
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

The Casting Couch (1995)
Actor

1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Actor
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)
as Calpurnia

Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
as Cleopatra

The Lure of the Gown (1909)
as Veronica

Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
as At the Beach

The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
as Mary Wilson

The Politician's Love Story (1909)
Actor
A Baby's Shoe (1909)
as The Poor Mother

Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
as Myrtle Vane

The Girls and Daddy (1909)
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
A Girl and Her Money (1913)
as Florence Kingsley

Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
as Lady Helen

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

The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
as The Princess
One Touch of Nature (1909)
as Mrs. John Murray

I Did It, Mamma (1909)
Actor

Her First Biscuits (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

The Mended Lute (1909)
as Rising Moon

The Call of the Wild (1908)
as Gladys Penrose

Night Must Fall (1937)
Actor

Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
as Mrs. Jones
The Valet's Wife (1908)
as Muse
The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
as The Maid

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

The Song of the Shirt (1908)
as Woman

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Self (archive footage)

Sinners in the Sun (1932)
Actor
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance (1907)
Actor
Irony of Fate (1910)
Actor
The Heart of O Yama (1908)
as O'Yama
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade (1909)
as Mrs. Schneider

The Necklace (1909)
Actor

Secrets (1933)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Deception (1909)
as Mabel Colton
The Doctor’s Testimony (1914)
as Florence Lund

The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

So Big! (1932)
as Mina (uncredited)

Yellow Dust (1936)
Actor

His Wife's Mother (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

The Cord of Life (1909)
as Woman in Tenement
The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
as Bridget / Dinner Guest

The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
as Katharina

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

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
as Mrs. Jones

The Lonely Villa (1909)
Actor

Lucky Jim (1909)
as Wedding Guest
The Story of Rosie’s Rose (1911)
as Rosie Carter
The Slavey’s Affinity (1911)
as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
A Wreath in Time (1909)
as Mrs. John Goodhusband
The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
as Nellie Caufield's Sister

Money Mad (1908)
as Bank Customer / Landlady

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Her Child's Honor (1911)
as The Mother
A Show Girl’s Strategem (1911)
as Ethel Lane

The Way of Man (1909)
as Mabel Jarrett

The Hard Hombre (1931)
as The Sister

Resurrection (1909)
as Katusha
The Pirate's Gold (1908)
Actor

Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
Actor
Sweeping Against the Winds (1930)
Actor

His Chorus Girl Wife (1911)
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
A Woman's Way (1908)
as Flo

Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
His Friend, the Burglar (1911)
as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

Aunt Jane’s Legacy (1911)
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
The Wooden Leg (1909)
as Claire
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen (1908)
as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter

Eradicating Aunty (1909)
as Flora - Aunty's Ward
The Face on the Screen (1916)
Actor

The Planter's Wife (1908)
as Tomboy Nellie
His Wife’s Child (1913)
as Flo
A Mysterious Mystery (1914)
as Miss Lawrence
The Hoyden (1911)
as Gladys Weston
The Sacrifice (1909)
as Mrs. Hardluck
Duke de Ribbon Counter (1911)
as Lillian de Mille
The Test of Friendship (1908)
as Jennie Colman
Saul and David (1909)
Actor
Drive for a Life (1909)
as Mignon
Old Heads and Young Hearts (1910)
Actor
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters (1908)
as Mrs. Bailey
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America (1907)
as Boone's Daughter

The Zulu's Heart (1908)
as The Boer's Wife

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath (1907)
as The Lady
A Fascinating Bachelor (1911)
as The Nurse

The Snare of Society (1911)
as Mary Williams
Not Like Other Girls (1912)
as Flo

At the Altar (1909)
as Girl at Wedding
The Governor’s Pardon (1910)
as Florence

The Curtain Pole (1909)
as Mrs. Edwards
The Time-Lock Safe (1910)
as The Mother
Sisters (1912)
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
The Winning Coat (1909)
as Lady-in-Waiting
The Honor of Thieves (1909)
as Rachel Einstein
The Blind Man’s Tact (1910)
Actor

