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Florence Lawrence
Lawrence in 1908
Born	Florence Annie Bridgwood (1886-01-02)2 January 1886 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died	28 December 1938(1938-12-28) (aged 52) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Other names	The Biograph Girl The Imp Girl
Known for	The Girl and the Outlaw Resurrection Mr. Jones at the Ball Mrs. Jones Entertains The Broken Oath Her Humble Ministry The Maelstrom The Unfoldment The Angel of the Studio Betrayed by a Handprint
Spouses	\n \n Harry Solter \n (m. 1908; died 1920) \n \n Charles Woodring \n (m. 1921; div. 1932) \n \n Henry Bolton \n (m. 1933; div. 1934) \n

Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 \u2013 December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as the \"first movie star\", and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly^[1] until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder.^[2] 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. She appeared in almost 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career.\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1906	The Automobile Thieves	Female accomplice	\n
1907	Daniel Boone	Boones' daughter	\n
1907	The Boy, the Bust and the Bath		\n
1907	Athletic American Girls		Lost film\n
1907	Bargain Fiend; or, Shopping \u00e0 la Mode [it]		Lost film\n
1907	The Shaughraun [cs; it]	Moya	Lost film\n
1907	The Mill Girl [cs; it]		\n
1907	The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines [cs; it]		Lost film\n
1908	Cupid's Realm; or, A Game of Hearts [it]		Lost film\n
1908	Macbeth	Banquet Guest	Lost film\n
1908	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	Lost film\n
1908	Lady Jane's Flight	Lady Jane	Lost film\n
1908	The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen	Theckla, the Viking's Daughter	Lost film\n
1908	Love Laughs at Locksmiths; an 18th Century Romance		Lost film\n
1908	The Bandit's Waterloo		Lost film\n
1908	Salome	Salome	Lost film\n
1908	Betrayed by a Handprint	Myrtle Vane	\n
1908	The Girl and the Outlaw	Woman	Lost film\n
1908	Behind the Scenes	Mrs. Bailey	Lost film\n
1908	The Red Girl	The Red Girl	Lost film\n
1908	The Heart of O'Yama	O'Yama	Lost film\n
1908	Where the Breakers Roar	At the Beach	\n
1908	A Smoked Husband	Mrs. Bibbs	Lost film\n
1908	Richard III		Lost film\n
1908	The Stolen Jewels	Mrs. Jenkins	Lost film\n
1908	The Devil	A Model	\n
1908	The Zulu's Heart	The Boer's Wife	\n
1908	Father Gets in the Game	First Couple	\n
1908	Ingomar, the Barbarian	Parthenia	Lost film\n
1908	The Vaquero's Vow	Wedding Party / In Bar	Lost film\n
1908	The Planter's Wife	Tomboy Nellie	\n
1908	Romance of a Jewess	Ruth Simonson	\n
1908	The Call of the Wild	Gladys Penrose	\n
1908	Concealing a Burglar	Mrs. Brown	Lost film\n
1908	Antony and Cleopatra	Cleopatra	\n
1908	After Many Years	Mrs. John Davis	\n
1908	The Pirate's Gold		Lost film\n
1908	The Taming of the Shrew	Katharina	\n
1908	The Song of the Shirt	Working Woman \u2013 1st Sister	Incomplete film\n
1908	A Woman's Way		Lost film\n
1908	The Ingrate	The Trapper's Wife	Lost film\n
1908	An Awful Moment	Mrs. Mowbray	\n
1908	The Clubman and the Tramp	Bridget / Dinner Guest	Lost film\n
1908	Julius Caesar	Calpurnia	Lost film\n
1908	Money Mad	Bank Customer / Landlady	\n
1908	The Valet's Wife	Nurse	\n
1908	The Feud and the Turkey	Nellie Caufield's Sister	Lost film\n
1908	The Reckoning	The Wife	Lost film\n
1908	The Test of Friendship	Jennie Colman	Lost film\n
1908	The Dancer and the King: A Romantic Story of Spain		Lost film\n
