Florence Barker (actress)
Florence Barker (November 22, 1891 – February 15, 1913) was an American stage and silent film actress from Los Angeles.
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Burr McIntosh Monthly, January, 1908 | |
Born | Los Angeles, California | November 22, 1891
Died | February 15, 1913 21) Los Angeles, California | (aged
Other names | Priscilla May |
Years active | 1905-1912 |
She began in amateur theatre in her early teens,[1] and her professional debut came in the Ferris Company's production of The Altar of Friendship in Los Angeles in 1907.[2] By age 18, she was playing lead roles at the Grand Theatre in Los Angeles.[1]
At around this time she started acting in motion pictures and would go on to appear in at least sixty-three film productions before dying of pneumonia in Los Angeles at the age of twenty-one.[3][4]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1908 | An Awful Moment | ||
1909 | The Girls and Daddy | ||
Getting Even | |||
Choosing a Husband | Gladys | ||
1910 | The Englishman and the Girl | ||
Faithful | John's Sweetheart | ||
The Two Brothers | Mexican | ||
The Kid | Doris Marshall | ||
The Oath and the Man | Madame Prevost | ||
1911 | The Two Paths | ||
His Daughter | Mary | ||
Priscilla's April Fool Joke | Priscilla | ||
Priscilla and the Umbrella | Priscilla | ||
1912 | A Voice from the Deep |
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References
- "Our Portraits". The Burr McIntosh Monthly. 15 (58). January 1908. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- "The Drama -- Players, Playhouses, Gossip of the Stage". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. March 3, 1907. p. Part VI - 1. Retrieved November 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers and other Filmmakers of The Silent era, through 1993: Eugene Michael Vazzana; - 1995: pg. 17
- Florence Barker - Internet Movie Database
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