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 ---
(1909) The Necklace
as ---
(1937) Night Must Fall
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
(1908) Betrayed by a Handprint
as Myrtle Vane
(1908) The Song of the Shirt
as Woman
(1909) A Drunkard's Reformation
as Woman in the Play
(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) The Girl and the Outlaw
as Woman
(1908) Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
as Mrs. Bailey
(1908) The Red Girl
as The Red Girl
(1908) The Heart of O Yama
as O'Yama
(1908) Where the Breakers Roar
as At the Beach
(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) Concealing a Burglar
as Mrs. Brown
(1908) The Clubman and the Tramp
as Bridget / Dinner Guest
(1908) The Valet's Wife
as Muse
(1908) The Feud and the Turkey
as Nellie Caufield's Sister
(1908) The Reckoning
as The Wife
(1908) The Test of Friendship
as Jennie Colman
(1909) The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Harcourt
(1909) The Way of Man
as Mabel Jarrett
(1908) Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
as ---
(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) One Touch of Nature
as Mrs. John Murray
(1909) The Honor of Thieves
as Rachel Einstein
(1909) The Sacrifice
as Mrs. Hardluck
(1909) The Criminal Hypnotist
as The Maid
(1909) Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as Mrs. Jones
(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/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 Ingrate
as The Trapper's Wife
(1908) The Pirate's Gold
as ---
(1908) The Planter's Wife
as Tomboy Nellie
(1909) 1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as ---
(1908) The Vaquero's Vow
as Wedding Party / In Bar
(1908) Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
as Juliet
(1908) Salome (The Dance of Seven Veils)
as Salome
(1908) The Stolen Jewels
as Mrs. Jenkins
(1908) A Woman's Way
as ---
(1909) The Awakening of Bess
as Bess
(1909) A Baby's Shoe
as The Poor Mother
(1909) The Brahma Diamond
as The Guard's Sweetheart
(1909) The Deception
as Mabel Colton
(1909) Lucky Jim
as ---
(1909) The Girls and Daddy
as Dr. Payson's First Daughter
(1909) Drive for a Life
as Mignon
(1909) Eloping with Auntie
as Margie
(1909) Eradicating Aunty
as Flora - Aunty's Ward
(1909) His Ward's Love
as The Reverend's Ward
(1909) His Wife's Mother
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) Jealousy and the Man
as Mrs. Jim Brooks
(1909) The Jilt
as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
(1909) Jones and His New Neighbors
as Mrs. Jones
(1907) The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
as ---
(1907) The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
as ---
(1909) Jones and the Lady Book Agent
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) Mr. Jones’ Burglar
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) The Medicine Bottle
as Mrs. Ross
(1909) Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
as Mrs. Jones
(1909) The Note in the Shoe
as Ella Berling
(1910) The Broken Oath
as ---
(1910) The Call of the Circus
as ---
(1910) The Count of Montebello
as The Heiress
(1910) Debt
as ---
(1910) The Eternal Triangle
as The Wife
(1910) A Game for Two
as Mrs. Henderson
(1910) The Governor’s Pardon
as ---
(1910) His Second Wife
as ---
(1910) The Irony of Fate
as ---
(1910) Jane and the Stranger
as Jane
(1909) The Politician's Love Story
as ---
(1909) The Prussian Spy
as The Maid
(1922) The Unfoldment
as Katherine Nevin
(1911) The Life Saver
as Jessie Storm - the Local Girl
(1911) The Maniac
as Dora Elsmore
(1911) The Matchmaker
as Evelyn Bruce - the Young Governess
(1911) Nan’s Diplomacy
as Nan
(1911) One on Reno
as Mrs. Appleby
(1911) Opportunity and the Man
as Flora Hamilton
(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) The Slavey’s Affinity
as Peggy - a Boarding House Drudge
(1911) The State Line
as The Sheriff's Daughter
(1911) The Story of Rosie’s Rose
as Rosie Carter
(1911) That Awful Brother
as Florence
(1911) Through Jealous Eyes
as Flo - the Doctor's Office Nurse
(1909) The Road to the Heart
as Mexican Woman
(1909) The Roue’s Heart
as Noblewoman
(1909) Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
as Mrs. Schneider
(1911) Vanity and Its Cure
as Effie Hart
(1911) The Wife’s Awakening
as The Wife
(1912) The Surgeon’s Heroism
as ---
(1912) A Village Romance
as Flo - the Country Girl
(1916) The Face on the Screen
as ---
(1918) The Love Craze
as ---
(1909) Those Boys!
