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Linda Arvidson

Jul 12, 1884 - Jul 26, 1949 (65 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA

Linda Arvidson (born Linda Arvidson Johnson, July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949; sometimes credited as Linda Griffith) was an American stage and film actress and philanthropist through the Linda A. Griffith Fund. She became one of America's early motion picture stars while working at Biograph Studios in New York, where none of the company's actors, until 1913, were credited on screen. Along with Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, and other female performers there, she was often referred to by theatergoers and in trade publications as simply one of the "Biograph girls". Arvidson began working in the new, rapidly expanding film industry after meeting her future husband D. W. Griffith, who impressed her as an innovative screen director. Their marriage was kept secret for reasons of professional discretion.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

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Her First Biscuits
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A Rural Elopement
Cynthia Stebbins
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Tragic Love
Mrs. Rankin
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Where the Breakers Roar
Alice Fairchild
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The Scarlet Letter
Hester Prynne
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Lucky Jim
Wedding Guest
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Pranks
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The Medicine Bottle
Telephone Operator / At Party
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His Trust
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To Save Her Soul
In Audience

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