Florence Short

American actress (1893–1946)

Florence Short
Born(1893-05-19)May 19, 1893
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJuly 10, 1946(1946-07-10) (aged 53)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1924

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

  • 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

  1. ^ "Florence Short". Playbill.
  2. ^ a b "Florence Short in Metro's "Nobody"". The Moving Picture World: 1699. September 15, 1917.
  3. ^ "Florence Short, Stage and Silent Film Star, Dies". Hollywood Citizen-News. July 10, 1946. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Florence Short". Variety: 52. July 17, 1946.
  5. ^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (May 1, 2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. ISBN 9780786409839 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ 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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