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Florence Lawrence

Florence Lawrence

Born: 1886-01-01 • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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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
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists poster
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998 • Self (archive footage)
Night Must Fall poster
Night Must Fall
1937
Yellow Dust poster
Yellow Dust
1936
Man on the Flying Trapeze poster
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935 • (uncredited)
The Old-Fashioned Way poster
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 • Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Secrets poster
Secrets
1933 • Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Sinners in the Sun poster
Sinners in the Sun
1932
So Big! poster
So Big!
1932 • Mina (uncredited)
The Hard Hombre poster
The Hard Hombre
1931 • The Sister
Homicide Squad poster
Homicide Squad
1931
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Sweeping Against the Winds
1930
Gambling Wives poster
Gambling Wives
1924 • Polly Barker
The Satin Girl poster
The Satin Girl
1923 • Sylvia
The Unfoldment poster
The Unfoldment
1922 • Katherine Nevin
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The Love Craze
1918 • Florence
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The Face on the Screen
1916
Elusive Isabel poster
Elusive Isabel
1916 • Isabel Thorne
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The Man Who Was Never Kissed
1914 • Florence Lloyd
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A Mysterious Mystery
1914 • Miss Lawrence
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Counterfeiters
1914 • Flo
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The Honor of the Humble
1914 • Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
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The Mad Man’s Ward
1914 • Florence
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The Great Universal Mystery
1914 • Herself
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Her Ragged Knight
1914 • Flo - Bob's Ward
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A Singular Cynic
1914 • Flo Welton
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The Doctor’s Testimony
1914 • Florence Lund
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The Bribe
1914
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The Disenchantment
1914 • Flo - the Maid
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The Pawns of Destiny
1914 • Flo
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The Little Mail Carrier
1914 • Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
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Diplomatic Flo
1914 • Flo
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The Honeymooners
1914 • Florence Blair
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The Stepmother
1914 • Flo
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The Law’s Decree
1914 • Flo
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The False Bride
1914 • Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
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The Romance of the Photograph
1914 • Flo
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The Coryphee
1914 • Florence
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A Girl and Her Money
1913 • Florence Kingsley
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Influence of Sympathy
1913 • The Wife
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Unto the Third Generation
1913 • Esther Stern
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His Wife’s Child
1913 • Flo
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The Spender
1913 • Flo
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The Girl O’ the Woods
1913 • Mab Hawkins
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The Closed Door
1913 • Florence Ashleigh
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Suffragettes Parade in Washington
1913 • Herself
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The Lady Leone
1912 • Lady Leone Mervyn
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Sisters
1912 • Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
The Redemption of Riverton poster
The Redemption of Riverton
1912 • June Martin
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The Angel of the Studio
1912 • Roxie
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Betty’s Nightmare
1912 • Betty
Tangled Relations poster
Tangled Relations
1912 • Florence the Governess
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The Advent of Jane
1912 • Dr. Jane Bixby
Flo's Discipline poster
Flo's Discipline
1912 • Florence Dow
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All for Love
1912 • Flo
After All poster
After All
1912 • Margie
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The Winning Punch
1912 • Nellie Wilson
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Her Cousin Fred
1912 • Flo Ballard
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The Chance Shot
1912 • Flo
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The Mill Buyers
1912 • Flo
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Taking a Chance
1912 • Mrs. Flo Mills
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The Players
1912 • Flo Lakewood
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In Swift Waters
1912 • Flo Armstrong
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Not Like Other Girls
1912 • Flo
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The Surgeon’s Heroism
1912 • Flo
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A Village Romance
1912 • Flo - the Country Girl
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Art Versus Music
1911 • Ethel Vernon
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A Girlish Impulse
1911 • Gladys Stevens
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A Head for Business
1911 • Phyllis Moore
His Chorus Girl Wife poster
His Chorus Girl Wife
1911 • Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
Aunt Jane’s Legacy poster
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
1911 • Bessie Elkins - the Niece
One on Reno poster
One on Reno
1911 • Mrs. Appleby
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A Rural Conqueror
1911 • Marjorie Thorne
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The Maniac
1911 • Dora Elsmore
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The Slavey’s Affinity
1911 • Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
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The Matchmaker
1911 • Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
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The Life Saver
1911 • Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
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The Story of Rosie’s Rose
1911 • Rosie Carter
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Romance of Pond Cove
1911 • Florence Earle
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A Rebellious Blossom
1911 • Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
Through Jealous Eyes poster
Through Jealous Eyes
1911 • Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
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Her Two Sons
1911 • The Younger Brother's Wife
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During Cherry Time
1911 • Violet - the Country Girl
The Snare of Society poster
The Snare of Society
1911 • Mary Williams
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Always a Way
1911 • Ruth Craven
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The Little Rebel
1911 • Rosalind Trevaine
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Higgenses Versus Judsons
1911 • Freda Judson
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Duke de Ribbon Counter
1911 • Lillian de Mille
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The Professor’s Ward
1911 • Edith - The Professor's Ward
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A Game of Deception
1911 • The Actress
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The State Line
1911 • The Sheriff's Daughter
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A Good Turn
1911 • Florence
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Her Humble Ministry
1911 • The Reformed Woman
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That Awful Brother
1911 • Florence
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A Fascinating Bachelor
1911 • The Nurse
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The Sheriff and the Man
1911 • Flo
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The Hoyden
1911 • Gladys Weston
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The Two Fathers
1911 • Gladys
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Opportunity and the Man
1911 • Flora Hamilton
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The Wife’s Awakening
1911 • The Wife
Her Child's Honor poster
Her Child's Honor
1911 • The Mother