Florence Lawrence

Jan 01, 1886 - Dec 28, 1938 (52 years old) in 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.

Known For

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So Big!

Mina (uncredited)

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Self (archive footage)

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Night Must Fall

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Secrets

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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Man on the Flying Trapeze

(uncredited)

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Sinners in the Sun

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The Old-Fashioned Way

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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After Many Years

Mrs. John Davis

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1776, or The Hessian Renegades

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The Slave

Nerada

Credits

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists 1998

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Night Must Fall 1937

★ 7
Yellow Dust 1936

★ 4
Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935

(uncredited)

★ 5.9
The Old-Fashioned Way 1934

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Secrets 1933

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Sinners in the Sun 1932

★ 4.9
So Big! 1932

Mina (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Hard Hombre 1931

The Sister

★ 2.6
Homicide Squad 1931

★ NR
Sweeping Against the Winds 1930

★ NR
Gambling Wives 1924

Polly Barker

★ NR
The Satin Girl 1923

Sylvia

★ NR
The Unfoldment 1922

Katherine Nevin

★ NR
The Love Craze 1918

★ NR
The Face on the Screen 1916

★ NR
Elusive Isabel 1916

Isabel Thorne

★ NR
The Man Who Was Never Kissed 1914

Florence Lloyd

★ NR
A Mysterious Mystery 1914

Miss Lawrence

★ NR
Counterfeiters 1914

Flo

★ NR
The Honor of the Humble 1914

Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter

★ NR
The Mad Man’s Ward 1914

★ NR
The Great Universal Mystery 1914

Herself

★ NR
Her Ragged Knight 1914

Flo - Bob's Ward

★ NR
A Singular Cynic 1914

Flo Welton

★ NR
The Doctor’s Testimony 1914

Florence Lund

★ NR
The Bribe 1914

★ NR
The Disenchantment 1914

Flo - the Maid

★ NR
The Pawns of Destiny 1914

Flo

★ NR
The Little Mail Carrier 1914

Flo - the Little Mail Carrier

★ NR
Diplomatic Flo 1914

Flo

★ NR
The Honeymooners 1914

Florence Blair

★ NR
The Stepmother 1914

Flo

★ NR
The Law’s Decree 1914

Flo

★ NR
The False Bride 1914

Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)

★ NR
The Romance of the Photograph 1914

Flo

★ NR
The Coryphee 1914

Florence

★ NR
A Girl and Her Money 1913

Florence Kingsley

★ NR
Influence of Sympathy 1913

The Wife

★ NR
Unto the Third Generation 1913

Esther Stern

★ NR
His Wife’s Child 1913

Flo

★ NR
The Spender 1913

Flo

★ NR
The Girl O’ the Woods 1913

Mab Hawkins

★ NR
The Closed Door 1913

Florence Ashleigh

★ NR
Suffragettes Parade in Washington 1913

Herself

★ NR
The Lady Leone 1912

Lady Leone Mervyn

★ 10
Sisters 1912

Annie / Mary (twin sisters)

