Florida Kingsley

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Florida Kingsley
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Born1867
Jacksonville, Florida
DiedMarch 19, 1937
Bay Shore Long Island, New York
Occupationactress
SpouseWright Huntingdon [1]
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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.

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Theater

Selected filmography

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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".