Florence Short
Florence Short | |
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| Born | May 19, 1893 |
| Died | July 10, 1946 (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1914–1924 |
Florence Short (May 19, 1893 – July 10, 1946) was an American actress. She had numerous film roles as a supporting actress and was also cast in theatrical productions.[1]
She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and moved with her family to New York City as a child, where she attended the Finch School for Girls.[2] She made her professional stage debut in 1910 with the Avenue Stock Company of Wilmington, Delaware.[3] She had early Braodway appearances in Thompson Buchanan's The Bridal Path and George V. Hobart's Experience, and early film roles in Damaged Goods (1914) and The Law That Failed (1917).[2]
She died at her home in Hollywood[4] and is buried in Los Angeles.[5]
Filmography
[edit]- Damaged Goods (1914), as Nurse
- Destiny: Or, The Soul of a Woman (1915), as Passion
- The Law That Failed (1917)
- The Outsider (1917), as Mrs. Standish
- The Golden God (1917)
- A Man's World (1918), as Lione Brune
- Pay Day (1918)
- The Eagle's Eye (1918), as Madame Augusta
- Kildare of Storm (1918), as Mahaly[6]
- Five Thousand an Hour (1918), as Polly Parsons
- The Great Victory (1919), as Elaine
- The Love Flower (1920), as Mrs. Bevan
- The Idol Dancer (1920), as Pansy
- Silver Wings (1921), as Widow Martin
- Lessons of Love (1921)
- Woman's Place (1922), as Amy Bleeker
- Cardigan (1922), as Molly Brandt from the Revolutionary War era
- Does It Pay? (1923), as Martha Weston
- The Enchanted Cottage (1924), as Ethel
References
[edit]- ^ "Florence Short". Playbill.
- ^ a b "Florence Short in Metro's "Nobody"". The Moving Picture World: 1699. September 15, 1917.
- ^ "Florence Short, Stage and Silent Film Star, Dies". Hollywood Citizen-News. July 10, 1946. p. 3.
- ^ "Florence Short". Variety: 52. July 17, 1946.
- ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (May 1, 2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. ISBN 9780786409839 – via Google Books.
- ^ Langman, Larry; Ebner, David; Press, Greenwood (February 17, 2001). Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313318863 – via Google Books.
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