Florence Vidor was an American actress.

Born Florence Arto, her father, J. P. Arto, was an important executive and she started working in silent movie

Silent Movie

Silent Movie is a 1976 satirical comedy film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976...

s thanks to her husband, film director King Vidor

King Vidor

King Wallis Vidor was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades...

. She signed her first contract with Vitagraph Studios

Vitagraph Studios

American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. By 1907 it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. It was bought by Warner Bros...

 in 1916. Her early fame was due to her role in the 1921 film Hail the Woman

Hail the Woman

Hail the Woman is a 1921 John Griffith Wray silent, drama-genre film. A Thomas Ince production. A Library of Congress copy of this film is listed as incomplete, September 1, 1977.-Synopsis:...

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She divorced Vidor in 1925 after having had a daughter (Suzanne), but she kept his surname. In 1926, she married classical violinist Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz was a violinist, born in Vilnius, then Russian Empire, now Lithuania. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time.- Early life :...

. Her career ended with the advent of sound movies

Sound film

A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...

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She died in 1977 at the age of 82.

Filmography

• Chinatown Nights (1929)
• The Patriot
  The Patriot (1928 film)
  The Patriot is a 1928 semi-biographical film that was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was written by Hanns Kräly ; it is an adaptation of several different plays: Paul I by Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann, and The Patriot by Ashley Dukes...
  
  (1928)
• The Magnificent Flirt (1928)
• Doomsday (1928)
• Honeymoon Hate (1927)
• One Woman to Another (1927)
• The World at Her Feet (1927)
• Afraid to Love (1927)
• The Popular Sin (1926)
• The Eagle of the Sea
  The Eagle of the Sea
  The Eagle of the Sea is a 1926 silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Florence Vidor and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited role.-Cast:* Florence Vidor - Louise Lestron* Ricardo Cortez - Captain Sazarac...
  
  (1926)
• You Never Know Women
  You Never Know Women
  You Never Know Women is a 1926 silent film romantic drama from director William Wellman that was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The stars of the picture are Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman and Clive Brook...
  
  (1926)
• Sea Horses (1926)
• The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
  The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926 film)
  The Grand Duchess and the Waiter is a silent 1926 Romantic comedy directed by Mal St. Clair and starring Florence Vidor and Adolphe Menjou. It is based on a 1925 Broadway play of the same name starring stage actress Elsie Ferguson, who had recently returned to Broadway after years in the film colony...
  
  (1926)
• The Enchanted Hill (1926)
• The Trouble with Wives (1925)
• Marry Me (1925)
• Grounds for Divorce (1925)
• Are Parents People?
  Are Parents People?
  Are Parents People? is a comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou, George Beranger, and Lawrence Gray. The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair and released by Paramount Pictures.-Plot:...
  
  (1925)
• The Girl of Gold (1925)
• The Mirage (1924)
• Husbands and Lovers (1924)
• Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924)
• Barbara Frietchie
  Barbara Frietchie (film)
  Barbara Frietchie is a 1924 silent film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War. It is based on the play that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real life story of Barbara Fritchie. There were two silent film...
  
  (1924)
• Welcome Stranger (1924)
• Borrowed Husbands (1924)
• The Marriage Circle
  The Marriage Circle
  The Marriage Circle is a 1924 silent film produced by Ernst Lubitsch and Warner Brothers with direction by Lubitsch and distribution by the Warners. Based on the play Only a Dream by Lothar Schmidt, the screenplay was written by Paul Bern...
  
  (1924)
• The Virginian
  The Virginian (1923 film)
  The Virginian is a 1923 silent film based upon the Owen Wister novel, with Kenneth Harlan as the Virginian and Russell Simpson as Trampas. The film was directed by Tom Forman and has been overshadowed by the 1929 movie with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston. There have been several versions of the...
  
  (1923)
• Main Street
  Main Street (1923 film)
  Main Street is a 1923 silent film drama based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers and directed by Harry Beaumont. A Broadway play version of the novel was produced in 1921. -Cast:...
  
