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Florence Lawrence

1886 - 1938

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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 long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence Lawrence has received more than 474,043 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Florence Lawrence is the 2,713th most popular actor (down from 2,358th in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Canada (down from 188th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Florence Lawrence ranks 2,713 out of 9,996. Before her are Chelo Alonso, David Butler, Jim Beaver, Rebecca Ferguson, Herman van Veen, and Gustavo Rojo. After her are Elga Andersen, Julianna Margulies, Paulette Dubost, Sienna Miller, Tobias Moretti, and Jon Finch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Florence Lawrence ranks 154. Before her are Grigory Neujmin, Kurt Schmitt, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Chester Conklin, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, and Peter Freuchen. After her are Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Roberto María Ortiz, Jean Hersholt, G. I. Taylor, Ernest Burgess, and Rudolf Belling. Among people deceased in 1938, Florence Lawrence ranks 121. Before her are Gösta Ekman, Joseph Strauss, Abdurauf Fitrat, Leopoldo Lugones, Egon Friedell, and Georges Urbain. After her are Samuel Alexander, Rudolf Stammler, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Max Wien, Axel Ljung, and Rafael Arnaiz Barón.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Florence Lawrence ranks 215 out of 1,350. Before her are Richard Williams (1933), Terry Fox (1958), Hume Cronyn (1911), Marc Singer (1948), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), and John Draper (1943). After her are Roddy Piper (1954), Ernest Burgess (1886), Neil Peart (1952), Robbie Robertson (1943), Peter North (1957), and Kim Coates (1958).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Florence Lawrence ranks 66. Before her are Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), Nathan Fillion (1971), Raymond Massey (1896), Hume Cronyn (1911), and Marc Singer (1948). After her are Kim Coates (1958), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Gordon Thomson (1945), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Natasha Henstridge (1974), and Elias Koteas (1961).

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