
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

The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor

Night Must Fall (1937)
Actor

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Self (archive footage)
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)
as Calpurnia

Secrets (1933)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Eradicating Aunty (1909)
as Flora - Aunty's Ward

So Big! (1932)
as Mina (uncredited)

The Girls and Daddy (1909)
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter

Resurrection (1909)
as Katusha

Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
as Cleopatra

I Did It, Mamma (1909)
Actor

Yellow Dust (1936)
Actor
The Hoyden (1911)
as Gladys Weston

Sinners in the Sun (1932)
Actor

Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
as (uncredited)

The Necklace (1909)
Actor

The Lonely Villa (1909)
Actor

Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
as Lady Helen
The Wooden Leg (1909)
as Claire

What Drink Did (1909)
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas
A Rural Conqueror (1911)
as Marjorie Thorne

The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

The Prussian Spy (1909)
as The Maid

The Country Doctor (1909)
as Mrs. Harcourt

The Mended Lute (1909)
as Rising Moon

Homicide Squad (1931)
Actor

The Way of Man (1909)
as Mabel Jarrett
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
as The Nanny
Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy (1908)
Actor

The Curtain Pole (1909)
as Mrs. Edwards

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Eloping with Auntie (1909)
as Margie

Money Mad (1908)
as Bank Customer / Landlady
The Sacrifice (1909)
as Mrs. Hardluck

Those Awful Hats (1909)
as Theatre Audience

Tender Hearts (1909)
as Extra
The Red Girl (1908)
as The Red Girl
Her Child's Honor (1911)
as The Mother

After All (1912)
as Margie
Her Two Sons (1911)
as The Younger Brother's Wife
The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
as The Maid

Her First Biscuits (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

Gambling Wives (1924)
as Polly Barker
The Helping Hand (1908)
as Wedding Guest
His Friend, the Burglar (1911)
as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

The Medicine Bottle (1909)
as Mrs. Ross

Confidence (1909)
as Nellie Burton

An Awful Moment (1908)
as Mrs. Mowbray
A Fascinating Bachelor (1911)
as The Nurse

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Two Fathers (1911)
as Gladys

His Chorus Girl Wife (1911)
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl

A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
as Woman in the Play

The Hard Hombre (1931)
as The Sister
A Game for Two (1910)
as Mrs. Henderson

Elusive Isabel (1916)
as Isabel Thorne
The Deception (1909)
as Mabel Colton
A Baby's Shoe (1909)
as The Poor Mother

The Automobile Thieves (1906)
Actor
That Awful Brother (1911)
as Florence

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Actor

At the Altar (1909)
as Girl at Wedding
Betty’s Nightmare (1912)
as Betty
The Jilt (1909)
as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister

The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
as The Princess

Mr. Jones' Burglar (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

The Call of the Wild (1908)
as Gladys Penrose

Two Memories (1909)
as Party Guest

Lucky Jim (1909)
as Wedding Guest
The Great Universal Mystery (1914)
as Herself
The Winning Punch (1912)
as Nellie Wilson

The Satin Girl (1923)
as Sylvia
The Time-Lock Safe (1910)
as The Mother

Romance of a Jewess (1908)
as Ruth Simonson
Her Artistic Temperament (1911)
as Flo
Tragic Love (1909)
as The Maid / In Factory
A Game of Deception (1911)
as The Actress
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters (1908)
as Mrs. Bailey
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils (1908)
as Salome
Mother Love (1910)
as The Mother

The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
as Mary Wilson
Sisters (1912)
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
After Many Years (1908)
as Mrs. John Davis

