Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1886
Died
Dec 28, 1938
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Credits
265 titles
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
Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
Night Must Fall
Yellow Dust
Man on the Flying Trapeze
(uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Secrets
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Sinners in the Sun
So Big!
Mina (uncredited)
The Hard Hombre
The Sister
Homicide Squad
Sweeping Against the Winds
Gambling Wives
Polly Barker
The Satin Girl
Sylvia
The Unfoldment
Katherine Nevin
The Love Craze
Florence
The Face on the Screen
Elusive Isabel
Isabel Thorne
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
Florence Lloyd
A Mysterious Mystery
Miss Lawrence
Counterfeiters
Flo
The Honor of the Humble
Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
The Mad Man’s Ward
Florence
The Great Universal Mystery
Herself
Her Ragged Knight
Flo - Bob's Ward
A Singular Cynic
Flo Welton
The Doctor’s Testimony
Florence Lund
The Disenchantment
Flo - the Maid
The Bribe
The Pawns of Destiny
Flo
The Little Mail Carrier
Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
Diplomatic Flo
Flo
The Honeymooners
Florence Blair
The Stepmother
Flo
The Law’s Decree
Flo
The False Bride
Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
The Romance of the Photograph
Flo
The Coryphee
Florence
A Girl and Her Money
Florence Kingsley
Influence of Sympathy
The Wife
Unto the Third Generation
Esther Stern
His Wife’s Child
Flo
The Spender
Flo
The Girl O’ the Woods
Mab Hawkins
The Closed Door
Florence Ashleigh
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
Herself
The Lady Leone
Lady Leone Mervyn
Sisters
Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
The Redemption of Riverton
June Martin
The Angel of the Studio
Roxie