Gambling Wives (1924)
as Polly Barker

Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
as Parthenia

The Roue’s Heart (1909)
as Noblewoman

The Country Doctor (1909)
as Mrs. Harcourt

The Slave (1909)
as Nerada

Father Gets in the Game (1908)
as First Couple

An Awful Moment (1908)
as Mrs. Mowbray
The Right of Love (1910)
Actor

Tender Hearts (1909)
as Extra

The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
as Woman
Counterfeiters (1914)
as Flo
The Jilt (1909)
as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
The Helping Hand (1908)
as Wedding Guest
The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
as Wedding Party / In Bar
The Road to the Heart (1909)
as Mexican Woman

Elusive Isabel (1916)
as Isabel Thorne

The Medicine Bottle (1909)
as Mrs. Ross
The Stepmother (1914)
as Flo
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
as Mary Flinn

A Smoked Husband (1908)
as Mrs. Bibbs
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy (1908)
Actor
Justice in the Far North (1910)
as Florence
The Doctor's Perfidy (1910)
Actor
The Red Girl (1908)
as The Red Girl
Once Upon a Time (1910)
Actor
Unto the Third Generation (1913)
as Esther Stern
Jealousy and the Man (1909)
as Mrs. Jim Brooks

One on Reno (1911)
as Mrs. Appleby

Romance of a Jewess (1908)
as Ruth Simonson
The Wife’s Awakening (1911)
as The Wife
His Second Wife (1910)
Actor
Jane and the Stranger (1910)
as Jane
The Angel of the Studio (1912)
as Roxie

The Judgment of Solomon (1909)
Actor
The Great Universal Mystery (1914)
as Herself
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora (1908)
as Unconfirmed Character
The Professor’s Ward (1911)
as Edith - The Professor's Ward

Confidence (1909)
as Nellie Burton
The Note in the Shoe (1909)
as Ella Berling
The Nichols on a Vacation (1910)
as Mrs. Nichols
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens (1910)
as Mrs. George Rand

Homicide Squad (1931)
Actor
The Awakening of Bess (1909)
as Bess
The Actress and the Singer (1911)
as The Actress
All the World’s a Stage (1910)
Actor
The Matchmaker (1911)
as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
A Game of Deception (1911)
as The Actress

What Drink Did (1909)
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas

Vanity and Its Cure (1911)
as Effie Hart
A Game for Two (1910)
as Mrs. Henderson
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain (1908)
Actor
The Mad Man’s Ward (1914)
as Florence

The Automobile Thieves (1906)
Actor
The Pawns of Destiny (1914)
as Flo

Two Memories (1909)
as Party Guest
Tragic Love (1909)
as The Maid / In Factory

Those Awful Hats (1909)
as Theatre Audience
Opportunity and the Man (1911)
as Flora Hamilton
The Surgeon’s Heroism (1912)
as Flo
A Girlish Impulse (1911)
as Gladys Stevens
Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
as The Nanny
Eloping with Auntie (1909)
as Margie
That Awful Brother (1911)
as Florence

The Unfoldment (1922)
as Katherine Nevin
The Count of Montebello (1910)
as The Heiress
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter (1909)
as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance (1908)
as Lady Jane
The Romance of the Photograph (1914)
as Flo
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy (1908)
as Banquet Quest
After Many Years (1908)
as Mrs. John Davis
The Little Rebel (1911)
as Rosalind Trevaine
The Taming of Jane (1910)
as Jane
The Man Who Was Never Kissed (1914)
as Florence Lloyd
The Brahma Diamond (1909)
as The Guard's Sweetheart
Her Cousin Fred (1912)
as Flo Ballard
The Honor of the Humble (1914)
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter

After All (1912)
as Margie
The Call of the Circus (1910)
Actor

The Redemption of Riverton (1912)
as June Martin
A Head for Business (1911)
as Phyllis Moore
His Ward's Love (1909)
as The Reverend's Ward