★ NR
The Redemption of Riverton 1912

June Martin

★ NR
The Angel of the Studio 1912

Roxie

★ 4
Betty’s Nightmare 1912

Betty

★ NR
Tangled Relations 1912

Florence the Governess

★ NR
The Advent of Jane 1912

Dr. Jane Bixby

★ NR
Flo's Discipline 1912

Florence Dow

★ 7
All for Love 1912

Flo

★ NR
After All 1912

Margie

★ NR
Her Cousin Fred 1912

Flo Ballard

★ NR
The Chance Shot 1912

Flo

★ NR
The Mill Buyers 1912

Flo

★ NR
Taking a Chance 1912

Mrs. Flo Mills

★ NR
The Players 1912

Flo Lakewood

★ NR
In Swift Waters 1912

Flo Armstrong

★ NR
Not Like Other Girls 1912

Flo

★ NR
The Surgeon’s Heroism 1912

★ NR
A Village Romance 1912

Flo - the Country Girl

★ NR
Art Versus Music 1911

Ethel Vernon

★ NR
A Girlish Impulse 1911

Gladys Stevens

★ NR
A Head for Business 1911

Phyllis Moore

★ NR
His Chorus Girl Wife 1911

Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl

★ NR
Aunt Jane’s Legacy 1911

Bessie Elkins - the Niece

★ NR
One on Reno 1911

Mrs. Appleby

★ NR
A Rural Conqueror 1911

Marjorie Thorne

★ NR
The Maniac 1911

Dora Elsmore

★ NR
The Slavey’s Affinity 1911

Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge

★ NR
The Matchmaker 1911

Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess

★ NR
The Life Saver 1911

Jessie Storm - the Local Girl

★ NR
The Story of Rosie’s Rose 1911

Rosie Carter

★ NR
Romance of Pond Cove 1911

Florence Earle

★ NR
A Rebellious Blossom 1911

Flo - The Rebellious Daughter

★ NR
Through Jealous Eyes 1911

Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse

★ NR
Her Two Sons 1911

The Younger Brother's Wife

★ NR
During Cherry Time 1911

Violet - the Country Girl

★ NR
The Snare of Society 1911

Mary Williams

★ NR
Always a Way 1911

Ruth Craven

★ NR
The Little Rebel 1911

Rosalind Trevaine

★ NR
Higgenses Versus Judsons 1911

Freda Judson

★ NR
Duke de Ribbon Counter 1911

Lillian de Mille

★ NR
The Professor’s Ward 1911

Edith - The Professor's Ward

★ NR
A Game of Deception 1911

The Actress

★ NR
The State Line 1911

The Sheriff's Daughter

★ NR
A Good Turn 1911

★ NR
Her Humble Ministry 1911

The Reformed Woman

★ NR
That Awful Brother 1911

Florence

★ NR
A Fascinating Bachelor 1911

The Nurse

★ NR
The Sheriff and the Man 1911

★ NR
The Hoyden 1911

Gladys Weston

★ NR
The Two Fathers 1911

Gladys

★ NR
Opportunity and the Man 1911

Flora Hamilton

★ NR
The Wife’s Awakening 1911

The Wife

★ NR
Her Child's Honor 1911

The Mother

★ NR
Her Artistic Temperament 1911

Flo

★ NR
The Actress and the Singer 1911

The Actress

★ NR
His Friend, the Burglar 1911

Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

★ NR
Vanity and Its Cure 1911

Effie Hart

★ NR
Nan’s Diplomacy 1911

Nan

★ NR
The Test 1911

Miss Gillman

★ 8
A Show Girl’s Strategem 1911

Ethel Lane

★ NR
Age Versus Youth 1911

Nora Blake

★ NR
His Bogus Uncle 1911

The Object of Their Affection

★ NR
The Count of Montebello 1910

The Heiress

★ NR
All the World’s a Stage 1910

★ NR
Pressed Roses 1910

★ NR
Debt 1910

★ NR
The Right Girl 1910

★ NR
The Taming of Jane 1910

Jane

★ NR
The Senator’s Double 1910

★ NR
Once Upon a Time 1910

★ NR
The Irony of Fate 1910

★ NR
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens 1910

Mrs. George Rand

★ NR
The Mistake 1910

★ NR
Old Heads and Young Hearts 1910

★ NR
The Time-Lock Safe 1910

The Mother

★ NR
The Call of the Circus 1910

★ NR
A Game for Two 1910

Mrs. Henderson

★ NR
The Nichols on a Vacation 1910

Mrs. Nichols

★ NR
A Reno Romance 1910

Grace

★ NR
The Eternal Triangle 1910

The Wife

★ NR
The Doctor's Perfidy 1910

★ NR
Two Men 1910

TheOrphan

★ NR
The New Shawl 1910

Marie

★ NR
The Maelstrom 1910

★ NR
The Rosary 1910

★ NR
His Second Wife 1910

★ NR
The Miser’s Daughter 1910

The Miser's Daughter

★ NR
Transfusion 1910

★ NR
The Stage Note 1910

★ NR
The Broken Oath 1910

★ NR
Mother Love 1910

The Mother

★ NR
The Governor’s Pardon 1910

★ NR
Jane and the Stranger 1910

Jane

★ NR
The Blind Man’s Tact 1910

★ NR
Justice in the Far North 1910

★ NR
The Tide of Fortune 1910

★ NR
The Right of Love 1910

★ NR
The Winning Punch 1910

★ NR
The Awakening of Bess 1909

Bess

★ NR
Lest We Forget 1909

★ NR
Her Generous Way 1909

★ NR
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter 1909

The Forest Ranger's Daughter

★ NR
Nursing a Viper 1909

★ 4.2
Love's Stratagem 1909

The Girl

★ NR
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea 1909

★ 3.2
1776, or The Hessian Renegades 1909

★ 5.2
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 0.5
Mr. Jones’ Burglar 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 1
The Mended Lute 1909

Rising Moon

★ 4.5
The Slave 1909

Nerada

★ 4.2
Sweet and Twenty 1909

Alice's sister

★ 3.8
The Cardinal's Conspiracy 1909

The Princess

★ 3.7
Jealousy and the Man 1909

Mrs. Jim Brooks

★ 2.5
The Country Doctor 1909

Mrs. Harcourt

★ 6.2
The Necklace 1909

★ 4
The Way of Man 1909

Mabel Jarrett

★ 4
The Peachbasket Hat 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 4.2
Her First Biscuits 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 3
The Lonely Villa 1909

★ 6
What Drink Did 1909

Mrs. Alfred Lucas

★ 4.5
Eradicating Aunty 1909

Flora - Aunty's Ward

★ 0.5
Eloping with Auntie 1909

Margie

★ 2.5
Two Memories 1909

Party Guest

★ 3.8
Resurrection 1909

Katusha

★ 4.9
The Jilt 1909

Mary Allison - Frank's Sister

★ 0.5
A Baby's Shoe 1909

The Poor Mother

★ 2
Jones and the Lady Book Agent 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 2.5
The Note in the Shoe 1909

