Florence Lawrence
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.
Those Awful Hats
as Theatre AudienceA pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
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The Old-Fashioned Way
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of...
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Night Must Fall
as uncreditedWealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's...
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So Big!
as Mina (uncredited)A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
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Romeo and Juliet (A Romantic Story of the Ancient Feud Between the Italian Houses of Montague and Capulet)
as JulietTwo feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.
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Secrets
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with...
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Sinners in the Sun
as uncreditedA New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a...
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The Country Doctor
as Mrs. HarcourtWhile caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He...
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The Taming of the Shrew
as KatharinaBased on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change...
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Homicide Squad
as uncreditedThe police use a gangster's son to get to him.
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Where the Breakers Roar
as At the BeachA group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby...
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At the Altar
as Girl at WeddingAt the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the...
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The Devil
as A ModelMack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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Yellow Dust
as uncreditedAfter he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
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The Girl and the Outlaw
as WomanMack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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The Hard Hombre
as The SisterWhen Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw...
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The Unfoldment
as Katherine NevinKatherine Nevin and her brother Jack are given positions on the newspaper of James Osborne...
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Confidence
as Nellie BurtonNellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of...
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The Cord of Life
as Woman in TenementAntonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an...
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as Mrs. JonesMr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had...
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1776, or The Hessian Renegades
as uncreditedDuring the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington...
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Her First Biscuits
as Mrs. JonesA new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the...
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After Many Years
as Mrs. John DavisA castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Has she...
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Jones and His New Neighbors
as Mrs. JonesJones' new house looks like all the others on the street. One night Jones enters the wrong house...
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The Curtain Pole
as Mrs. EdwardsAn upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a...
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An Awful Moment
as Mrs. MowbrayAfter a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard)...
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Ingomar, the Barbarian
as PartheniaMack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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Father Gets in the Game
as First CoupleD.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home...
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The Planter's Wife
as Tomboy NellieJohn Holland, a planter in a small way, is devotedly attached to his wife and infant child. The...
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The Zulu's Heart
as The Boer's WifeA Boer woman and her daughter are captured by Zulu warriors.
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Man on the Flying Trapeze
as (uncredited)Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match...
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Resurrection
as KatushaNekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,...
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The Prussian Spy
as The MaidLady Florence hides her lover, a Prussian spy, from the French troops who are hunting for him....
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Romance of a Jewess
as Ruth SimonsonThis early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed...
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Sweet and Twenty
as Alice's sisterAlice misunderstands when she sees her sweetheart Frank accidentally kissing her sister, and...
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The Snare of Society
as Mary WilliamsA society woman gambles at cards.
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The Call of the Wild
as Gladys PenroseGeorge Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated...
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What Drink Did
as Mrs. Alfred LucasA man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially...
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The Mended Lute
as Rising MoonIn an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves.
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The Redemption of Riverton
as June MartinWhen a minister tries to clean up Riverton, he finds an unexpected ally in the barkeeper's daughter.
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A Drunkard's Reformation
as Woman in the PlayA man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take...
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The Way of Man
as Mabel JarrettA woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to...
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Tangled Relations
as Florence the GovernessTwo old sweethearts, Henry Jones and Mrs. Mary Owen, he a widower and she a widow, meet at a...
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Nursing a Viper
as uncreditedDuring the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs....
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The Song of the Shirt
as WomanAdaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.
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The Necklace
as uncreditedMrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The...
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Two Memories
as Party GuestHenry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years...
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Aunt Jane’s Legacy
as Bessie Elkins - the NieceAunt Jane's nieces and nephews bicker over an anticipated legacy.
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After All
as MargieA spurned suitor threatens to kill Margie's sweetheart if she does not give him up.
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Money Mad
as Bank Customer / LandladyThe central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his...
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self (archive footage)The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are...
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The Lure of the Gown
as Veronica"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when...
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Betrayed by a Handprint
as Myrtle VaneMrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation...
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Lady Helen's Escapade
as Lady HelenA bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with...
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The Peachbasket Hat
as Mrs. JonesMrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid...
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Elusive Isabel
as Isabel ThorneBased on the spy novel of the same name by Jacques Futrelle.
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Gambling Wives
as Polly BarkerBank clerk Vincent Forrest loses his savings in a gambling den run by Madame Zoe and her...
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Mr. Jones at the Ball
as Mrs. JonesMr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular...
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
as The PrincessA royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave...
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The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
as uncreditedAn early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
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One on Reno
as Mrs. ApplebyWhen a bored wife seeks a Reno divorce, she regains the attentions of her inattentive husband.
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The Medicine Bottle
as Mrs. RossWhile she attends a party, Mrs. Ross leaves her young daughter to care for her bed-ridden...
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The Politician's Love Story
as uncreditedA haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's...
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Love's Stratagem
as The GirlA short romance starring Florence Lawrence.
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Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
as CleopatraA short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to...
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Vanity and Its Cure
as Effie HartA silly and extravagant wife must learn to curb her wild ways before her husband is willing to...
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His Bogus Uncle
as The Object of Their AffectionA scheming suitor ends up losing his girl to a rival even after he receives an inheritance.
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Lucky Jim
as uncreditedGertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries...
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His Chorus Girl Wife
as Sybil Sanford - a Chorus GirlA young man's parents refuse to accept his new wife, but a reconciliation is eventually brought...
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A Smoked Husband
as Mrs. BibbsAfter his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted...
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Mr. Jones’ Burglar
as Mrs. JonesMr. Jones stays out late playing poker with his buddies. While he's gone, a burglar starts to...
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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
as Mrs. JonesThe amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting,...
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as uncreditedA young couple conducts a series of robberies, followed by a chase, in which they are shot and...
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The Salvation Army Lass
as uncreditedA girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a...
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Her Child's Honor
as The MotherUnable to bear the abuse of her drunken soldier husband, the wife left her home and went to the...
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The Slave
as NeradaA Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she...
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The Girls and Daddy
as Dr. Payson's First DaughterSisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money.
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The Boy, the Bust and the Bath
as The LadyA young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.
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