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Florence Vidor (July 23, 1895, Houston, Texas – November 3,
1977, Pacific Palisades, California) was an American actress.
She was born Florence Cobb, but later her mother married the
realty agent J. F. Arto, whose name the child assumed. She started working in
silent movies thanks to her husband, film director King Vidor. She signed her
first contract with Vitagraph Studios in 1916. Her early fame was due to her
role in the 1921 film Hail the Woman.
She divorced Vidor in 1925 after having had a daughter
(Suzanne), but she kept his surname. In 1926, she married classical violinist
Jascha Heifetz. Her career ended with the advent of sound films.
She died in 1977 at the age of 82.
Birth Name
Florence Iona Arto
Born
Tuesday, 23 July 1895
Died
Thursday, 03 November 1977
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
Chinatown Nights | Joan Fry | 1929 |
The Patriot | Countess Ostermann | 1928 |
The Magnificent Flirt | Mme. Florence Laverne | 1928 |
Doomsday | Mary Viner | 1928 |
Honeymoon Hate | Gail Grant | 1927 |
One Woman to Another | Rita Farrell | 1927 |
The Popular Sin | Yvonne Montfort | 1926 |
The Eagle of the Sea | Louise Lestron | 1926 |
You Never Know Women | Vera | 1926 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
Chinatown Nights | Joan Fry | 1929 |
The Patriot | Countess Ostermann | 1928 |
The Magnificent Flirt | Mme. Florence Laverne | 1928 |
Doomsday | Mary Viner | 1928 |
Honeymoon Hate | Gail Grant | 1927 |
One Woman to Another | Rita Farrell | 1927 |
The Popular Sin | Yvonne Montfort | 1926 |
The Eagle of the Sea | Louise Lestron | 1926 |
You Never Know Women | Vera | 1926 |
Sea Horses | Helen Salvia | 1926 |
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter | The Grand Duchess Zenia | 1926 |
The Enchanted Hill | Gail Ormsby | 1926 |
The Trouble with Wives | Grace Hyatt | 1925 |
Are Parents People? | Mrs. Hazlitt | 1925 |
The Girl of Gold | Helen Merrimore | 1925 |
Christine of the Hungry Heart | Christine Madison | 1924 |
Barbara Frietchie | Barbara Frietchie | 1924 |
A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio | Self | 1924 |
Borrowed Husbands | Nancy Burrard | 1924 |
The Marriage Circle | Charlotte Braun | 1924 |
The Virginian | Molly Wood (Woods in credits) / Molly Wood | 1923 |
Souls for Sale | Florence Vidor | 1923 |
Conquering the Woman | Judith Stafford | 1922 |
Dusk to Dawn | Marjorie Latham / Aziza | 1922 |
Skin Deep | Ethel Carter | 1922 |
Real Adventure | Rose Stanton | 1922 |
Woman, Wake Up | Anne | 1922 |
Hail the Woman | Judith Beresford | 1921 |
Beau Revel | Nellie Steel | 1921 |
The Jack-Knife Man | Mrs. Marcia Montgomery / Marcia Montgomery | 1920 |
The Family Honor | Beverly Tucker | 1920 |
Poor Relations | Dorothy Perkins | 1919 |
The Other Half | Katherine Boone | 1919 |
A Heart in Pawn | Dr. Stone's Daughter | 1919 |
The Bravest Way | Nume Rogers | 1918 |
Old Wives for New | Juliet Raeburn | 1918 |
The White Man's Law | Maida Verne | 1918 |
The Honor of His House | Lora Horning | 1918 |
The Hidden Pearls | Enid Benton | 1918 |
The Secret Game | Kitty Little | 1917 |
The Countess Charming | Betty Lovering | 1917 |
Hashimura Togo | Corinne Reynolds | 1917 |
The Cook of Canyon Camp | Mrs. Jack | 1917 |
American Methods | Betty Armstrong | 1917 |
A Tale of Two Cities | Mimi | 1917 |
The Intrigue | Pseudo Countess Sonia / Pretended Countess Sonia | 1916 |