Ella Berling

★ 1
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good 1909

Mary Flinn

★ 2.5
Lucky Jim 1909

Wedding Guest

★ 3
Drive for a Life 1909

Mignon

★ 1.5
One Touch of Nature 1909

Mrs. John Murray

★ 3
Lady Helen's Escapade 1909

Lady Helen

★ 4.1
A Troublesome Satchel 1909

In Crowd

★ NR
Confidence 1909

Nellie Burton

★ 4.1
The Winning Coat 1909

Lady-in-Waiting

★ 5
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade 1909

Mrs. Schneider

★ 3.5
The Road to the Heart 1909

Mexican Woman

★ 5
Trying to Get Arrested 1909

The Nanny

★ 3.5
A Drunkard's Reformation 1909

Woman in the Play

★ 5.5
Jones and His New Neighbors 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 2.5
The Medicine Bottle 1909

Mrs. Ross

★ 1
The Deception 1909

Mabel Colton

★ 2
The Lure of the Gown 1909

Veronica

★ 3.7
I Did It 1909

★ 2.5
The Salvation Army Lass 1909

Mary Wilson

★ 4
The Roue’s Heart 1909

Noblewoman

★ 4.5
The Wooden Leg 1909

Claire

★ 4
His Wife's Mother 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 2
The Prussian Spy 1909

The Maid

★ 5
Saul and David 1909

★ NR
At the Altar 1909

Girl at Wedding

★ 3.8
The Politician's Love Story 1909

★ 4.3
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 3.8
The Curtain Pole 1909

Mrs. Edwards

★ 4.5
His Ward's Love 1909

The Reverend's Ward

★ 2.5
Tragic Love 1909

The Maid / In Factory

★ 4
A Wreath in Time 1909

Mrs. John Goodhusband

★ 4
The Brahma Diamond 1909

The Guard's Sweetheart

★ 1.5
The Girls and Daddy 1909

Dr. Payson's First Daughter

★ 3
The Cord of Life 1909

Woman in Tenement

★ 3.5
Those Awful Hats 1909

Theatre Audience

★ 6
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 3
The Criminal Hypnotist 1909

The Maid

★ 2
Those Boys! 1909

The Maid

★ 4.5
The Sacrifice 1909

Mrs. Hardluck

★ 4
The Honor of Thieves 1909

Rachel Einstein

★ 1.5
Mrs. Jones Entertains 1909

Mrs. Jones

★ 3.3
The Judgment of Solomon 1909

★ 10
The Helping Hand 1908

Wedding Guest

★ 2
Mr. Jones at the Ball 1908

Mrs. Jones

★ 4.1
The Christmas Burglars 1908

Mrs. Martin

★ 2
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain 1908

★ NR
An Awful Moment 1908

Mrs. Mowbray

★ 2.8
The Test of Friendship 1908

Jennie Colman

★ 4
The Reckoning 1908

The Wife

★ 4
The Feud and the Turkey 1908

Nellie Caufield's Sister

★ 2
Money Mad 1908

Bank Customer / Landlady

★ 4.8
The Valet's Wife 1908

Muse

★ 3.5
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy 1908

Calpurnia

★ 4.7
The Clubman and the Tramp 1908

Bridget / Dinner Guest

★ 4
A Woman's Way 1908

★ 3.5
The Ingrate 1908

The Trapper's Wife

★ 2
The Song of the Shirt 1908

Woman

★ 3.6
The Taming of the Shrew 1908

Katharina

★ 4.9
The Pirate's Gold 1908

★ 4.5
After Many Years 1908

Mrs. John Davis

★ 2.5
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian 1908

Cleopatra

★ 2.5
Concealing a Burglar 1908

Mrs. Brown

★ 3
The Call of the Wild 1908

Gladys Penrose

★ 3.1
Romance of a Jewess 1908

Ruth Simonson

★ 4.1
The Planter's Wife 1908

Tomboy Nellie

★ 5
The Vaquero's Vow 1908

Wedding Party / In Bar

★ 3.5
Ingomar, the Barbarian 1908

Parthenia

★ 3
Father Gets in the Game 1908

First Couple

★ 3.3
The Zulu's Heart 1908

The Boer's Wife

★ 4.3
The Devil 1908

A Model

★ 1.5
The Stolen Jewels 1908

Mrs. Jenkins

★ 4
Richard III 1908

★ 3
A Smoked Husband 1908

Mrs. Bibbs

★ 4
Where the Breakers Roar 1908

At the Beach

★ 3.2
The Heart of O Yama 1908

O'Yama

★ 1.5
The Red Girl 1908

The Red Girl

★ 3.5
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters 1908

Mrs. Bailey

★ 2
The Girl and the Outlaw 1908

Woman

★ 3
Betrayed by a Handprint 1908

Myrtle Vane

★ 2.9
Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils) 1908

Salome

★ NR
The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora) 1908

Unconfirmed Character

★ 2.5
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen 1908

Theckla, the Viking's Daughter

★ 3
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance 1908

Lady Jane

★ NR
Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet) 1908

Juliet

★ 3.5
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy 1908

Banquet Quest

★ 4
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance 1907

★ NR
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines 1907

★ NR
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath 1907

The Lady

★ 6
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America 1907

Boone's Daughter

★ NR
The Automobile Thieves 1906

★ NR