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
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.
(1931) Homicide Squad
as ---
(1930) Sweeping Against the Winds
as ---
(1937) Night Must Fall
as ---
(1909) The Necklace
as ---
(1909) The Curtain Pole
as Mrs. Edwards
(1931) The Hard Hombre
as The Sister
(1909) The Mended Lute
as Rising Moon
(1909) Those Awful Hats
as Theatre Audience
(1909) Lady Helen's Escapade
as Lady Helen
(1908) Money Mad
as Bank Customer / Landlady
(1909) The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) A Drunkard's Reformation
as Woman in the Play
(1908) Betrayed by a Handprint
as Myrtle Vane
(1908) The Song of the Shirt
as Woman
(1909) Resurrection
as Katusha
(1909) Confidence
as Nellie Burton
(1908) After Many Years
as Mrs. John Davis
(1909) Her First Biscuits
as Mrs. Jones
(1936) Yellow Dust
as ---
(1908) The Taming of the Shrew
as Katharina
(1908) An Awful Moment
as Mrs. Mowbray
(1909) The Lure of the Gown
as Veronica
(1932) Sinners in the Sun
as ---
(1908) Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
as Mrs. Bailey
(1908) The Girl and the Outlaw
as Woman
(1908) Where the Breakers Roar
as At the Beach
(1908) The Red Girl
as The Red Girl
(1908) The Heart of O Yama
as O'Yama
(1909) At the Altar
as Girl at Wedding
(1908) A Smoked Husband
as Mrs. Bibbs
(1908) Father Gets in the Game
as First Couple
(1908) Romance of a Jewess
as Ruth Simonson
(1908) The Call of the Wild
as Gladys Penrose
(1908) The Feud and the Turkey
as Nellie Caufield's Sister
(1908) The Reckoning
as The Wife
(1909) The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Harcourt
(1908) The Clubman and the Tramp
as Bridget / Dinner Guest
(1908) Concealing a Burglar
as Mrs. Brown
(1908) The Valet's Wife
as Muse
(1908) The Test of Friendship
as Jennie Colman
(1909) The Way of Man
as Mabel Jarrett
(1908) Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
as Calpurnia
(1912) Flo's Discipline
as Florence Dow
(1908) The Christmas Burglars
as Mrs. Martin
(1908) Mr. Jones at the Ball
as Mrs. Jones
(1908) The Helping Hand
as Wedding Guest
(1909) The Honor of Thieves
as Rachel Einstein
(1909) The Sacrifice
as Mrs. Hardluck
(1909) Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) One Touch of Nature
as Mrs. John Murray
(1909) The Criminal Hypnotist
as The Maid
(1909) The Salvation Army Lass
as ---
(1907) The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
as The Lady
(1909) The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as The Princess
(1911) Her Child's Honor
as The Mother
(1934) The Old-Fashioned Way
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze
as (uncredited)
(1906) The Automobile Thieves
as ---
(1908) The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
as Theckla, the Viking's Daughter
(1909) Two Memories
as Party Guest
(1909) Sweet and Twenty
as Alice's sister
(1933) Secrets
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1909) Trying to Get Arrested
as The Nanny
(1912) Not Like Other Girls
as Flo
(1909) The Peachbasket Hat
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) The Slave
as Nerada
(1908) The Zulu's Heart
as The Boer's Wife
(1908) Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
as Cleopatra
(1916) Elusive Isabel
as Isabel Thorne
(1998) Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)
(1932) So Big!