1908	The Christmas Burglars	Mrs. Martin	Lost film\n
1908	Mr. Jones at the Ball	Mrs. Jones	\n
1908	The Helping Hand	At Brothel / Wedding Guest	Lost film\n
1908	A Calamitous Elopement		\n
1909	One Touch of Nature	Mrs. John Murray	Lost film\n
1909	Mrs. Jones Entertains	Mrs. Jones	Lost film\n
1909	The Honor of Thieves	Rachel Einstein	Lost film\n
1909	The Sacrifice	Mrs. Hardluck	Lost film\n
1909	Those Boys!	The Maid	Lost film\n
1909	The Criminal Hypnotist	The Maid	Lost film\n
1909	The Fascinating Mrs. Francis	Visitor	Lost film\n
1909	Mr. Jones Has a Card Party	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	Those Awful Hats	Theatre Audience	Uncredited\n
1909	The Cord of Life	Woman in Tenement	\n
1909	The Girls and Daddy	Dr. Payson's First Daughter	\n
1909	The Brahma Diamond	The Guard's Sweetheart	Lost film\n
1909	A Wreath in Time	Mrs. John Goodhusband	\n
1909	Tragic Love	The Maid / In Factory	Lost film\n
1909	The Curtain Pole	Mrs. Edwards	\n
1909	His Ward's Love	The Reverend's Ward	Lost film\n
1909	The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	The Politician's Love Story		\n
1909	The Golden Louis		\n
1909	At the Altar	Girl at Wedding	\n
1909	Saul and David [it]		Lost film\n
1909	The Prussian Spy	The Maid	Lost film\n
1909	His Wife's Mother	Mrs. Jones	Lost film\n
1909	A Fool's Revenge		Lost film\n
1909	The Wooden Leg	Claire	Lost film\n
1909	The Roue's Heart	Noblewoman	Lost film\n
1909	The Salvation Army Lass	Mary Wilson	\n
1909	The Lure of the Gown	Veronica	\n
1909	I Did It		Lost film\n
1909	The Deception	Mabel Colton	Lost film\n
1909	And a Little Child Shall Lead Them		\n
1909	The Medicine Bottle	Mrs. Ross	\n
1909	Jones and His New Neighbors	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	A Drunkard's Reformation	Woman In the Play	\n
1909	Trying to Get Arrested	The Nanny	\n
1909	The Road to the Heart	Miguel's daughter	\n
1909	Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade	Mrs. Schneider	\n
1909	The Winning Coat [fr; it; pt]	Lady-in-Waiting	Lost film\n
1909	A Sound Sleeper	Second Woman	Lost film\n
1909	Confidence	Nellie Burton	\n
1909	Lady Helen's Escapade	Lady Helen	\n
1909	A Troublesome Satchel	In Crowd	Lost film\n
1909	The Drive for Life	Mignon	Lost film\n
1909	Lucky Jim	Wedding Guest	\n
1909	Tis an Ill Wind that Blows No Good	Mary Flinn	\n
1909	The Eavesdropper		Lost film\n
1909	The Note in the Shoe	Ella Berling	Lost film\n
1909	One Busy Hour	Customer	Lost film\n
1909	The French Duel	Nurse	Lost film\n
1909	Jones and the Lady Book Agent	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	A Baby's Shoe	The Poor Mother	\n
1909	The Jilt	Mary Allison \u2013 Frank's Sister	Lost film\n
1909	Resurrection	Katucha	\n
1909	The Judgment of Solomon		Lost film\n
1909	Two Memories	Party Guest	Lost film\n
1909	Eloping with Auntie	Margie	Lost film\n
1909	What Drink Did	Mrs. Alfred Lucas	\n
1909	Eradicating Aunty	Flora \u2013 Aunty's Ward	Lost film\n
1909	The Lonely Villa		Lost film\n
1909	Her First Biscuits	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	The Peachbasket Hat	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	The Way of Man	Mabel Jarrett	\n
1909	The Necklace		\n
1909	The Country Doctor	Mrs. Harcourt	Lost film\n
1909	The Cardinal's Conspiracy	Princess Angela	\n
1909	Tender Hearts	Minor role	\n
1909	Sweet and Twenty	Alice's Sister	\n
1909	Jealousy and the Man	Mrs. Jim Brooks	Lost film\n
1909	The Slave	Nerada	\n
1909	The Mended Lute	Rising Moon	\n
1909	Mr. Jones' Burglar	Mrs. Jones	\n
1909	Mrs. Jones' Lover	Mrs. Jones	Lost film\n
