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Florence Lawrence
Acting
01 Jan 1886
† 28 Dec 1938
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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 motio...
Also Known As
Florence Annie Bridgwood
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Florence Lawrence's Movies
60%
The Lonely Villa
10 Jun 1909
60%
Those Awful Hats
25 Jan 1909
69%
Night Must Fall
30 Apr 1937
62%
The Country Doctor
08 Jul 1909
46%
The Mended Lute
05 Aug 1909
61%
Man on the Flying Trapeze
03 Aug 1935
71%
The Old-Fashioned Way
13 Jul 1934
56%
So Big!
30 Apr 1932
48%
Secrets
16 Mar 1933
45%
The Curtain Pole
15 Feb 1909
45%
What Drink Did
02 Jun 1909
55%
A Drunkard's Reformation
01 Apr 1909
46%
Sinners in the Sun
13 May 1932
41%
Lady Helen's Escapade
19 Apr 1909
48%
Money Mad
04 Dec 1908
36%
The Song of the Shirt
17 Nov 1908
49%
The Taming of the Shrew
10 Nov 1908
47%
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
01 Dec 1908
43%
The Zulu's Heart
06 Oct 1908
52%
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
06 Sept 1909