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.

Known For: Acting

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

Died: 1938-12-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1906	The Automobile Thieves		0
2	1907	Daniel Boone/Pioneer Days in America	Boone's Daughter	0
3	1907	The Boy, the Bust and the Bath	The Lady	60
4	1907	The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance		0
5	1907	The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines		0
6	1908	Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy	Banquet Quest	40
7	1908	Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)	Juliet	35
8	1908	Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance	Lady Jane	0
9	1908	The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen	Theckla, the Viking's Daughter	30
10	1908	The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora)	Unconfirmed Character	25
11	1908	Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)	Salome	0
12	1908	Betrayed by a Handprint	Myrtle Vane	29
13	1908	The Girl and the Outlaw	Woman	30
14	1908	Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters	Mrs. Bailey	20
15	1908	The Red Girl	The Red Girl	35
16	1908	The Heart of O Yama	O'Yama	15
17	1908	Where the Breakers Roar	At the Beach	32
18	1908	A Smoked Husband	Mrs. Bibbs	40
19	1908	Richard III		30
20	1908	The Stolen Jewels	Mrs. Jenkins	40
21	1908	The Devil	A Model	15
22	1908	The Zulu's Heart	The Boer's Wife	43
23	1908	Father Gets in the Game	First Couple	33
24	1908	Ingomar, the Barbarian	Parthenia	30
25	1908	The Vaquero's Vow	Wedding Party / In Bar	35
26	1908	The Planter's Wife	Tomboy Nellie	50
27	1908	Romance of a Jewess	Ruth Simonson	41
28	1908	The Call of the Wild	Gladys Penrose	35
29	1908	Concealing a Burglar	Mrs. Brown	30
30	1908	After Many Years	Mrs. John Davis	25
31	1908	Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian	Cleopatra	25
32	1908	The Pirate's Gold		45
33	1908	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina	49
34	1908	The Song of the Shirt	Woman	36
35	1908	The Ingrate	The Trapper's Wife	20
36	1908	A Woman's Way		35
37	1908	The Clubman and the Tramp	Bridget / Dinner Guest	40
38	1908	The Valet's Wife	Muse	35
39	1908	Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy		48
40	1908	Money Mad	Bank Customer / Landlady	48
41	1908	The Feud and the Turkey	Nellie Caufield's Sister	20
42	1908	The Reckoning	The Wife	40
43	1908	The Test of Friendship	Jennie Colman	40
44	1908	An Awful Moment	Mrs. Mowbray	28
45	1908	The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain		0
46	1908	The Christmas Burglars	Mrs. Martin	20
47	1908	Mr. Jones at the Ball	Mrs. Jones	45
48	1908	The Helping Hand	Wedding Guest	20
49	1909	One Touch of Nature	Mrs. John Murray	30
50	1909	Mrs. Jones Entertains	Mrs. Jones	33
51	1909	The Honor of Thieves	Rachel Einstein	15
52	1909	The Sacrifice	Mrs. Hardluck	40
53	1909	The Criminal Hypnotist	The Maid	20
54	1909	Those Boys!	The Maid	45
55	1909	Mr. Jones Has a Card Party	Mrs. Jones	25
56	1909	Those Awful Hats	Theatre Audience	61
57	1909	The Cord of Life	Woman in Tenement	35
58	1909	The Girls and Daddy	Dr. Payson's First Daughter	30
59	1909	The Brahma Diamond	The Guard's Sweetheart	15
60	1909	A Wreath in Time	Mrs. John Goodhusband	40
61	1909	Tragic Love	The Maid / In Factory	40
62	1909	The Curtain Pole	Mrs. Edwards	45
63	1909	His Ward's Love	The Reverend's Ward	25
64	1909	The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals	Mrs. Jones	38
65	1909	The Politician's Love Story		43
66	1909	At the Altar	Girl at Wedding	38
67	1909	His Wife's Mother	Mrs. Jones	20
68	1909	The Prussian Spy	The Maid	50
69	1909	The Roue’s Heart	Noblewoman	45
70	1909	The Wooden Leg	Claire	40
71	1909	The Salvation Army Lass		40
72	1909	The Lure of the Gown	Veronica	37
73	1909	I Did It		25
74	1909	The Deception	Mabel Colton	20
75	1909	Jones and His New Neighbors	Mrs. Jones	25
76	1909	The Medicine Bottle	Mrs. Ross	10
