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