The Satin Girl (1923)
as Sylvia
The Sheriff and the Man (1911)
as Flo
The Advent of Jane (1912)
as Dr. Jane Bixby
Those Boys! (1909)
as The Maid
The Tide of Fortune (1910)
Actor
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat (1909)
as Mrs. Jones
Her Humble Ministry (1911)
as The Reformed Woman
All for Love (1912)
as Flo
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines (1907)
Actor
The Law’s Decree (1914)
as Flo
Higgenses Versus Judsons (1911)
as Freda Judson
The Girl O’ the Woods (1913)
as Mab Hawkins
Influence of Sympathy (1913)
as The Wife
The Little Mail Carrier (1914)
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
The Reckoning (1908)
as The Wife
The Maniac (1911)
as Dora Elsmore
The Christmas Burglars (1908)
as Mrs. Martin

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

Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet (1908)
as Juliet
The Lady Leone (1912)
as Lady Leone Mervyn
Romance of Pond Cove (1911)
as Florence Earle
The Love Craze (1918)
as Florence
The Closed Door (1913)
as Florence Ashleigh
A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
as In Crowd
A Rural Conqueror (1911)
as Marjorie Thorne
The Maelstrom (1910)
Actor
The False Bride (1914)
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
During Cherry Time (1911)
as Violet - the Country Girl
The Miser’s Daughter (1910)
as The Miser's Daughter

The Prussian Spy (1909)
as The Maid
Suffragettes Parade in Washington (1913)
as Herself
The Mill Buyers (1912)
as Flo
The Senator’s Double (1910)
Actor
A Singular Cynic (1914)
as Flo Welton
The Two Fathers (1911)
as Gladys
The Disenchantment (1914)
as Flo - the Maid

Love's Stratagem (1909)
as The Girl

The Devil (1908)
as A Model
The Stolen Jewels (1908)
as Mrs. Jenkins
The Mistake (1910)
as Florence
The Test (1911)
as Miss Gillman
Her Two Sons (1911)
as The Younger Brother's Wife
The Coryphee (1914)
as Florence
Mother Love (1910)
as The Mother

His Bogus Uncle (1911)
as The Object of Their Affection
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils (1908)
as Salome
Nan’s Diplomacy (1911)
as Nan
Concealing a Burglar (1908)
as Mrs. Brown
The Life Saver (1911)
as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
The Stage Note (1910)
Actor
The New Shawl (1910)
as Marie
Taking a Chance (1912)
as Mrs. Flo Mills

Sweet and Twenty (1909)
as Alice's sister
The Honeymooners (1914)
as Florence Blair
Her Artistic Temperament (1911)
as Flo
Lest We Forget (1909)
Actor
Age Versus Youth (1911)
as Nora Blake
A Rebellious Blossom (1911)
as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
Her Ragged Knight (1914)
as Flo - Bob's Ward
Pressed Roses (1910)
Actor
The Bribe (1914)
Actor
Transfusion (1910)
Actor
Art Versus Music (1911)
as Ethel Vernon
A Good Turn (1911)
as Florence
Diplomatic Flo (1914)
as Flo

Through Jealous Eyes (1911)
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
The Eternal Triangle (1910)
as The Wife
The Ingrate (1908)
as The Trapper's Wife
The Winning Punch (1910)
Actor
Always a Way (1911)
as Ruth Craven
Two Men (1910)
as TheOrphan
The Rosary (1910)
Actor
Debt (1910)
Actor
Her Generous Way (1909)
Actor
The Winning Punch (1912)
as Nellie Wilson

Tangled Relations (1912)
as Florence the Governess
A Village Romance (1912)
as Flo - the Country Girl

Flo's Discipline (1912)
as Florence Dow
In Swift Waters (1912)
as Flo Armstrong
The Broken Oath (1910)
Actor
The Right Girl (1910)
Actor
A Reno Romance (1910)
as Grace
The State Line (1911)
as The Sheriff's Daughter
The Spender (1913)
as Flo
Betty’s Nightmare (1912)
as Betty
The Players (1912)
as Flo Lakewood
The Chance Shot (1912)
as Flo