1909	The Hessian Renegades		\n
1909	Lines of White on a Sullen Sea		\n
1909	Love's Stratagem	The Girl	Lost film\n
1909	Nursing a Viper		\n
1909	The Forest Ranger's Daughter	The Forest Ranger's Daughter	Lost film\n
1909	Her Generous Way		Lost film\n
1909	Lest We Forget		Lost film\n
1909	The Awakening of Bess	Bess	Lost film\n
1909	Mrs. Jones Entertains	Mrs. Jones	Lost film\n
1909	The Awakening		Lost film\n
1910	The Right of Love		Lost film\n
1910	The Tide of Fortune		Lost film\n
1910	Never Again	Mrs. Henpecker, Temperance Crusader	Lost film\n
1910	The Coquette's Suitors		Lost film\n
1910	Justice in the Far North		Lost film\n
1910	The Blind Man's Tact		Lost film\n
1910	Jane and the Stranger	Jane	Lost film\n
1910	The Governor's Pardon		Lost film\n
1910	The New Minister		Lost film\n
1910	Mother Love	The Mother	Lost film\n
1910	The Broken Oath		Lost film\n
1910	The Time-Lock Safe	The Mother	\n
1910	His Sick Friend	The Wife	Lost film\n
1910	The Stage Note		Lost film\n
1910	Transfusion		Lost film\n
1910	The Miser's Daughter	The Miser's Daughter	Lost film\n
1910	His Second Wife		Lost film\n
1910	The Rosary		Lost film\n
1910	The Maelstrom		\n
1910	The New Shawl	Marie	Lost film\n
1910	Two Men	The Orphan	Lost film\n
1910	The Doctor's Perfidy		Lost film\n
1910	The Eternal Triangle	The Wife	Lost film\n
1910	The Nichols on Vacation	Mrs. Nichols	Lost film\n
1910	A Reno Romance	Grace	Lost film\n
1910	A Discontented Woman		Lost film\n
1910	A Self-Made Hero	The Girl	Lost film\n
1910	A Game for Two	Mrs. Henderson	Lost film\n
1910	The Call of the Circus		Lost film\n
1910	Old Heads and Young Hearts		Lost film\n
1910	Bear Ye One Another's Burden	Mrs. George Rand	Lost film\n
1910	The Irony of Fate		Lost film\n
1910	Once Upon a Time		Lost film\n
1910	Among the Roses	The Rose Girl	Lost film\n
1910	The Senator's Double		Lost film\n
1910	The Taming of Jane	Jane	Lost film\n
1910	The Widow	The Widow	Lost film\n
1910	The Right Girl		Lost film\n
1910	Debt		Lost film\n
1910	Pressed Roses		Lost film\n
1910	All the World's a Stage		Lost film\n
1910	The Count of Montebello	The Heiress	Lost film\n
1910	The Call		Lost film\n
1910	The Mistake		Lost film\n
1911	His Bogus Uncle	The Object of Their Affection	Lost film\n
1911	Age Versus Youth	Nora Blake	Lost film\n
1911	A Show Girl's Stratagem	Ethel Lane	Lost film\n
1911	The Test	Miss Gillman	Lost film\n
1911	Nan's Diplomacy	Nan	Lost film\n
1911	Vanity and Its Cure	Effie Hart	Lost film\n
1911	His Friend, the Burglar	Mrs. Tom Dayton \u2013 The Wife	Lost film\n
1911	The Actress and the Singer	The Actress	Lost film\n
1911	Her Artistic Temperament	Flo	Lost film\n
1911	Her Child's Honor	The Mother	Lost film\n
1911	The Wife's Awakening	The Wife	Lost film\n
1911	Opportunity and the Man	Flora Hamilton	Lost film\n
1911	The Two Fathers	Gladys	Lost film\n
1911	The Hoyden	Gladys Weston	Lost film\n
1911	The Sheriff and the Man		Lost film\n
1911	A Fascinating Bachelor	The Nurse	Lost film\n
1911	That Awful Brother	Florence	Lost film\n
1911	Her Humble Ministry	The Reformed Woman	Lost film\n
1911	A Good Turn		Lost film\n
1911	The State Line	The Sheriff's Daughter	Lost film\n
1911	A Game of Deception	The Actress	Lost film\n
1911	The Professor's Ward	Edith \u2013 The Professor's Ward	Lost film\n
1911	Duke De Ribbon Counter	Lillian De Mille	Lost film\n
1911	Higgenses Versus Judsons	Freda Judson	Lost film\n
1911	The Little Rebel	Rosalind Trevaine	Lost film\n
1911	Always a Way	Ruth Craven	Lost film\n
1911	The Snare of Society	Mary Williams	Lost film\n
1911	During Cherry Time	Violet \u2013 the Country Girl	Lost film\n
