Florence Lawrence
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 (266 titles)
10.0MovieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self (archive footage) · 1998
8.3MovieThe Casting Couch
1995
7.0MovieNight Must Fall
1937
4.5MovieYellow Dust
1936
6.2MovieMan on the Flying Trapeze
(uncredited) · 1935
7.2MovieThe Old-Fashioned Way
Undetermined Role (uncredited) · 1934
5.2MovieSecrets
Undetermined Role (uncredited) · 1933
4.9MovieSinners in the Sun
1932
5.7MovieSo Big!
Mina (uncredited) · 1932
3.8MovieThe Hard Hombre
The Sister · 1931
8.0MovieHomicide Squad
1931
Sweeping Against the Winds
1930
10.0MovieGambling Wives
Polly Barker · 1924
10.0MovieThe Satin Girl
Sylvia · 1923
9.0MovieThe Unfoldment
Katherine Nevin · 1922
The Love Craze
Florence · 1918
The Face on the Screen
1916
MovieElusive Isabel
Isabel Thorne · 1916
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
Florence Lloyd · 1914
A Mysterious Mystery
Miss Lawrence · 1914
Counterfeiters
Flo · 1914
The Honor of the Humble
Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter · 1914
The Mad Man’s Ward
Florence · 1914
The Great Universal Mystery
Herself · 1914
Her Ragged Knight
Flo - Bob's Ward · 1914
A Singular Cynic
Flo Welton · 1914
The Doctor’s Testimony
Florence Lund · 1914
The Disenchantment
Flo - the Maid · 1914
The Bribe
1914
The Pawns of Destiny
Flo · 1914