Florence Lawrence
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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
Credits
1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Actor
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as (uncredited)
Sinners in the Sun (1932)
Actor
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)
as Calpurnia
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
as Lady Helen
The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor
The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Time-Lock Safe (1910)
as The Mother
The Call of the Wild (1908)
as Gladys Penrose
The Girls and Daddy (1909)
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
After All (1912)
as Margie
Night Must Fall (1937)
Actor
Counterfeiters (1914)
as Flo
The Way of Man (1909)
as Mabel Jarrett
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Hoyden (1911)
as Gladys Weston
The Lure of the Gown (1909)
as Veronica
I Did It, Mamma (1909)
Actor
The Stepmother (1914)
as Flo
The Cord of Life (1909)
as Woman in Tenement
Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
as At the Beach
One Touch of Nature (1909)
as Mrs. John Murray
Secrets (1933)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
as Katharina
The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
as Mary Wilson
A Baby's Shoe (1909)
as The Poor Mother
A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
as Woman in the Play
The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
as The Princess
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy (1908)
Actor
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Actor
Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
as Myrtle Vane
Eradicating Aunty (1909)
as Flora - Aunty's Ward
The Song of the Shirt (1908)
as Woman
His Chorus Girl Wife (1911)
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
as Woman
A Woman's Way (1908)
as Flo
The Planter's Wife (1908)
as Tomboy Nellie
Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
as Mrs. Jones
Sisters (1912)
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Doctor’s Testimony (1914)
as Florence Lund
So Big! (1932)
as Mina (uncredited)
The Test of Friendship (1908)
as Jennie Colman
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance (1907)
Actor
The Politician's Love Story (1909)
Actor
The Zulu's Heart (1908)
as The Boer's Wife
Sweeping Against the Winds (1930)
Actor
Her Child's Honor (1911)
as The Mother
His Friend, the Burglar (1911)
as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
as Wedding Party / In Bar
A Wreath in Time (1909)
as Mrs. John Goodhusband
The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
as Nellie Caufield's Sister
Old Heads and Young Hearts (1910)
Actor
The Valet's Wife (1908)
as Muse
Drive for a Life (1909)
as Mignon
Romance of a Jewess (1908)
as Ruth Simonson
The Note in the Shoe (1909)
as Ella Berling
Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Doctor's Perfidy (1910)
Actor
Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
as Cleopatra
Father Gets in the Game (1908)
as First Couple
The Slavey’s Affinity (1911)
as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
His Wife’s Child (1913)
as Flo
Vanity and Its Cure (1911)
as Effie Hart
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America (1907)
as Boone's Daughter
The Pirate's Gold (1908)
Actor
A Girl and Her Money (1913)
as Florence Kingsley
Resurrection (1909)
as Katusha
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade (1909)
as Mrs. Schneider
His Ward's Love (1909)
as The Reverend's Ward
Eloping with Auntie (1909)
as Margie
What Drink Did (1909)
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters (1908)
as Mrs. Bailey
The Lonely Villa (1909)
Actor
The Wife’s Awakening (1911)
as The Wife
Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Heart of O Yama (1908)
as O'Yama
The Country Doctor (1909)
as Mrs. Harcourt
The Roue’s Heart (1909)
as Noblewoman
Jealousy and the Man (1909)
as Mrs. Jim Brooks
The Girl O’ the Woods (1913)
as Mab Hawkins