  (1923)
• Alice Adams (1923)
• Souls for Sale
  Souls for Sale
  Souls for Sale is a silent film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes from his novel of the same name. The film featured Eleanor Boardman in her first leading role, having won a contract with Goldwyn Studios through their "New Faces of 1921" contest just two years prior.The film is most...
  
  (1923)
• Conquering the Woman
  Conquering the Woman
  Conquering the Woman is a 1922 silent drama film directed by King Vidor. It is unknown whether any recording of the film survives; it may be a lost film...
  
  (1922)
• Skin Deep (1922)
• Dusk to Dawn
  Dusk to Dawn
  Dusk to Dawn is a 1922 silent drama film directed by King Vidor. It is unknown whether any recording of the film survives; it may be a lost film.-Cast:* Florence Vidor - Marjorie Latham / Aziza* Jack Mulhall - Philip Randall...
  
  (1922)
• Real Adventure
  Real Adventure
  Real Adventure is a 1922 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.-Cast:* Florence Vidor - Rose Stanton* Clyde Fillmore - Rodney Aldrich* Nellie Peck Saunders - Mrs. Stanton* Lilyan McCarthy - Portia* Philip Ryder - John Walbraith...
  
  (1922)
• Woman, Wake Up (1922)
• Hail the Woman
  Hail the Woman
  Hail the Woman is a 1921 John Griffith Wray silent, drama-genre film. A Thomas Ince production. A Library of Congress copy of this film is listed as incomplete, September 1, 1977.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1921)
• Beau Revel (1921)
• Lying Lips (1921)
• The Jack-Knife Man
  The Jack-Knife Man
  The Jack-Knife Man is a 1920 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.-Cast:* F. A. Turner - Peter Lane * Harry Todd - 'Booge'* Bobby Kelso - 'Buddy'* Willis Marks - Rasmer Briggles* Lillian Leighton - Widow Potter...
  
  (1920)
• The Family Honor
  The Family Honor
  The Family Honor is a 1920 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.-Cast:* Florence Vidor - Beverly Tucker* Roscoe Karns - Dal Tucker* Ben Alexander - Little Ben Tucker* Charles Meredith - Merle Curran* George Nichols - Mayor Curran...
  
  (1920)
• Poor Relations
  Poor Relations
  Poor Relations is a 1919 silent drama film directed by King Vidor.-Cast:* Florence Vidor - Dorothy Perkins* Lillian Leighton - Ma Perkins* William De Vaull - Pa Perkins * Roscoe Karns - Henry* ZaSu Pitts - Daisy Perkins...
  
  (1919)
• The Other Half
  The Other Half (1919 film)
  -Cast:* Florence Vidor - Katherine Boone* Charles Meredith - Donald Trent* Zasu Pitts - Jennie Jones, The Jazz Kid* David Butler - Cpl. Jimmy* Alfred Allen - J. Martin Trent* Frances Raymond - Mrs. Boone* Hugh Saxon - James Bradley...
  
  (1919)
• Till I Come Back to You
  Till I Come Back to You
  Till I Come Back to You is a 1918 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.-Cast:* Bryant Washburn - Capt. Jefferson Strong* Florence Vidor - Yvonne* Gustav von Seyffertitz - Karl Von Drutz * Winter Hall - King Albert...
  
  (1918)
• The Bravest Way (1918)
• Old Wives for New
  Old Wives for New
  Old Wives for New is a 1918 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Prints of the film survive at the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House.-Cast:* Elliott Dexter - Charles Murdock* Florence Vidor - Juliet Raeburn...
  
  (1918)
• The White Man's Law (1918)
• The Honor of His House (1918)
• The Hidden Pearls (1918)
• The Widow's Might (1918/I)
• The Secret Game (1917)
• The Countess Charming (1917)
• Hashimura Togo (1917)
• The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917)
• American Methods (1917)
• A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
• The Intrigue (1916)
• The Yellow Girl (1916)
• Curfew at Simpton Center (1916)
• Bill Peter's Kid (1916)

External links

• Florence Vidor at IMDB
• Florence Vidor at Golden Silents