Florida Kingsley Explained

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

Notes and 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. Web site: The Films of Pauline Frederick. web.stanford.edu.
4. News: Site Map - March 20, 1937. The New York Times.
5. Web site: 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 . 29 January 2023.
6. Book: Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920. 9781476676173. Codori. Jeff. 17 March 2020.
7. Web site: Florida Kingsley. https://web.archive.org/web/20220125235451/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4c1fe59. dead. January 25, 2022. BFI.
8. Book: Vogel, Michelle. Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. November 29, 2014. McFarland. 9780786455263. Google Books.
9. Web site: "Annabell Lee" shows Menemsha in the 1920s. Brooks. Robards. November 4, 2014.