as The Maid
(1909) Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
as Mary Flinn
(1909) A Troublesome Satchel
as In Crowd
(1909) The Winning Coat
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1909) The Wooden Leg
as Claire
(1909) A Wreath in Time
as Mrs. John Goodhusband
(1910) Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
as Mrs. George Rand
(1910) The Blind Man’s Tact
as ---
(1910) Justice in the Far North
as ---
(1910) The Maelstrom
as ---
(1910) The Miser’s Daughter
as The Miser's Daughter
(1910) The Mistake
as ---
(1910) Mother Love
as The Mother
(1910) The New Shawl
as Marie
(1910) The Nichols on a Vacation
as Mrs. Nichols
(1910) Old Heads and Young Hearts
as ---
(1910) Once Upon a Time
as ---
(1910) Pressed Roses
as ---
(1910) A Reno Romance
as Grace
(1910) The Right Girl
as ---
(1910) The Right of Love
as ---
(1910) The Senator’s Double
as ---
(1910) The Stage Note
as ---
(1910) The Taming of Jane
as Jane
(1910) The Tide of Fortune
as ---
(1910) Transfusion
as ---
(1910) Two Men
as TheOrphan
(1910) The Winning Punch
as ---
(1923) The Satin Girl
as Sylvia
(1924) Gambling Wives
as Polly Barker
(1912) The Advent of Jane
as Dr. Jane Bixby
(1912) After All
as Margie
(1911) The Actress and the Singer
as The Actress
(1911) Age Versus Youth
as Nora Blake
(1911) Always a Way
as Ruth Craven
(1911) Art Versus Music
as Ethel Vernon
(1912) All for Love
as Flo
(1912) The Angel of the Studio
as Roxie
(1912) Betty’s Nightmare
as Betty
(1912) The Chance Shot
as Flo
(1912) Her Cousin Fred
as Flo Ballard
(1912) In Swift Waters
as Flo Armstrong
(1912) The Lady Leone
as Lady Leone Mervyn
(1912) The Mill Buyers
as Flo
(1912) The Players
as Flo Lakewood
(1912) The Redemption of Riverton
as June Martin
(1912) Sisters
as Annie / Mary (twin sisters)
(1912) Tangled Relations
as Florence the Governess
(1912) The Winning Punch
as Nellie Wilson
(1913) The Closed Door
as Florence Ashleigh
(1913) A Girl and Her Money
as Florence Kingsley
(1913) The Girl O’ the Woods
as Mab Hawkins
(1913) His Wife’s Child
as Flo
(1913) Influence of Sympathy
as The Wife
(1910) The Rosary
as ---
(1911) The Little Rebel
as Rosalind Trevaine
(1911) The Two Fathers
as Gladys
(1912) Taking a Chance
as Mrs. Flo Mills
(1911) Aunt Jane’s Legacy
as Bessie Elkins - the Niece
(1911) Duke de Ribbon Counter
as Lillian de Mille
(1910) The Doctor's Perfidy
as ---
(1908) The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
as ---
(1908) Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
as Lady Jane
(1908) Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
as Banquet Quest
(1908) Richard III
as ---
(1909) The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
as The Forest Ranger's Daughter
(1909) Her Generous Way
as ---
(1909) Lest We Forget
as ---
(1909) Love's Stratagem
as The Girl
(1910) All the World’s a Stage
as ---
(1911) During Cherry Time
as Violet - the Country Girl
(1911) A Fascinating Bachelor
as The Nurse
(1911) A Game of Deception
as The Actress
(1911) A Good Turn
as ---
(1913) The Spender
as Flo
(1913) Suffragettes Parade in Washington
as Herself
(1913) Unto the Third Generation
as Esther Stern
(1914) The Bribe
as ---
(1914) The Coryphee
as Florence
(1914) Counterfeiters
as Flo
(1914) Diplomatic Flo
as Flo
(1914) The Disenchantment
as Flo - the Maid
(1914) The Doctor’s Testimony
as Florence Lund
(1914) The False Bride
as Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)
(1914) The Great Universal Mystery
as Herself
(1914) Her Ragged Knight
as Flo - Bob's Ward
(1914) The Honeymooners
as Florence Blair
(1914) The Honor of the Humble
as Flo Soule - The Gamekeeper's Daughter
(1914) The Law’s Decree
as Flo
(1914) The Little Mail Carrier
as Flo - the Little Mail Carrier
(1914) The Mad Man’s Ward
as ---
(1914) The Man Who Was Never Kissed
as Florence Lloyd
(1914) A Mysterious Mystery
as Miss Lawrence
(1914) The Pawns of Destiny
as Flo
(1914) The Romance of the Photograph
as Flo
(1914) A Singular Cynic
as Flo Welton
(1914) The Stepmother
as Flo
(1911) The Test
as Miss Gillman
(1911) A Head for Business
as Phyllis Moore
(1911) Her Artistic Temperament
as Flo
(1911) Her Humble Ministry
as The Reformed Woman
(1911) Her Two Sons
as The Younger Brother's Wife
(1911) Higgenses Versus Judsons
as Freda Judson
(1911) His Bogus Uncle
as The Object of Their Affection
(1911) His Friend, the Burglar
as Mrs. Tom Dayton - The Wife
(1911) His Chorus Girl Wife
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus Girl
(1911) A Girlish Impulse
as Gladys Stevens
(1911) The Hoyden
as Gladys Weston
(1911) A Rebellious Blossom
as Flo - The Rebellious Daughter
(1911) Romance of Pond Cove
as Florence Earle
(1911) A Rural Conqueror
as Marjorie Thorne
(1911) The Sheriff and the Man
as ---
(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 ---