’s Daughter
The Miser's Daughter
The Sheriff and the Man
A Reno Romance
Grace
The Honor of the Humble
Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
The Blind Man’s Tact
The Automobile Thieves
The Chance Shot
Flo
The Doctor's Perfidy
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
Unconfirmed Character
The Face on the Screen
Art Versus Music
Ethel Vernon
The Angel of the Studio
Roxie
The Slavey’s Affinity
Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
The Story of Rosie’s Rose
Rosie Carter
Old Heads and Young Hearts
That Awful Brother
Florence
Lest We Forget
The New Shawl
Marie
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
Herself
Drive for a Life
Mignon
The Lady Leone
Lady Leone Mervyn
The Little Mail Carrier
Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
The Broken Oath
The State Line
The Sheriff's Daughter
The Coryphee
Florence
The Advent of Jane
Dr. Jane Bixby
Jane and the Stranger
Jane
Duke de Ribbon Counter
Lillian de Mille
Through Jealous Eyes
Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
The Stage Note
A Show Girl’s Strategem
Ethel Lane
The Girls and Daddy
Dr. Payson's First Daughter
The False Bride
Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
The Right of Love
The Closed Door
Florence Ashleigh
Her Artistic Temperament
Flo
Flo's Discipline
Florence Dow
The Little Rebel
Rosalind Trevaine
The Stepmother
Flo
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
Bessie Elkins - the Niece
The Wooden Leg
Claire
The Pawns of Destiny
Flo
The Law’s Decree
Flo
The Professor’s Ward
Edith - The Professor's Ward
The Winning Punch
His Friend, the Burglar
Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
Romance of a Jewess
Ruth Simonson
Unto the Third Generation
Esther Stern
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
Mrs. Jones
The Actress and the Singer
The Actress
Always a Way
Ruth Craven
Romance of Pond Cove
Florence Earle
Gambling Wives
Polly Barker
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
Juliet
The Life Saver
Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
Her Generous Way
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
Boone's Daughter
The Pirate's Gold
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
Mrs. Jones
His Chorus Girl Wife
Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
Eradicating Aunty
Flora - Aunty's Ward
Her Cousin Fred
Flo Ballard
Not Like Other Girls
Flo
The Cord of Life
Woman in Tenement
Elusive Isabel
Isabel Thorne
The Winning Coat
Lady-in-Waiting
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
Mrs. Bailey
The Planter's Wife
Tomboy Nellie
The Judgment of Solomon
Money Mad
Bank Customer / Landlady
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
Concealing a Burglar
Mrs. Brown
A Wreath in Time
Mrs. John Goodhusband
Mr. Jones at the Ball
Mrs. Jones
Yellow Dust
At the Altar
Girl at Wedding
The Deception
Mabel Colton
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Politician's Love Story
The Sacrifice
Mrs. Hardluck
His Bogus Uncle
The Object of Their Affection
During Cherry Time
Violet - the Country Girl
The Winning Punch
Nellie Wilson
An Awful Moment
Mrs. Mowbray
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
Mrs. Schneider
Betrayed by a Handprint
Myrtle Vane
The Girl O’ the Woods
Mab Hawkins
His Ward's Love
The Reverend's Ward
The Surgeon’s Heroism
The Bribe
The Two Fathers
Gladys
Opportunity and the Man
Flora Hamilton
One Touch of Nature
Mrs. John Murray
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
Pressed Roses
The Romance of the Photograph
Flo
Higgenses Versus Judsons
Freda Judson
Nan’s Diplomacy
Nan
Betty’s Nightmare
Betty