1911	The Gypsy	Zara \u2013 the Gypsy	Lost film\n
1911	Her Two Sons	The Younger Brother's Wife	Lost film\n
1911	Through Jealous Eyes	Flo \u2013 the Doctor's Office Nurse	Lost film\n
1911	A Rebellious Blossom	Flo = the Rebellious Daughter	Lost film\n
1911	The Secret	Diana Stanhope	Lost film\n
1911	Romance of Pond Cove	Florence Earle	Lost film\n
1911	The Story of Rosie's Rose	Rosie Carter	Lost film\n
1911	The Life Saver	Jessie Storm \u2013 the Local Girl	Lost film\n
1911	The Matchmaker	Evelyn Bruce \u2013 the Young Governess	Lost film\n
1911	The Slavey's Affinity	Peggy \u2013 a Boarding House Drudge	Lost film\n
1911	The Maniac	Dora Elsmore	Lost film\n
1911	A Rural Conqueror	Marjorie Thorne	Lost film\n
1911	One on Reno	Mrs. Appleby	Lost film\n
1911	Aunt Jane's Legacy	Bessie Elkins \u2013 the Niece	Lost film\n
1911	His Chorus Girl Wife	Sybil Sanford \u2013 a Chorus Girl	Lost film\n
1911	A Blind Deception	Ellen Austin \u2013 the Nurse	Lost film\n
1911	A Head for Business	Phyllis Moore	Lost film\n
1911	A Girlish Impulse	Gladys Stevens	Lost film\n
1911	Art Versus Music	Ethel Vernon	Lost film\n
1911	The American Girl		Lost film\n
1912	A Village Romance	Flo \u2013 the Country Girl	Lost film\n
1912	The Players	Flo Lakewood	Lost film\n
1912	Not Like Other Girls	Flo	Lost film\n
1912	Taking a Chance	Mrs. Flo Mills	Lost film\n
1912	The Mill Buyers	Flo	Lost film\n
1912	The Chance Shot	Flo	Lost film\n
1912	Her Cousin Fred	Flo Ballard	Lost film\n
1912	The Winning Punch	Nellie Wilson	Lost film\n
1912	After All	Margie	Lost film\n
1912	All for Love	Flo	Lost film\n
1912	Flo's Discipline	Florence Dow	\n
1912	The Advent of Jane	Dr. Jane Bixby	Lost film\n
1912	Tangled Relations	Florence the Governess	Lost film\n
1912	Betty's Nightmare	Betty	Lost film\n
1912	The Cross-Roads	Annabel Spaulding	\n
1912	The Angel of the Studio	Roxie	Lost film\n
1912	The Redemption of Riverton	June Martin	Lost film\n
1912	Sisters	Annie / Mary (twin sisters)	Lost film\n
1912	The Lady Leone	Lady Leone Mervyn	Lost film\n
1912	A Surgeon's Heroism		Lost film\n
1913	The Closed Door	Florence Ashleigh	Lost film\n
1913	The Girl o'the Woods	Mab Hawkins	Lost film\n
1913	The Spender	Flo	Lost film\n
1913	His Wife's Child	Flo	Lost film\n
1913	Unto the Third Generation	Esther Stern	Lost film\n
1913	The Influence of Sympathy	The Wife	Lost film\n
1913	A Girl and Her Money	Florence Kingsley	Lost film\n
1913	Suffragette's Parade in Washington		Lost film\n
1913	The Counterfeiter		\n
1914	The Coryphee	Florence	Lost film\n
1914	The Romance of a Photograph	Flo	Lost film\n
1914	The False Bride	Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role)	Lost film\n
1914	The Law's Decree	Flo	Lost film\n
1914	The Stepmother	Flo	Lost film\n
1914	The Honeymooners	Florence Blair	Lost film\n
1914	Diplomatic Flo	Flo	Lost film\n
1914	The Little Mail Carrier	Flo \u2013 the Little Mail Carrier	Lost film\n
1914	The Pawns of Destiny	Flo	Lost film\n
1914	The Bribe		Lost film\n
1914	A Disenchantment	Flo \u2013 the Maid	Lost film\n
1914	The Doctor's Testimony	Florence Lund	Lost film\n
1914	A Singular Cynic	Flo Welton	Lost film\n
1914	Her Ragged Knight	Flo \u2013 Bob's Ward	Lost film\n
1914	The Mad Man's Ward		Lost film\n
1914	The Honor of the Humble	Flo Soule \u2013 The Gamekeeper's Daughter	Lost film\n
1914	Counterfeiters	Flo	Lost film\n
1914	A Mysterious Mystery	Miss Lawrence	Lost film\n
1914	The Woman Who Won	Florence Lloyd	Lost film\n
1914	The Great Universal Mystery	Herself	Lost film\n
1917	Face on the Screen		Lost film\n
1918	The Love Craze		Lost film\n