as Mina (uncredited)
(1909) Mrs. Jones Entertains
as Mrs. Jones
(1907) Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
as Boone's Daughter
(1908) The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora)
as Unconfirmed Character
(1908) Ingomar, the Barbarian
as Parthenia
(1908) The Devil
as A Model
(1908) The Pirate's Gold
as ---
(1909) 1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as ---
(1908) The Ingrate
as The Trapper's Wife
(1908) The Vaquero's Vow
as Wedding Party / In Bar
(1908) The Planter's Wife
as Tomboy Nellie
(1908) Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)
as Salome
(1908) Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
as Juliet
(1908) The Stolen Jewels
as Mrs. Jenkins
(1908) A Woman's Way
as ---
(1909) The Brahma Diamond
as The Guard's Sweetheart
(1909) A Baby's Shoe
as The Poor Mother
(1909) The Awakening of Bess
as Bess
(1909) Lucky Jim
as ---
(1909) The Deception
as Mabel Colton
(1909) The Girls and Daddy
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
(1909) Drive for a Life
as Mignon
(1909) Jealousy and the Man
as Mrs. Jim Brooks
(1909) Eradicating Aunty
as Flora - Aunty's Ward
(1909) Eloping with Auntie
as Margie
(1909) His Ward's Love
as The Reverend's Ward
(1909) His Wife's Mother
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) The Jilt
as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
(1909) Mr. Jones’ Burglar
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
as Mrs. Jones
(1907) The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
as ---
(1909) Jones and the Lady Book Agent
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) Jones and His New Neighbors
as Mrs. Jones
(1907) The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
as ---
(1910) The Eternal Triangle
as The Wife
(1910) Jane and the Stranger
as Jane
(1910) The Call of the Circus
as ---
(1909) The Medicine Bottle
as Mrs. Ross
(1910) A Game for Two
as Mrs. Henderson
(1910) The Governor’s Pardon
as ---
(1910) The Irony of Fate
as ---
(1909) The Politician's Love Story
as ---
(1909) The Prussian Spy
as The Maid
(1922) The Unfoldment
as Katherine Nevin
(1910) The Broken Oath
as ---
(1909) The Note in the Shoe
as Ella Berling
(1910) The Count of Montebello
as The Heiress
(1910) His Second Wife
as ---
(1910) Debt
as ---
(1911) Nan’s Diplomacy
as Nan
(1911) The Professor’s Ward
as Edith - The Professor's Ward
(1911) A Show Girl’s Strategem
as Ethel Lane
(1911) The Snare of Society
as Mary Williams
(1911) Opportunity and the Man
as Flora Hamilton
(1911) The Matchmaker
as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
(1911) The State Line
as The Sheriff's Daughter
(1911) That Awful Brother
as Florence
(1911) The Maniac
as Dora Elsmore
(1911) The Life Saver
as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
(1909) A Troublesome Satchel
as In Crowd
(1909) Those Boys!
as The Maid
(1912) A Village Romance
as Flo - the Country Girl
(1909) The Winning Coat
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1909) The Road to the Heart
as Mexican Woman
(1911) Through Jealous Eyes
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
(1909) Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
as Mrs. Schneider
(1918) The Love Craze
as ---
(1909) Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
as Mary Flinn
(1911) One on Reno
as Mrs. Appleby
(1909) The Roue’s Heart
as Noblewoman
(1916) The Face on the Screen
as ---
(1911) The Slavey’s Affinity
as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
(1911) The Story of Rosie’s Rose
as Rosie Carter
(1911) Vanity and Its Cure
as Effie Hart
(1911) The Wife’s Awakening
as The Wife
(1912) The Surgeon’s Heroism
as ---
(1909) A Wreath in Time
as Mrs. John Goodhusband
(1909) The Wooden Leg
as Claire
(1910) The Blind Man’s Tact
as ---
(1910) Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
as Mrs. George Rand
(1910) The Taming of Jane
as Jane
(1910) Old Heads and Young Hearts
as ---
(1910) The Stage Note
as ---
(1910) The Nichols on a Vacation
as Mrs. Nichols
(1910) Once Upon a Time
as ---
(1910) Mother Love
as The Mother
(1910) Pressed Roses
as ---
(1910) Justice in the Far North
as ---
(1910) The Right of Love
as ---
(1910) The Miser’s Daughter
as The Miser's Daughter
(1910) The Maelstrom
as ---
