Florence Lawrence

Florence Lawrence

Acting

Birthday

1886/01/01

Day of death

1938/12/28 (53 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Also know as

Florence Annie Bridgwood

Biography

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.

Acting
Homicide Squad
0.0

(1931) Homicide Squad

as ---

0.0

(1930) Sweeping Against the Winds

as ---

Night Must Fall
7.1

(1937) Night Must Fall

as ---

The Necklace
4.0

(1909) The Necklace

as ---

The Curtain Pole
4.5

(1909) The Curtain Pole

as Mrs. Edwards

The Hard Hombre
2.6

(1931) The Hard Hombre

as The Sister

The Mended Lute
4.5

(1909) The Mended Lute

as Rising Moon

Those Awful Hats
6.0

(1909) Those Awful Hats

as Theatre Audience

Lady Helen's Escapade
3.9

(1909) Lady Helen's Escapade

as Lady Helen

Money Mad
4.8

(1908) Money Mad

as Bank Customer / Landlady

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
3.8

(1909) The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

as Mrs. Jones

A Drunkard's Reformation
5.5

(1909) A Drunkard's Reformation

as Woman in the Play

Betrayed by a Handprint
2.9

(1908) Betrayed by a Handprint

as Myrtle Vane

The Song of the Shirt
3.6

(1908) The Song of the Shirt

as Woman

Resurrection
4.9

(1909) Resurrection

as Katusha

Confidence
4.1

(1909) Confidence

as Nellie Burton

After Many Years
2.5

(1908) After Many Years

as Mrs. John Davis

Her First Biscuits
3.0

(1909) Her First Biscuits

as Mrs. Jones

Yellow Dust
4.0

(1936) Yellow Dust

as ---

The Taming of the Shrew
4.9

(1908) The Taming of the Shrew

as Katharina

An Awful Moment
2.8

(1908) An Awful Moment

as Mrs. Mowbray

The Lure of the Gown
3.7

(1909) The Lure of the Gown

as Veronica

Sinners in the Sun
4.9

(1932) Sinners in the Sun

as ---

2.0

(1908) Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

as Mrs. Bailey

The Girl and the Outlaw
3.0

(1908) The Girl and the Outlaw

as Woman

Where the Breakers Roar
3.2

(1908) Where the Breakers Roar

as At the Beach

3.5

(1908) The Red Girl

as The Red Girl

1.5

(1908) The Heart of O Yama

as O'Yama

At the Altar
3.8

(1909) At the Altar

as Girl at Wedding

A Smoked Husband
4.0

(1908) A Smoked Husband

as Mrs. Bibbs

Father Gets in the Game
3.3

(1908) Father Gets in the Game

as First Couple

Romance of a Jewess
4.1

(1908) Romance of a Jewess

as Ruth Simonson

The Call of the Wild
3.1

(1908) The Call of the Wild

as Gladys Penrose

2.0

(1908) The Feud and the Turkey

as Nellie Caufield's Sister

4.0

(1908) The Reckoning

as The Wife

The Country Doctor
6.2

(1909) The Country Doctor

as Mrs. Harcourt

4.0

(1908) The Clubman and the Tramp

as Bridget / Dinner Guest

3.0

(1908) Concealing a Burglar

as Mrs. Brown

3.5

(1908) The Valet's Wife

as Muse

4.0

(1908) The Test of Friendship

as Jennie Colman

The Way of Man
4.0

(1909) The Way of Man

as Mabel Jarrett

4.8

(1908) Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

as Calpurnia

Flo's Discipline
7.0

(1912) Flo's Discipline

as Florence Dow

2.0

(1908) The Christmas Burglars

as Mrs. Martin

Mr. Jones at the Ball
4.5

(1908) Mr. Jones at the Ball

as Mrs. Jones

2.0

(1908) The Helping Hand

as Wedding Guest

1.5

(1909) The Honor of Thieves

as Rachel Einstein

4.0

(1909) The Sacrifice

as Mrs. Hardluck

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
2.5

(1909) Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

as Mrs. Jones

3.0

(1909) One Touch of Nature

as Mrs. John Murray

2.0

(1909) The Criminal Hypnotist

as The Maid

The Salvation Army Lass
4.0

(1909) The Salvation Army Lass

as ---

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
6.0

(1907) The Boy, the Bust and the Bath

as The Lady

The Cardinal's Conspiracy
3.7

(1909) The Cardinal's Conspiracy

as The Princess

Her Child's Honor
0.0

(1911) Her Child's Honor

as The Mother

The Old-Fashioned Way
7.1

(1934) The Old-Fashioned Way

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze
5.9

(1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze

as (uncredited)

