Florence Short
Florence Short | |
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 Short in Way Down East (1920) | |
| Born | May 19, 1893 |
| Died | July 10, 1946 (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1914–1924 |
| Relatives | Antrim Short (brother) Gertrude Short (sister) |
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]
Actors Antrim Short and Gertrude Short were her siblings.[2][3] Actress Blanche Sweet was her cousin, and her parents were also actors. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts.
She died in Los Angeles and is buried there.[4]
Filmography[]
- Damaged Goods (1914), as Nurse
- Destiny: Or, The Soul of a Woman (1915), as Passion
- 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[5]
- 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[]
- ^ "Florence Short". Playbill.
- ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (February 17, 1995). Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers, and Other Filmmakers of the Silent Era, Through 1993. McFarland. ISBN 9780786401321 – via Google Books.
- ^ Truitt, Evelyn Mack (July 1, 1977). Who was who on screen. Bowker. ISBN 9780835209144 – via Google Books.
- ^ 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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Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1946 deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- American film actresses
- American silent film actresses
- Actresses from Massachusetts