Florence Auer | |
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 Auer, c. 1911 | |
| Born | (1880-03-03)March 3, 1880[1] Albany, New York, U.S.[1] |
| Died | May 14, 1962(1962-05-14) (aged 82)[2] New York City, U.S.[2] |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1907–1955 |
Florence Auer (March 3, 1880 – May 14, 1962)[3] was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.[1]
Born inAlbany, New York, Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn of the 20th century. Her earliest knownBroadway theatre performance was in a September 1907 production ofThe Ranger, produced byCharles Frohman atWallack's Theatre.[4] Auer was among Frohman's stock theatre company of fourteen actors who would be brought intoVitagraph Studios as their first stable of prominent film actors around 1907.[5][6] She began appearing in films shortly thereafter; her first film appearance was in the 1908Wallace McCutcheon Sr. directed comedy shortThe Sculptor's Nightmare opposite directorD.W. Griffith. One of the original "Biograph Girls" (along with actressesMarion Leonard andFlorence Lawrence),[6] 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, 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.
Auer would appear in motion pictures until the 1950s, then transition to television before retiring. One of her last film appearances was in the 1951 comedyLove Nest, which starred a youngMarilyn Monroe. Aside from acting, she also was a screenwriter for three earlysilent films: 1916'sEdwin Carewe directed dramaHer Great Price, starringMabel Taliaferro; 1917'sJohn G. Adolfi directed dramaA Modern Cinderella, starringJune Caprice; and 1921'sHer Mad Bargain, directed by Edwin Carewe and starringAnita Stewart andArthur Edmund Carewe.[6]
She died inNew York City, New York, in 1962 at the age of 82.[2]
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