Florence Lawrence
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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
Acting
Place of birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Birthday
January 1886
Homicide Squad
8
Sweeping Against the Winds
7
Night Must Fall
6.989
The Necklace
4
The Curtain Pole
4.5
The Hard Hombre
3.833
The Mended Lute
4.6
Those Awful Hats
6.073
Lady Helen's Escapade
4.1
Money Mad
4.8
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
3.8
A Drunkard's Reformation
5.5
Betrayed by a Handprint
2.9
The Song of the Shirt
3.6
Resurrection
4.9
Confidence
4.1
After Many Years
2.5
Her First Biscuits
3
Yellow Dust
4.5
The Taming of the Shrew
4.9
An Awful Moment
2.8
The Lure of the Gown
3.7
Sinners in the Sun
4.9
Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
2
The Girl and the Outlaw
3
Where the Breakers Roar
3.2
The Red Girl
3.5
The Heart of O Yama
1.5
At the Altar
3.8
A Smoked Husband
4
Father Gets in the Game
3.3
Romance of a Jewess
4.1
The Call of the Wild
3.1
The Feud and the Turkey
2
The Reckoning
4
The Country Doctor
6.2
The Clubman and the Tramp
4
Concealing a Burglar
3
The Valet's Wife
3.5
The Test of Friendship
4
The Way of Man
4
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
4.7
Flo's Discipline
7
The Christmas Burglars
2
Mr. Jones at the Ball
4.1
The Helping Hand
2
The Honor of Thieves
1.5
The Sacrifice
4
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
3
One Touch of Nature
3
The Criminal Hypnotist
2
The Salvation Army Lass
4
The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
8
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
3.7
Her Child's Honor
9
The Old-Fashioned Way
7.188
Man on the Flying Trapeze
6.235
The Automobile Thieves
9
The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
3
Two Memories
4.2
Sweet and Twenty
3.8
Secrets
5.214
Trying to Get Arrested
3.5
Not Like Other Girls
10
The Peachbasket Hat
4.2
The Slave
4.2
The Zulu's Heart
4.3
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
2.5
Elusive Isabel
0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
10
So Big!
5.688
Mrs. Jones Entertains
3.2
Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America
9
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
2.5
Ingomar, the Barbarian
3
The Devil
1.5
The Pirate's Gold
4.5
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
5.2
The Ingrate
2
The Vaquero's Vow
3.5
The Planter's Wife
5
Salome; or, The Dance of the Seven Veils
10
Romeo and Juliet, A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet
3.5
The Stolen Jewels
4
A Woman's Way
3.5
The Brahma Diamond
1.5
A Baby's Shoe
2
The Awakening of Bess
9
Lucky Jim
3
The Deception
2
The Girls and Daddy
3
Drive for a Life
1.5
Jealousy and the Man
2.5
Eradicating Aunty
0.5
Eloping with Auntie
2.5
His Ward's Love
2.5
His Wife's Mother
2
The Jilt
0.5
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1
Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
0.5
The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines
8
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
2.5
Jones and His New Neighbors
2.5
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
7
The Eternal Triangle
7
Jane and the Stranger
8
The Call of the Circus
10
The Medicine Bottle
1
A Game for Two
8
The Governor’s Pardon
7
The Irony of Fate
8
The Politician's Love Story
4.3
The Prussian Spy
5
The Unfoldment
9
The Broken Oath
9
The Note in the Shoe
1
The Count of Montebello
10
His Second Wife
7
Debt
10
Nan’s Diplomacy
8
The Professor’s Ward
9
A Show Girl’s Strategem
8
The Snare of Society
7
Opportunity and the Man
9
The Matchmaker
9
The State Line
8
That Awful Brother
7
The Maniac
10
The Life Saver
8
A Troublesome Satchel
3.5
Those Boys!
4.5
A Village Romance
10
The Winning Coat
5
The Road to the Heart
5
Through Jealous Eyes
8
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
3.5
The Love Craze
10
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
2.5
One on Reno
7
The Roue’s Heart
4.5
The Face on the Screen
7
The Slavey’s Affinity
7
The Story of Rosie’s Rose
8
Vanity and Its Cure
10
The Wife’s Awakening
7
The Surgeon’s Heroism
9
A Wreath in Time
4
The Wooden Leg
4
The Blind Man’s Tact
9
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
8
The Taming of Jane
10
Old Heads and Young Hearts
9
The Stage Note
9
The Nichols on a Vacation
10
Once Upon a Time
7
Mother Love
10
Pressed Roses
8
Justice in the Far North
10
The Right of Love
10
The Miser’s Daughter
8
The Maelstrom
9
The New Shawl
8
A Reno Romance
9
The Mistake
8
The Senator’s Double
8
The Right Girl
8
Transfusion
0
Two Men
0
The Winning Punch
9
The Tide of Fortune
7
After All
8
Gambling Wives
10
The Satin Girl
10
The Advent of Jane
7
Age Versus Youth
7
The Actress and the Singer
7
Always a Way
10
Art Versus Music
9
Her Cousin Fred
8
All for Love
9
The Angel of the Studio
4
The Chance Shot
7
The Players
10
The Redemption of Riverton
7
His Wife’s Child
9
In Swift Waters
0
The Girl O’ the Woods
8
A Girl and Her Money
9
Influence of Sympathy
8
The Lady Leone
9
Sisters
9
The Winning Punch
10
Betty’s Nightmare
7
The Mill Buyers
10
Tangled Relations
8
The Closed Door
9
The Rosary
10
Aunt Jane’s Legacy
9
Duke de Ribbon Counter
7
Taking a Chance
7
The Two Fathers
0
All the World’s a Stage
10
The Doctor's Perfidy
8
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
4
Lest We Forget
10
The Little Rebel
8
Her Generous Way
9
The Forest Ranger’s Daughter
9
Lady Jane’s Flight, a 17th Century Romance
9
Richard III, a Shakespearian Tragedy
3
A Fascinating Bachelor
10
During Cherry Time
8
A Game of Deception
9
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain
10
Love's Stratagem
8
A Good Turn
0
Suffragettes Parade in Washington
10
The Law’s Decree
8
The Spender
8
Diplomatic Flo
10
The Great Universal Mystery
8
The Bribe
9
The Doctor’s Testimony
9
The False Bride
8
The Honor of the Humble
10
Unto the Third Generation
9
The Honeymooners
9
The Coryphee
7
The Disenchantment
8
Her Ragged Knight
7
Counterfeiters
0
The Little Mail Carrier
9
The Stepmother
9
The Mad Man’s Ward
7
The Man Who Was Never Kissed
8
The Romance of the Photograph
9
The Pawns of Destiny
10
The Test
9
A Mysterious Mystery
9
A Singular Cynic
0
Her Humble Ministry
10
Her Two Sons
0
The Hoyden
7
Her Artistic Temperament
9
His Chorus Girl Wife
8
A Girlish Impulse
7
His Friend, the Burglar
7
A Head for Business
10
Higgenses Versus Judsons
10
His Bogus Uncle
8
A Rebellious Blossom
10
A Rural Conqueror
8
The Sheriff and the Man
9
Romance of Pond Cove
9
The Cord of Life
3.7
What Drink Did
4.5
Tragic Love
4
Nursing a Viper
4.2
I Did It
2.5
The Time-Lock Safe
0
Saul and David
0
The Lonely Villa
6
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
4.167
The Judgment of Solomon
9
Tender Hearts
3
The Casting Couch
8.333