The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
as Woman
The Slavey’s Affinity (1911)
as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
Two Men (1910)
as TheOrphan
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America (1907)
as Boone's Daughter
Transfusion (1910)
Actor
The Matchmaker (1911)
as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
The Mill Buyers (1912)
as Flo
The Test of Friendship (1908)
as Jennie Colman
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance (1907)
Actor
The Note in the Shoe (1909)
as Ella Berling
A Girlish Impulse (1911)
as Gladys Stevens
The Pirate's Gold (1908)
Actor
Not Like Other Girls (1912)
as Flo
The Honor of Thieves (1909)
as Rachel Einstein
The Road to the Heart (1909)
as Mexican Woman
Saul and David (1909)
Actor
The Stepmother (1914)
as Flo
The Awakening of Bess (1909)
as Bess
Duke de Ribbon Counter (1911)
as Lillian de Mille
The Taming of Jane (1910)
as Jane
The Roue’s Heart (1909)
as Noblewoman
The Count of Montebello (1910)
as The Heiress
Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
His Ward's Love (1909)
as The Reverend's Ward
The Maelstrom (1910)
Actor
The Chance Shot (1912)
as Flo
One Touch of Nature (1909)
as Mrs. John Murray
The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
as Wedding Party / In Bar
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy (1908)
as Banquet Quest

The Lure of the Gown (1909)
as Veronica

The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
as Katharina
The Right Girl (1910)
Actor
His Second Wife (1910)
Actor
The Winning Coat (1909)
as Lady-in-Waiting
Unto the Third Generation (1913)
as Esther Stern

The Redemption of Riverton (1912)
as June Martin
The Angel of the Studio (1912)
as Roxie

A Smoked Husband (1908)
as Mrs. Bibbs
A Wreath in Time (1909)
as Mrs. John Goodhusband
A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
as In Crowd
A Mysterious Mystery (1914)
as Miss Lawrence
Romance of Pond Cove (1911)
as Florence Earle
Her Ragged Knight (1914)
as Flo - Bob's Ward

Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
as Mrs. Jones

The Cord of Life (1909)
as Woman in Tenement
The Stolen Jewels (1908)
as Mrs. Jenkins
Counterfeiters (1914)
as Flo
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora (1908)
as Unconfirmed Character

Love's Stratagem (1909)
as The Girl

Father Gets in the Game (1908)
as First Couple

The Slave (1909)
as Nerada

Tangled Relations (1912)
as Florence the Governess
Her Humble Ministry (1911)
as The Reformed Woman

Through Jealous Eyes (1911)
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse

Aunt Jane’s Legacy (1911)
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
The Honor of the Humble (1914)
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
Those Boys! (1909)
as The Maid
A Good Turn (1911)
as Florence
Taking a Chance (1912)
as Mrs. Flo Mills
The Face on the Screen (1916)
Actor

Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet (1908)
as Juliet
Sweeping Against the Winds (1930)
Actor

The Song of the Shirt (1908)
as Woman
A Rebellious Blossom (1911)
as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
Jealousy and the Man (1909)
as Mrs. Jim Brooks
The False Bride (1914)
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
as Nellie Caufield's Sister

One on Reno (1911)
as Mrs. Appleby
The Love Craze (1918)
as Florence
The Brahma Diamond (1909)
as The Guard's Sweetheart

The Unfoldment (1922)
as Katherine Nevin
The Christmas Burglars (1908)
as Mrs. Martin
The Ingrate (1908)
as The Trapper's Wife

His Bogus Uncle (1911)
as The Object of Their Affection

Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
as At the Beach
The Valet's Wife (1908)
as Muse
The Closed Door (1913)
as Florence Ashleigh
Debt (1910)
Actor

Vanity and Its Cure (1911)
as Effie Hart

The Planter's Wife (1908)
as Tomboy Nellie
Higgenses Versus Judsons (1911)
as Freda Judson
The Governor’s Pardon (1910)
as Florence
A Woman's Way (1908)
as Flo
The State Line (1911)
as The Sheriff's Daughter
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade (1909)
as Mrs. Schneider
The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
as Bridget / Dinner Guest

The Politician's Love Story (1909)
Actor
The Actress and the Singer (1911)
as The Actress
A Singular Cynic (1914)
as Flo Welton
His Wife's Mother (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
A Girl and Her Money (1913)
as Florence Kingsley
His Wife’s Child (1913)
as Flo
The Romance of the Photograph (1914)
as Flo
The Little Mail Carrier (1914)
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
The Nichols on a Vacation (1910)
as Mrs. Nichols

