Florence Dixon | |
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![]() Florence Dixon, from a 1921 publication | |
Died | 1986 Santa Clara, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Known for | "Coca-Cola Girl" (in 1920s advertisements) |
Florence Dixon was an American model and actress in silent films. She was also "the Coca-Cola Girl" in print and display advertisements in the 1920s.
Dixon was raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania. [1]
Dixon modeled for artists and photographers, including James Montgomery Flagg, [2] and modeled new fashions in newspapers. [3] [4] She was known as the "Coca-Cola Girl" after her image was used in a national advertising campaign for the soft drink. [5] In 1920, she helped promote a collection of dolls made by French widows as a fundraiser for postwar relief. [6]
Dixon's film credits included roles in Independence, B'Gosh (1918), [7] The Lonesome Girl (1918), [8] One Every Minute (1919), [9] Never Say Quit (1919), [10] Tough Luck Jones (1919), [11] Captain Swift (1920), [12] The Silent Barrier (1920), [13] The Road of Ambition (1920), [14] Hidden Charms (1921), Jimmy's Last Night Out (1921), The Supreme Passion (1921), [5] The Stowaway (1921), Props (1921), Wild Women (1921), Anna Ascends (1922), [15] Women Men Marry (1922), [16] Back Home and Broke (1922), [17] Wife in Name Only (1923), [18] and It Is the Law (1924). [19]
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