The Great Universal Mystery (1914)
as Herself
The Honor of Thieves (1909)
as Rachel Einstein
Not Like Other Girls (1912)
as Flo
His Wife's Mother (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Red Girl (1908)
as The Red Girl
The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
as Bridget / Dinner Guest
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy (1908)
as Banquet Quest
The Road to the Heart (1909)
as Mexican Woman
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
as The Nanny
Unto the Third Generation (1913)
as Esther Stern
The Surgeon’s Heroism (1912)
as Flo
At the Altar (1909)
as Girl at Wedding
Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Advent of Jane (1912)
as Dr. Jane Bixby
The Necklace (1909)
Actor
The Medicine Bottle (1909)
as Mrs. Ross
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen (1908)
as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
The Governor’s Pardon (1910)
as Florence
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath (1907)
as The Lady
Aunt Jane’s Legacy (1911)
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
The Curtain Pole (1909)
as Mrs. Edwards
Opportunity and the Man (1911)
as Flora Hamilton
Confidence (1909)
as Nellie Burton
The Deception (1909)
as Mabel Colton
The Romance of the Photograph (1914)
as Flo
A Game for Two (1910)
as Mrs. Henderson
The Pawns of Destiny (1914)
as Flo
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora (1908)
as Unconfirmed Character
That Awful Brother (1911)
as Florence
Her First Biscuits (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Justice in the Far North (1910)
as Florence
The Count of Montebello (1910)
as The Heiress
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
as Mary Flinn
The Prussian Spy (1909)
as The Maid
The Angel of the Studio (1912)
as Roxie
Two Memories (1909)
as Party Guest
Those Awful Hats (1909)
as Theatre Audience
Yellow Dust (1936)
Actor
A Game of Deception (1911)
as The Actress
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens (1910)
as Mrs. George Rand
After Many Years (1908)
as Mrs. John Davis
The Irony of Fate (1910)
Actor
A Girlish Impulse (1911)
as Gladys Stevens
Duke de Ribbon Counter (1911)
as Lillian de Mille
Her Artistic Temperament (1911)
as Flo
The Winning Coat (1909)
as Lady-in-Waiting
The Blind Man’s Tact (1910)
Actor
The Miser’s Daughter (1910)
as The Miser's Daughter
An Awful Moment (1908)
as Mrs. Mowbray
His Second Wife (1910)
Actor
The Snare of Society (1911)
as Mary Williams
The Mill Buyers (1912)
as Flo
Homicide Squad (1931)
Actor
The Story of Rosie’s Rose (1911)
as Rosie Carter
A Rural Conqueror (1911)
as Marjorie Thorne
The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
as The Maid
Once Upon a Time (1910)
Actor
The Law’s Decree (1914)
as Flo
Flo's Discipline (1912)
as Florence Dow
Tender Hearts (1909)
as Extra
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance (1908)
as Lady Jane
The Judgment of Solomon (1909)
Actor
The Actress and the Singer (1911)
as The Actress
Saul and David (1909)
Actor
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils (1908)
as Salome
The Tide of Fortune (1910)
Actor
The Closed Door (1913)
as Florence Ashleigh
The Honor of the Humble (1914)
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
A Mysterious Mystery (1914)
as Miss Lawrence
The Face on the Screen (1916)
Actor
The Automobile Thieves (1906)
Actor
The Sacrifice (1909)
as Mrs. Hardluck
A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
as In Crowd
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet (1908)
as Juliet
A Show Girl’s Strategem (1911)
as Ethel Lane
The Little Mail Carrier (1914)
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
All the World’s a Stage (1910)
Actor
The Slave (1909)
as Nerada
Sweet and Twenty (1909)
as Alice's sister
The Professor’s Ward (1911)
as Edith - The Professor's Ward
Lucky Jim (1909)
as Wedding Guest
The Sheriff and the Man (1911)
as Flo
The Satin Girl (1923)
as Sylvia
Tangled Relations (1912)
as Florence the Governess
A Fascinating Bachelor (1911)