The Devil (1908)
as A Model
The Coryphee (1914)
as Florence

The Judgment of Solomon (1909)
Actor
The Irony of Fate (1910)
Actor
The Surgeon’s Heroism (1912)
as Flo
Diplomatic Flo (1914)
as Flo
The Stage Note (1910)
Actor
Once Upon a Time (1910)
Actor
The Advent of Jane (1912)
as Dr. Jane Bixby
The Professor’s Ward (1911)
as Edith - The Professor's Ward
A Head for Business (1911)
as Phyllis Moore

Flo's Discipline (1912)
as Florence Dow
The Spender (1913)
as Flo
The Mistake (1910)
as Florence
Lest We Forget (1909)
Actor
The Players (1912)
as Flo Lakewood
The Lady Leone (1912)
as Lady Leone Mervyn
The Heart of O Yama (1908)
as O'Yama
All the World’s a Stage (1910)
Actor
The New Shawl (1910)
as Marie

Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
as Myrtle Vane
The Disenchantment (1914)
as Flo - the Maid

Sweet and Twenty (1909)
as Alice's sister
The Maniac (1911)
as Dora Elsmore
Jane and the Stranger (1910)
as Jane
Nan’s Diplomacy (1911)
as Nan
The Rosary (1910)
Actor

Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
as Parthenia
Art Versus Music (1911)
as Ethel Vernon
Concealing a Burglar (1908)
as Mrs. Brown
Always a Way (1911)
as Ruth Craven
The Call of the Circus (1910)
Actor
The Miser’s Daughter (1910)
as The Miser's Daughter

Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Age Versus Youth (1911)
as Nora Blake
The Little Rebel (1911)
as Rosalind Trevaine
The Winning Punch (1910)
Actor
Opportunity and the Man (1911)
as Flora Hamilton
In Swift Waters (1912)
as Flo Armstrong
A Show Girl’s Strategem (1911)
as Ethel Lane
Justice in the Far North (1910)
as Florence
A Reno Romance (1910)
as Grace

The Snare of Society (1911)
as Mary Williams
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
The Law’s Decree (1914)
as Flo
All for Love (1912)
as Flo
The Broken Oath (1910)
Actor
The Tide of Fortune (1910)
Actor
The Pawns of Destiny (1914)
as Flo
The Man Who Was Never Kissed (1914)
as Florence Lloyd
Her Cousin Fred (1912)
as Flo Ballard
The Wife’s Awakening (1911)
as The Wife
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain (1908)
Actor
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen (1908)
as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
The Sheriff and the Man (1911)
as Flo
The Girl O’ the Woods (1913)
as Mab Hawkins
Pressed Roses (1910)
Actor
A Village Romance (1912)
as Flo - the Country Girl
The Reckoning (1908)
as The Wife
Old Heads and Young Hearts (1910)
Actor
The Story of Rosie’s Rose (1911)
as Rosie Carter
Drive for a Life (1909)
as Mignon
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens (1910)
as Mrs. George Rand
The Test (1911)
as Miss Gillman
The Doctor's Perfidy (1910)
Actor
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance (1908)
as Lady Jane

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath (1907)
as The Lady
The Doctor’s Testimony (1914)
as Florence Lund
The Blind Man’s Tact (1910)
Actor

The Zulu's Heart (1908)
as The Boer's Wife
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter (1909)
as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
During Cherry Time (1911)
as Violet - the Country Girl
The Mad Man’s Ward (1914)
as Florence
Influence of Sympathy (1913)
as The Wife
The Eternal Triangle (1910)
as The Wife
The Honeymooners (1914)
as Florence Blair
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines (1907)
Actor
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
as Mary Flinn
The Bribe (1914)
Actor
The Senator’s Double (1910)
Actor
The Right of Love (1910)
Actor
The Life Saver (1911)
as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
Her Generous Way (1909)
Actor
Suffragettes Parade in Washington (1913)
as Herself