(1910) The New Shawl
as Marie
(1910) A Reno Romance
as Grace
(1910) The Mistake
as ---
(1910) The Senator’s Double
as ---
(1910) The Right Girl
as ---
(1910) Transfusion
as ---
(1910) Two Men
as TheOrphan
(1910) The Winning Punch
as ---
(1910) The Tide of Fortune
as ---
(1912) After All
as Margie
(1924) Gambling Wives
as Polly Barker
(1923) The Satin Girl
as Sylvia
(1912) The Advent of Jane
as Dr. Jane Bixby
(1911) Age Versus Youth
as Nora Blake
(1911) The Actress and the Singer
as The Actress
(1911) Always a Way
as Ruth Craven
(1911) Art Versus Music
as Ethel Vernon
(1912) Her Cousin Fred
as Flo Ballard
(1912) All for Love
as Flo
(1912) The Angel of the Studio
as Roxie
(1912) The Chance Shot
as Flo
(1912) The Players
as Flo Lakewood
(1912) The Redemption of Riverton
as June Martin
(1913) His Wife’s Child
as Flo
(1912) In Swift Waters
as Flo Armstrong
(1913) The Girl O’ the Woods
as Mab Hawkins
(1913) A Girl and Her Money
as Florence Kingsley
(1913) Influence of Sympathy
as The Wife
(1912) The Lady Leone
as Lady Leone Mervyn
(1912) Sisters
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
(1912) The Winning Punch
as Nellie Wilson
(1912) Betty’s Nightmare
as Betty
(1912) The Mill Buyers
as Flo
(1912) Tangled Relations
as Florence the Governess
(1913) The Closed Door
as Florence Ashleigh
(1910) The Rosary
as ---
(1911) Aunt Jane’s Legacy
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
(1911) Duke de Ribbon Counter
as Lillian de Mille
(1912) Taking a Chance
as Mrs. Flo Mills
(1911) The Two Fathers
as Gladys
(1910) All the World’s a Stage
as ---
(1910) The Doctor's Perfidy
as ---
(1908) Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
as Banquet Quest
(1909) Lest We Forget
as ---
(1911) The Little Rebel
as Rosalind Trevaine
(1909) Her Generous Way
as ---
(1909) The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
(1908) Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
as Lady Jane
(1908) Richard III
as ---
(1911) A Fascinating Bachelor
as The Nurse
(1911) During Cherry Time
as Violet - the Country Girl
(1911) A Game of Deception
as The Actress
(1908) The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
as ---
(1909) Love's Stratagem
as The Girl
(1911) A Good Turn
as ---
(1913) Suffragettes Parade in Washington
as Herself
(1914) The Law’s Decree
as Flo
(1913) The Spender
as Flo
(1914) Diplomatic Flo
as Flo
(1914) The Great Universal Mystery
as Herself
(1914) The Bribe
as ---
(1914) The Doctor’s Testimony
as Florence Lund
(1914) The False Bride
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
(1914) The Honor of the Humble
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
(1913) Unto the Third Generation
as Esther Stern
(1914) The Honeymooners
as Florence Blair
(1914) The Coryphee
as Florence
(1914) The Disenchantment
as Flo - the Maid
(1914) Her Ragged Knight
as Flo - Bob's Ward
(1914) Counterfeiters
as Flo
(1914) The Little Mail Carrier
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
(1914) The Stepmother
as Flo
(1914) The Mad Man’s Ward
as ---
(1914) The Man Who Was Never Kissed
as Florence Lloyd
(1914) The Romance of the Photograph
as Flo
(1914) The Pawns of Destiny
as Flo
(1911) The Test
as Miss Gillman
(1914) A Mysterious Mystery
as Miss Lawrence
(1914) A Singular Cynic
as Flo Welton
(1911) Her Humble Ministry
as The Reformed Woman
(1911) Her Two Sons
as The Younger Brother's Wife
(1911) The Hoyden
as Gladys Weston
(1911) Her Artistic Temperament
as Flo
(1911) His Chorus Girl Wife
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
(1911) A Girlish Impulse
as Gladys Stevens
(1911) His Friend, the Burglar
as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
(1911) A Head for Business
as Phyllis Moore
(1911) Higgenses Versus Judsons
as Freda Judson
(1911) His Bogus Uncle
as The Object of Their Affection
(1911) A Rebellious Blossom
as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
(1911) A Rural Conqueror
as Marjorie Thorne
(1911) The Sheriff and the Man
as ---
(1911) Romance of Pond Cove
as Florence Earle
(1909) The Cord of Life
as Woman in Tenement
(1909) What Drink Did
as Mrs. Alfred Lucas
(1909) Tragic Love
as The Maid / In Factory
(1909) Nursing a Viper
as ---
(1909) I Did It
as ---
(1910) The Time-Lock Safe
as The Mother
(1909) Saul and David
as ---