as The Nurse
The Senator’s Double (1910)
Actor
The Taming of Jane (1910)
as Jane
Her Cousin Fred (1912)
as Flo Ballard
The Mad Man’s Ward (1914)
as Florence
A Smoked Husband (1908)
as Mrs. Bibbs
Elusive Isabel (1916)
as Isabel Thorne
The Awakening of Bess (1909)
as Bess
Concealing a Burglar (1908)
as Mrs. Brown
The Wooden Leg (1909)
as Claire
The Redemption of Riverton (1912)
as June Martin
Mr. Jones' Burglar (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Gambling Wives (1924)
as Polly Barker
The Jilt (1909)
as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
The Hard Hombre (1931)
as The Sister
The Lady Leone (1912)
as Lady Leone Mervyn
The Mended Lute (1909)
as Rising Moon
The Nichols on a Vacation (1910)
as Mrs. Nichols
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain (1908)
Actor
The Call of the Circus (1910)
Actor
A Head for Business (1911)
as Phyllis Moore
The Right Girl (1910)
Actor
Jane and the Stranger (1910)
as Jane
Love's Stratagem (1909)
as The Girl
The Love Craze (1918)
as Florence
Her Generous Way (1909)
Actor
The Right of Love (1910)
Actor
Romance of Pond Cove (1911)
as Florence Earle
Money Mad (1908)
as Bank Customer / Landlady
Tragic Love (1909)
as The Maid / In Factory
The Unfoldment (1922)
as Katherine Nevin
The Bribe (1914)
Actor
Through Jealous Eyes (1911)
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
The Helping Hand (1908)
as Wedding Guest
During Cherry Time (1911)
as Violet - the Country Girl
The Honeymooners (1914)
as Florence Blair
The Man Who Was Never Kissed (1914)
as Florence Lloyd
The Stolen Jewels (1908)
as Mrs. Jenkins
Those Boys! (1909)
as The Maid
The Disenchantment (1914)
as Flo - the Maid
Her Ragged Knight (1914)
as Flo - Bob's Ward
The Two Fathers (1911)
as Gladys
The Reckoning (1908)
as The Wife
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter (1909)
as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
His Bogus Uncle (1911)
as The Object of Their Affection
Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
as Parthenia
The Winning Punch (1912)
as Nellie Wilson
The Test (1911)
as Miss Gillman
The False Bride (1914)
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
The Brahma Diamond (1909)
as The Guard's Sweetheart
One on Reno (1911)
as Mrs. Appleby
The Chance Shot (1912)
as Flo
Her Two Sons (1911)
as The Younger Brother's Wife
The Eternal Triangle (1910)
as The Wife
Suffragettes Parade in Washington (1913)
as Herself
A Singular Cynic (1914)
as Flo Welton
Diplomatic Flo (1914)
as Flo
The Matchmaker (1911)
as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
Influence of Sympathy (1913)
as The Wife
Always a Way (1911)
as Ruth Craven
Debt (1910)
Actor
The Devil (1908)
as A Model
Higgenses Versus Judsons (1911)
as Freda Judson
Taking a Chance (1912)
as Mrs. Flo Mills
Pressed Roses (1910)
Actor
The Maniac (1911)
as Dora Elsmore
The Stage Note (1910)
Actor
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines (1907)
Actor
A Reno Romance (1910)
as Grace
Age Versus Youth (1911)
as Nora Blake
The Life Saver (1911)
as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
The Spender (1913)
as Flo
All for Love (1912)
as Flo
Two Men (1910)
as TheOrphan
Lest We Forget (1909)
Actor
The Ingrate (1908)
as The Trapper's Wife
A Good Turn (1911)
as Florence
The Broken Oath (1910)
Actor
The Christmas Burglars (1908)
as Mrs. Martin
The Players (1912)
as Flo Lakewood
Art Versus Music (1911)
as Ethel Vernon
The Coryphee (1914)
as Florence
The New Shawl (1910)
as Marie
The Maelstrom (1910)
Actor
The Little Rebel (1911)
as Rosalind Trevaine
In Swift Waters (1912)
as Flo Armstrong
Mother Love (1910)
as The Mother
The State Line (1911)
as The Sheriff's Daughter
A Rebellious Blossom (1911)
as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
A Village Romance (1912)
as Flo - the Country Girl
Nan’s Diplomacy (1911)
as Nan
Betty’s Nightmare (1912)
as Betty
The Rosary (1910)
Actor
Transfusion (1910)
Actor
The Mistake (1910)
as Florence
The Winning Punch (1910)
Actor
Her Humble Ministry (1911)
as The Reformed Woman