Florence Lawrence
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
1995
Night Must Fall
1937
Yellow Dust
1936
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Secrets
1933
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Sinners in the Sun
1932
So Big!
1932
as Mina (uncredited)
The Hard Hombre
1931
as The Sister
Homicide Squad
1931
- No poster
Sweeping Against the Winds
1930
Gambling Wives
1924
as Polly Barker
The Satin Girl
1923
as Sylvia
The Unfoldment
1922
as Katherine Nevin
- No poster
The Love Craze
1918
as Florence
- No poster
The Face on the Screen
1916
Elusive Isabel
1916
as Isabel Thorne
- No poster
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
1914
as Florence Lloyd
- No poster
A Mysterious Mystery
1914
as Miss Lawrence
- No poster
Counterfeiters
1914
as Flo
- No poster
The Honor of the Humble
1914
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
- No poster
The Mad Man’s Ward
1914
as Florence
- No poster
The Great Universal Mystery
1914
as Herself