The Automobile Thieves
0.0

(1906) The Automobile Thieves

as ---

3.0

(1908) The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen

as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter

Two Memories
3.8

(1909) Two Memories

as Party Guest

Sweet and Twenty
3.8

(1909) Sweet and Twenty

as Alice's sister

Secrets
5.1

(1933) Secrets

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

3.5

(1909) Trying to Get Arrested

as The Nanny

0.0

(1912) Not Like Other Girls

as Flo

The Peachbasket Hat
4.2

(1909) The Peachbasket Hat

as Mrs. Jones

The Slave
4.2

(1909) The Slave

as Nerada

The Zulu's Heart
4.3

(1908) The Zulu's Heart

as The Boer's Wife

Antony and Cléopatra
2.5

(1908) Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian

as Cleopatra

Elusive Isabel
0.0

(1916) Elusive Isabel

as Isabel Thorne

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
0.0

(1998) Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Self (archive footage)

So Big!
5.8

(1932) So Big!

as Mina (uncredited)

3.3

(1909) Mrs. Jones Entertains

as Mrs. Jones

0.0

(1907) Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America

as Boone's Daughter

2.5

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

as Unconfirmed Character

Ingomar, the Barbarian
3.0

(1908) Ingomar, the Barbarian

as Parthenia

The Devil
1.5

(1908) The Devil

as A Model

4.5

(1908) The Pirate's Gold

as ---

1776, or The Hessian Renegades
5.2

(1909) 1776, or The Hessian Renegades

as ---

2.0

(1908) The Ingrate

as The Trapper's Wife

3.5

(1908) The Vaquero's Vow

as Wedding Party / In Bar

The Planter's Wife
5.0

(1908) The Planter's Wife

as Tomboy Nellie

0.0

(1908) Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)

