- Florence Auer
infobox actress
birthdate=birth date|1880|3|3
birthplace=Albany, New York
deathdate=death date and age|1962|5|4|1880|3|3
deathplace=New York City, New York
occupation=Stage,film ,television actress Florence Auer (
March 3 ,1880 -May 14 ,1962 ) was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.Biography
Born in
Albany, New York , Florence Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn of the 20th century. She began appearing in films shortly thereafter; her first film appearance was in the 1908Wallace McCutcheon directed comedy short "The Sculptor's Nightmare" opposite directorD.W. Griffith . One of the original "Biograph Girls" (along with actressMarion Leonard ), Auer would appear alongside such notable future directors as Griffith,Thomas H. Ince ,Robert G. Vignola ,Harry Solter andMack Sennett in their early careers as actors. These early associations would help ensure Auer's longevity in films when the former actors became notable directors and often cast Auer in their later films.During her early years as a motion picture actress, Florence Auer would appear opposite such publicly popular actors of the early 20th century as:
Florence Lawrence ,Florence Turner ,Maurice Costello ,Owen Moore , Robert "Bobby" Harron andJulia Swayne Gordon .Florence Auer would appear in motion pictures until the 1950s, then transitioning to television before retiring. Aside from acting, she also was a screenwriter for three early
silent film s: 1916'sEdwin Carewe directed drama "Her Great Price" starringMabel Taliaferro , 1917'sJohn G. Adolfi directed drama "A Modern Cinderella" starringJune Caprice and 1921's "Her Mad Bargain", directed by Edwin Carewe and starringAnita Stewart andArthur Edmund Carewe .She died in
New York City, New York , USA in 1962 at the age of 82.External links
*imdb name|id=0041669|name=Florence Auer
*amg name|2:2815Persondata
NAME= Auer, Florence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Stage,film ,television actress
DATE OF BIRTH=March 3 ,1880
PLACE OF BIRTH=Albany, New York
DATE OF DEATH=May 14 ,1962
PLACE OF DEATH=New York City, New York
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