1886 - 1938
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 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 355,558 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Florence Lawrence is the 2,358th most popular actor (down from 2,134th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Canada (down from 167th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Canadian Actor.
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Among actors, Florence Lawrence ranks 2,358 out of 10,030. Before her are Antônio Fagundes, Tatum O'Neal, Vanessa Hudgens, Fiona Shaw, Leonid Kanevsky, and Linda Fiorentino. After her are Leo White, Franciszek Pieczka, Marguerite Durand, Leonid Bykov, Bobby Driscoll, and Ian Richardson.
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 2,352
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 2,353
1988 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 2,354
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 2,355
1939 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 2,356
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 2,357
1886 - 1938
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 2,358
1882 - 1948
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 2,359
1928 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 2,360
1864 - 1936
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 2,361
1928 - 1979
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 2,362
1937 - 1968
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 2,363
1934 - 2007
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 2,364
Among people born in 1886, Florence Lawrence ranks 134. Before her are Leo G. Carroll, H.D., José Linhares, Kurt Hahn, Grigory Neujmin, and Rash Behari Bose. After her are Chester Conklin, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Max Vasmer, Constant Permeke, and Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke. Among people deceased in 1938, Florence Lawrence ranks 118. Before her are Jānis Rudzutaks, Erik Werenskiold, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Egon Friedell, Leopoldo Lugones, and Ramón Franco. After her are Georges Urbain, Juho Vennola, Max Wien, Axel Ljung, Rudolf Stammler, and Kaarlo Castrén.
1886 - 1972
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 128
1886 - 1961
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 129
1886 - 1957
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 130
1886 - 1974
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 131
1886 - 1946
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 132
1886 - 1945
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 133
1886 - 1938
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 134
1886 - 1971
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 135
1886 - 1964
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 136
1886 - 1950
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 137
1886 - 1962
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 138
1886 - 1952
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 139
1886 - 1960
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 140
1887 - 1938
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 112
1855 - 1938
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 113
1892 - 1938
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 114
1878 - 1938
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 115
1874 - 1938
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 116
1896 - 1938
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 117
1886 - 1938
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 118
1872 - 1938
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 119
1872 - 1938
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 120
1866 - 1938
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 121
1884 - 1938
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 122
1856 - 1938
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 123
1860 - 1938
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 124
Among people born in Canada, Florence Lawrence ranks 188 out of 1,130. Before her are David Shore (1959), Jordan Peterson (1962), René Lévesque (1922), Naomi Klein (1970), Elliot Page (1987), and Ethel Smith (1907). After her are Peter North (1957), Hayden Christensen (1981), Marie Dressler (1868), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Eugene Levy (1946), and Donal Logue (1966).
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 182
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 183
1922 - 1987
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 184
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 185
1987 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 186
1907 - 1979
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 187
1886 - 1938
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 188
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 189
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 190
1868 - 1934
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 191
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 192
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 193
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 194
Among actors born in Canada, Florence Lawrence ranks 57. Before her are Cory Monteith (1982), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Hume Cronyn (1911), August Schellenberg (1936), Elisha Cuthbert (1982), and Elliot Page (1987). After her are Hayden Christensen (1981), Marie Dressler (1868), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Eugene Levy (1946), Donal Logue (1966), and Alan Thicke (1947).
1982 - 2013
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 51
1897 - 1984
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 52
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 53
1936 - 2013
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 54
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 55
1987 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 56
1886 - 1938
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 57
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 58
1868 - 1934
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 59
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 60
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 61
1966 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 62
1947 - 2016
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 63