as Salome

Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
3.5

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

as Juliet

4.0

(1908) The Stolen Jewels

as Mrs. Jenkins

3.5

(1908) A Woman's Way

as ---

1.5

(1909) The Brahma Diamond

as The Guard's Sweetheart

2.0

(1909) A Baby's Shoe

as The Poor Mother

0.0

(1909) The Awakening of Bess

as Bess

Lucky Jim
3.0

(1909) Lucky Jim

as ---

2.0

(1909) The Deception

as Mabel Colton

The Girls and Daddy
3.0

(1909) The Girls and Daddy

as Dr. Payson's First Daughter

1.5

(1909) Drive for a Life

as Mignon

2.5

(1909) Jealousy and the Man

as Mrs. Jim Brooks

0.5

(1909) Eradicating Aunty

as Flora - Aunty's Ward

2.5

(1909) Eloping with Auntie

as Margie

2.5

(1909) His Ward's Love

as The Reverend's Ward

2.0

(1909) His Wife's Mother

as Mrs. Jones

0.5

(1909) The Jilt

as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister

Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1.0

(1909) Mr. Jones’ Burglar

as Mrs. Jones

0.5

(1909) Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat

as Mrs. Jones

0.0

(1907) The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines

as ---

2.5

(1909) Jones and the Lady Book Agent

as Mrs. Jones

Jones and His New Neighbors
2.5

(1909) Jones and His New Neighbors

as Mrs. Jones

0.0

(1907) The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Eternal Triangle

as The Wife

0.0

(1910) Jane and the Stranger

as Jane

0.0

(1910) The Call of the Circus

as ---

The Medicine Bottle
1.0

(1909) The Medicine Bottle

as Mrs. Ross

0.0

(1910) A Game for Two

as Mrs. Henderson

0.0

(1910) The Governor’s Pardon

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Irony of Fate

as ---

The Politician's Love Story
4.3

(1909) The Politician's Love Story

as ---

The Prussian Spy
5.0

(1909) The Prussian Spy

as The Maid

The Unfoldment
0.0

(1922) The Unfoldment

as Katherine Nevin

0.0

(1910) The Broken Oath

as ---

1.0

(1909) The Note in the Shoe

as Ella Berling

0.0

(1910) The Count of Montebello

as The Heiress

0.0

(1910) His Second Wife

as ---

0.0

(1910) Debt

as ---

0.0

(1911) Nan’s Diplomacy

as Nan

0.0

(1911) The Professor’s Ward

as Edith - The Professor's Ward

0.0

(1911) A Show Girl’s Strategem

as Ethel Lane

The Snare of Society
0.0

(1911) The Snare of Society

as Mary Williams

0.0

(1911) Opportunity and the Man

as Flora Hamilton

0.0

(1911) The Matchmaker

as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess

0.0

(1911) The State Line

as The Sheriff's Daughter

0.0

(1911) That Awful Brother

as Florence

0.0

(1911) The Maniac

as Dora Elsmore

0.0

(1911) The Life Saver

as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl

0.0

(1909) A Troublesome Satchel

as In Crowd

4.5

(1909) Those Boys!

as The Maid

0.0

(1912) A Village Romance

as Flo - the Country Girl

5.0

(1909) The Winning Coat

as Lady-in-Waiting

5.0

(1909) The Road to the Heart

as Mexican Woman

0.0

(1911) Through Jealous Eyes

as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse

3.5

(1909) Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

as Mrs. Schneider

0.0

(1918) The Love Craze

as ---

2.5

(1909) Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

as Mary Flinn

One on Reno
0.0

(1911) One on Reno

as Mrs. Appleby

4.5

(1909) The Roue’s Heart

as Noblewoman

0.0

(1916) The Face on the Screen

as ---

0.0

(1911) The Slavey’s Affinity

as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge

0.0

(1911) The Story of Rosie’s Rose

as Rosie Carter

Vanity and Its Cure
0.0

(1911) Vanity and Its Cure

as Effie Hart

0.0

(1911) The Wife’s Awakening

as The Wife

0.0

(1912) The Surgeon’s Heroism

as ---

4.0

(1909) A Wreath in Time

as Mrs. John Goodhusband

4.0

(1909) The Wooden Leg

as Claire

0.0

(1910) The Blind Man’s Tact

as ---

0.0

(1910) Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens

as Mrs. George Rand

0.0

(1910) The Taming of Jane

as Jane

0.0

(1910) Old Heads and Young Hearts

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Stage Note

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Nichols on a Vacation

as Mrs. Nichols

0.0

(1910) Once Upon a Time

as ---

0.0

(1910) Mother Love

as The Mother

0.0

(1910) Pressed Roses

as ---

0.0

(1910) Justice in the Far North

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Right of Love

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Miser’s Daughter

as The Miser's Daughter

0.0

(1910) The Maelstrom

as ---

0.0

(1910) The New Shawl

as Marie

0.0

(1910) A Reno Romance

as Grace

0.0

(1910) The Mistake

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Senator’s Double

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Right Girl

as ---

0.0

(1910) Transfusion

as ---

0.0

(1910) Two Men

as TheOrphan

0.0

(1910) The Winning Punch

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Tide of Fortune

as ---

After All
0.0

(1912) After All

as Margie

Gambling Wives
0.0

(1924) Gambling Wives

as Polly Barker

0.0

(1923) The Satin Girl

as Sylvia

0.0

(1912) The Advent of Jane

as Dr. Jane Bixby

0.0

(1911) Age Versus Youth

as Nora Blake

0.0

(1911) The Actress and the Singer

as The Actress

0.0

(1911) Always a Way

as Ruth Craven

0.0

(1911) Art Versus Music

as Ethel Vernon

0.0

(1912) Her Cousin Fred

as Flo Ballard

0.0

(1912) All for Love

as Flo

4.0

(1912) The Angel of the Studio

as Roxie

0.0

(1912) The Chance Shot

as Flo

0.0

(1912) The Players

as Flo Lakewood

The Redemption of Riverton
0.0

(1912) The Redemption of Riverton

as June Martin

0.0

(1913) His Wife’s Child

as Flo

0.0

(1912) In Swift Waters

as Flo Armstrong

0.0

(1913) The Girl O’ the Woods

as Mab Hawkins

0.0

(1913) A Girl and Her Money

as Florence Kingsley

0.0

(1913) Influence of Sympathy

as The Wife

10.0

(1912) The Lady Leone

as Lady Leone Mervyn

0.0

(1912) Sisters

as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)