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Year\n	Title\n	Role\n	Notes\n
1908	The Red Girl	The Red Girl	Lost film\n
1914	A Singular Sinner		Lost film\n
1916	Elusive Isabel	Isabel Thorne	Lost film\n
1922	The Unfoldment	Katherine Nevin	Lost film\n
1923	The Satin Girl	Sylvia	Lost film\n
1923	Lucretia Lombard		\n
1924	Gambling Wives	Polly Barker	Lost film\n
1926	The Johnstown Flood	Townswoman	Uncredited\n
1926	The Greater Glory	Woman	Uncredited Lost film\n
1930	Sweeping Against the Winds		\n
1931	Homicide Squad		\n
1931	Pleasure	Martha	\n
1931	The Hard Hombre	The Sister	Uncredited\n
1932	So Big	Mina	Uncredited\n
1932	Sinners in the Sun	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1933	Secrets	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1933	The Silk Express	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1934	The Old Fashioned Way	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1935	Man on the Flying Trapeze	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1935	The Crusades	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1936	Yellow Dust	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1936	One Rainy Afternoon	Minor role	Uncredited\n
1936	Hollywood Boulevard	Minor role	Scenes deleted\n
1937	Night Must Fall	Minor role	Uncredited\n

Early life

Early career: film and stage

Biograph Studios

Independent Moving Pictures Company

Lubin Studios

Victor Film Company

Automotive inventions

Personal life

Later years

Death

Cultural references

Filmography

Short subject

Features

See also

References

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