Florence Lawrence
Actor
Biography
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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
Those Awful Hats
as Theatre Audience 1909
Night Must Fall
1937
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Harcourt 1909
The Mended Lute
as Rising Moon 1909
The Old-Fashioned Way
as Undetermined Role (uncredited) 1934
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as (uncredited) 1935
So Big!
as Mina (uncredited) 1932
The Curtain Pole
as Mrs. Edwards 1909
Secrets
as Undetermined Role (uncredited) 1933
What Drink Did
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas 1909
A Drunkard's Reformation
as Woman in the Play 1909
Sinners in the Sun
1932
Lady Helen's Escapade
as Lady Helen 1909
Money Mad
as Bank Customer / Landlady 1908
The Song of the Shirt
as Woman 1908
The Taming of the Shrew
as Katharina 1908