0.0

(1912) The Winning Punch

as Nellie Wilson

0.0

(1912) Betty’s Nightmare

as Betty

0.0

(1912) The Mill Buyers

as Flo

Tangled Relations
0.0

(1912) Tangled Relations

as Florence the Governess

0.0

(1913) The Closed Door

as Florence Ashleigh

0.0

(1910) The Rosary

as ---

Aunt Jane’s Legacy
0.0

(1911) Aunt Jane’s Legacy

as Bessie Elkins - the Niece

0.0

(1911) Duke de Ribbon Counter

as Lillian de Mille

0.0

(1912) Taking a Chance

as Mrs. Flo Mills

0.0

(1911) The Two Fathers

as Gladys

0.0

(1910) All the World’s a Stage

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Doctor's Perfidy

as ---

4.0

(1908) Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy

as Banquet Quest

0.0

(1909) Lest We Forget

as ---

0.0

(1911) The Little Rebel

as Rosalind Trevaine

0.0

(1909) Her Generous Way

as ---

0.0

(1909) The Forest Ranger’s Daughter

as The Forest Ranger's Daughter

0.0

(1908) Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance

as Lady Jane

3.0

(1908) Richard III

as ---

0.0

(1911) A Fascinating Bachelor

as The Nurse

0.0

(1911) During Cherry Time

as Violet - the Country Girl

0.0

(1911) A Game of Deception

as The Actress

0.0

(1908) The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain

as ---

Love's Stratagem
0.0

(1909) Love's Stratagem

as The Girl

0.0

(1911) A Good Turn

as ---

0.0

(1913) Suffragettes Parade in Washington

as Herself

0.0

(1914) The Law’s Decree

as Flo

0.0

(1913) The Spender

as Flo

0.0

(1914) Diplomatic Flo

as Flo

0.0

(1914) The Great Universal Mystery

as Herself

0.0

(1914) The Bribe

as ---

0.0

(1914) The Doctor’s Testimony

as Florence Lund

0.0

(1914) The False Bride

as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)

0.0

(1914) The Honor of the Humble

as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter

0.0

(1913) Unto the Third Generation

as Esther Stern

0.0

(1914) The Honeymooners

as Florence Blair

0.0

(1914) The Coryphee

as Florence

0.0

(1914) The Disenchantment

as Flo - the Maid

0.0

(1914) Her Ragged Knight

as Flo - Bob's Ward

0.0

(1914) Counterfeiters

as Flo

0.0

(1914) The Little Mail Carrier

as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier

0.0

(1914) The Stepmother

as Flo

0.0

(1914) The Mad Man’s Ward

as ---

0.0

(1914) The Man Who Was Never Kissed

as Florence Lloyd

0.0

(1914) The Romance of the Photograph

as Flo

0.0

(1914) The Pawns of Destiny

as Flo

8.0

(1911) The Test

as Miss Gillman

0.0

(1914) A Mysterious Mystery

as Miss Lawrence

0.0

(1914) A Singular Cynic

as Flo Welton

0.0

(1911) Her Humble Ministry

as The Reformed Woman

0.0

(1911) Her Two Sons

as The Younger Brother's Wife

0.0

(1911) The Hoyden

as Gladys Weston

0.0

(1911) Her Artistic Temperament

as Flo

His Chorus Girl Wife
0.0

(1911) His Chorus Girl Wife

as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl

0.0

(1911) A Girlish Impulse

as Gladys Stevens

0.0

(1911) His Friend, the Burglar

as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife

0.0

(1911) A Head for Business

as Phyllis Moore

0.0

(1911) Higgenses Versus Judsons

as Freda Judson

His Bogus Uncle
0.0

(1911) His Bogus Uncle

as The Object of Their Affection

0.0

(1911) A Rebellious Blossom

as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter

0.0

(1911) A Rural Conqueror

as Marjorie Thorne

0.0

(1911) The Sheriff and the Man

as ---

0.0

(1911) Romance of Pond Cove

as Florence Earle

The Cord of Life
3.5

(1909) The Cord of Life

as Woman in Tenement

What Drink Did
4.5

(1909) What Drink Did

as Mrs. Alfred Lucas

4.0

(1909) Tragic Love

as The Maid / In Factory

Nursing a Viper
4.2

(1909) Nursing a Viper

as ---

2.5

(1909) I Did It

as ---

0.0

(1910) The Time-Lock Safe

as The Mother

0.0

(1909) Saul and David

as ---