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Florence Lawrence
Canadian-American actress (–)
Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, – December 28, ) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress.
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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 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder.[2] At the height of her fame in the s, 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 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career.
Early life
Born Florence Annie Bridgwood in Hamilton, Ontario, she was youngest of three children of George Bridgwood, an English-born carriage builder and Charlotte "Lotta" Bridgwood (née Dunn), a vaudeville actress.
Charlotte Bridgwood had emigrated to Canada from Ireland after the Great Famine with her famil