77	1909	A Drunkard's Reformation	Woman in the Play	55
78	1909	Trying to Get Arrested	The Nanny	35
79	1909	The Road to the Heart	Mexican Woman	50
80	1909	Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade	Mrs. Schneider	35
81	1909	The Winning Coat	Lady-in-Waiting	50
82	1909	Confidence	Nellie Burton	41
83	1909	Lady Helen's Escapade	Lady Helen	39
84	1909	A Troublesome Satchel	In Crowd	0
85	1909	Drive for a Life	Mignon	15
86	1909	Lucky Jim		30
87	1909	Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good	Mary Flinn	25
88	1909	The Note in the Shoe	Ella Berling	10
89	1909	Jones and the Lady Book Agent	Mrs. Jones	25
90	1909	A Baby's Shoe	The Poor Mother	20
91	1909	The Jilt	Mary Allison - Frank's Sister	5
92	1909	Resurrection	Katusha	49
93	1909	Two Memories	Party Guest	38
94	1909	Eloping with Auntie	Margie	25
95	1909	Eradicating Aunty	Flora - Aunty's Ward	5
96	1909	What Drink Did	Mrs. Alfred Lucas	45
97	1909	Her First Biscuits	Mrs. Jones	30
98	1909	The Peachbasket Hat	Mrs. Jones	42
99	1909	The Way of Man	Mabel Jarrett	40
100	1909	The Necklace		40
101	1909	The Country Doctor	Mrs. Harcourt	62
102	1909	Jealousy and the Man	Mrs. Jim Brooks	25
103	1909	The Cardinal's Conspiracy	The Princess	37
104	1909	Sweet and Twenty	Alice's sister	38
105	1909	The Slave	Nerada	43
106	1909	The Mended Lute	Rising Moon	45
107	1909	Mr. Jones’ Burglar	Mrs. Jones	10
108	1909	Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat	Mrs. Jones	5
109	1909	1776, or The Hessian Renegades		52
110	1909	Love's Stratagem	The Girl	0
111	1909	Nursing a Viper		42
112	1909	The Forest Ranger’s Daughter	The Forest Ranger's Daughter	0
113	1909	Her Generous Way		0
114	1909	Lest We Forget		0
115	1909	The Awakening of Bess	Bess	0
116	1910	The Winning Punch		0
117	1910	The Right of Love		0
118	1910	The Tide of Fortune		0
119	1910	Justice in the Far North		0
120	1910	The Blind Man’s Tact		0
121	1910	Jane and the Stranger	Jane	0
122	1910	The Governor’s Pardon		0
123	1910	Mother Love	The Mother	0
124	1910	The Broken Oath		0
125	1910	The Stage Note		0
126	1910	Transfusion		0
127	1910	The Miser’s Daughter	The Miser's Daughter	0
128	1910	His Second Wife		0
129	1910	The Rosary		0
130	1910	The Maelstrom		0
131	1910	The New Shawl	Marie	0
132	1910	Two Men	TheOrphan	0
133	1910	The Doctor's Perfidy		0
134	1910	The Eternal Triangle	The Wife	0
135	1910	A Reno Romance	Grace	0
136	1910	The Nichols on a Vacation	Mrs. Nichols	0
137	1910	A Game for Two	Mrs. Henderson	0
138	1910	The Call of the Circus		0
139	1910	Old Heads and Young Hearts		0
140	1910	The Mistake		0
141	1910	Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens	Mrs. George Rand	0
142	1910	The Irony of Fate		0
143	1910	Once Upon a Time		0
144	1910	The Senator’s Double		0
145	1910	The Taming of Jane	Jane	0
146	1910	The Right Girl		0
147	1910	Debt		0
148	1910	Pressed Roses		0
149	1910	All the World’s a Stage		0
150	1910	The Count of Montebello	The Heiress	0
151	1911	His Bogus Uncle	The Object of Their Affection	0
152	1911	Age Versus Youth	Nora Blake	0
153	1911	A Show Girl’s Strategem	Ethel Lane	0
154	1911	The Test	Miss Gillman	80
155	1911	Nan’s Diplomacy	Nan	0
156	1911	Vanity and Its Cure	Effie Hart	0
157	1911	His Friend, the Burglar	Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife	0
158	1911	The Actress and the Singer	The Actress	0
159	1911	Her Artistic Temperament	Flo	0
160	1911	Her Child's Honor	The Mother	0
161	1911	The Wife’s Awakening	The Wife	0
162	1911	Opportunity and the Man	Flora Hamilton	0
163	1911	The Two Fathers	Gladys	0
164	1911	The Hoyden	Gladys Weston	0
165	1911	The Sheriff and the Man		0
166	1911	A Fascinating Bachelor	The Nurse	0
167	1911	That Awful Brother	Florence	0
168	1911	Her Humble Ministry	The Reformed Woman	0
169	1911	A Good Turn		0
170	1911	The State Line	The Sheriff's Daughter	0
171	1911	A Game of Deception	The Actress	0
172	1911	The Professor’s Ward	Edith - The Professor's Ward	0
173	1911	Duke de Ribbon Counter	Lillian de Mille	0
