Florida Kingsley

Florida Kingsley
Born	1867 (1867) Jacksonville, Florida
Died	March 19, 1937(1937-03-19) (aged 69–70) Bay Shore Long Island, New York
Occupation	actress
Spouse	Wright Huntingdon [1]

Florida Kingsley (1867 - 1937) ^[2] was an actress on stage and screen in the United States. ^[3] Her career lasted more than 40 years. ^[4] She is in numerous films from the silent film era.

Theater

• The Capitol (1895) ^[5]

Selected filmography

• The Turmoil (1916 film) as Mrs. Vertrees
• The Boy Girl (1917) as Agatha Channing ^[6]
• Hidden Fires (1918 film) as Mrs. Treadway Parke ^[7]
• The Woman on the Index (1919) as Mrs. Martin
• Thou Shalt Not (film) (1919) as Ruth's Mother
• The Woman Under Oath (1919) as Mrs. O'Neil
• Youthful Folly (1920) as Aunt Martha ^[8]
• Dangerous Business (1920 film) as Mrs. Brooks
• Youthful Folly (1920 film) as Aunt Martha
• Greater Than Fame (1920) as Aunt Prudence (credited as Flora Kingsley)
• Annabell Lee (1921) as David's Mother, film based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem Annabel Lee . Extant. ^[9]
• Is Life Worth Living? (1921) as Mrs. Grant
• Clay Dollars (1921) as Mrs. Gordon
• The Little Red Schoolhouse (1923 film) as Hired Girl

References

1. see...Silent Film Necrology
2. Silent Film Necrology, p.287 2ndEdit. c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
3. "The Films of Pauline Frederick". web.stanford.edu.
4. "Site Map - March 20, 1937". The New York Times.
5. "Capitol, The : "A Drama" by Augustus Thomas. Produced at the Standard Theatre (NYC - 1895) starring Ernest Hastings, Frank Keenan, Mary Shaw, Florida Kingsley, etc". University of Florida Archival & Manuscript Collections. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
6. Codori, Jeff (17 March 2020). Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920. ISBN   9781476676173.
7. "Florida Kingsley". BFI. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022.
8. Vogel, Michelle (November 29, 2014). Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. McFarland. ISBN   9780786455263 – via Google Books.
9. Robards, Brooks (November 4, 2014). ""Annabell Lee" shows Menemsha in the 1920s".