174	1911	Higgenses Versus Judsons	Freda Judson	0
175	1911	The Little Rebel	Rosalind Trevaine	0
176	1911	Always a Way	Ruth Craven	0
177	1911	The Snare of Society	Mary Williams	0
178	1911	During Cherry Time	Violet - the Country Girl	0
179	1911	Her Two Sons	The Younger Brother's Wife	0
180	1911	Through Jealous Eyes	Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse	0
181	1911	A Rebellious Blossom	Flo - The Rebellious Daughter	0
182	1911	Romance of Pond Cove	Florence Earle	0
183	1911	The Story of Rosie’s Rose	Rosie Carter	0
184	1911	The Life Saver	Jessie Storm - the Local Girl	0
185	1911	The Matchmaker	Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess	0
186	1911	The Slavey’s Affinity	Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge	0
187	1911	The Maniac	Dora Elsmore	0
188	1911	A Rural Conqueror	Marjorie Thorne	0
189	1911	One on Reno	Mrs. Appleby	0
190	1911	Aunt Jane’s Legacy	Bessie Elkins - the Niece	0
191	1911	His Chorus Girl Wife	Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl	0
192	1911	A Head for Business	Phyllis Moore	0
193	1911	A Girlish Impulse	Gladys Stevens	0
194	1911	Art Versus Music	Ethel Vernon	0
195	1912	A Village Romance	Flo - the Country Girl	0
196	1912	The Surgeon’s Heroism		0
197	1912	Not Like Other Girls	Flo	0
198	1912	In Swift Waters	Flo Armstrong	0
199	1912	The Players	Flo Lakewood	0
200	1912	Taking a Chance	Mrs. Flo Mills	0
201	1912	The Mill Buyers	Flo	0
202	1912	The Chance Shot	Flo	0
203	1912	Her Cousin Fred	Flo Ballard	0
204	1912	The Winning Punch	Nellie Wilson	0
205	1912	After All	Margie	0
206	1912	All for Love	Flo	0
207	1912	Flo's Discipline	Florence Dow	70
208	1912	The Advent of Jane	Dr. Jane Bixby	0
209	1912	Tangled Relations	Florence the Governess	0
210	1912	Betty’s Nightmare	Betty	0
211	1912	The Angel of the Studio	Roxie	40
212	1912	The Redemption of Riverton	June Martin	0
213	1912	Sisters	Annie / Mary (twin sisters)	0
214	1912	The Lady Leone	Lady Leone Mervyn	100
215	1913	Suffragettes Parade in Washington	Herself	0
216	1913	The Closed Door	Florence Ashleigh	0
217	1913	The Girl O’ the Woods	Mab Hawkins	0
218	1913	The Spender	Flo	0
219	1913	His Wife’s Child	Flo	0
220	1913	Unto the Third Generation	Esther Stern	0
221	1913	Influence of Sympathy	The Wife	0
222	1913	A Girl and Her Money	Florence Kingsley	0
223	1914	The Coryphee	Florence	0
224	1914	The Romance of the Photograph	Flo	0
225	1914	The False Bride	Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)	0
226	1914	The Law’s Decree	Flo	0
227	1914	The Stepmother	Flo	0
228	1914	The Honeymooners	Florence Blair	0
229	1914	Diplomatic Flo	Flo	0
230	1914	The Little Mail Carrier	Flo - the Little Mail Carrier	0
231	1914	The Pawns of Destiny	Flo	0
232	1914	The Disenchantment	Flo - the Maid	0
233	1914	The Bribe		0
234	1914	The Doctor’s Testimony	Florence Lund	0
235	1914	A Singular Cynic	Flo Welton	0
236	1914	Her Ragged Knight	Flo - Bob's Ward	0
237	1914	The Great Universal Mystery	Herself	0
238	1914	The Mad Man’s Ward		0
239	1914	The Honor of the Humble	Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter	0
240	1914	Counterfeiters	Flo	0
241	1914	A Mysterious Mystery	Miss Lawrence	0
242	1914	The Man Who Was Never Kissed	Florence Lloyd	0
243	1916	Elusive Isabel	Isabel Thorne	0
244	1916	The Face on the Screen		0
245	1918	The Love Craze		0
246	1922	The Unfoldment	Katherine Nevin	0
247	1923	The Satin Girl	Sylvia	0
248	1924	Gambling Wives	Polly Barker	0
249	1930	Sweeping Against the Winds		0
250	1931	Homicide Squad		0
251	1931	The Hard Hombre	The Sister	26
252	1932	So Big!	Mina (uncredited)	58
253	1932	Sinners in the Sun		49
254	1933	Secrets	Undetermined Role (uncredited)	51
255	1934	The Old-Fashioned Way	Undetermined Role (uncredited)	71
256	1935	Man on the Flying Trapeze	(uncredited)	59
257	1936	Yellow Dust		40
258	1937	Night Must Fall		71
259	1998	Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	No Data	No Data	No Data	No Data