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'''Florence Auer''' ([[March 3]], [[1880]] - [[May 14]], [[1962]]) was and [[United States|American]] theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.
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{{Infobox person
| image = Florence Auer, c. 1911 in Superstition at The Grand.jpg
| caption = Auer photographed c. 1911
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|3|3}}<ref name=vitaphone/>
| birth_place = [[Albany, New York]], U.S.<ref name=vitaphone/>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|5|14|1880|3|3}}<ref name=nyt-obit/>
| death_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<ref name=nyt-obit/>
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1907&ndash;1955
}}


'''Florence Auer''' (March 3, 1880 &ndash; May 14, 1962)<ref>{{cite book |last=Vazzana |first=Eugene Michael |title=Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers, and Other Filmmakers of the Silent Era, Through 1993|publisher=McFarland Publishing|year=1995 |page=12|isbn=978-0786401321}}</ref> was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.<ref name=vitaphone>{{cite book |last=Liebman |first=Roy |title=Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts |publisher=McFarland |year=2015 |page=347 |chapter=Auer, Florence |isbn=9781476609362 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REaeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA347}}</ref>
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Born in [[Albany, New York]], Florence Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn of the 20th century. She began appearing in films shortly thereafter; her first film appearance was in the 1908 [[Wallace McCutcheon]] directed comedy short ''The Sculptor's Nightmare'' opposite director [[D.W. Griffith]]. One of the original "[[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]] Girls" (along with actress [[Marion Leonard]]), Auer would appear alongside such notable future directors as Griffith, [[Thomas H. Ince]], [[Robert G. Vignola]], [[Harry Solter]] and [[Mack 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.


==Life and career==
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During her early years as a motion picture actress, Florence Auer would appear opposite such publicly popular actors of the early 20th century as: [[Florence Lawrence]], [[Florence Turner]], [[Maurice Costello]], [[Owen Moore]], [[Robert Harron|Robert "Bobby" Harron]] and [[Julia Swayne Gordon]].
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Born in [[Albany, New York]], Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn of the 20th century. Her earliest known [[Broadway theatre]] performance was in a September 1907 production of ''The Ranger'', produced by [[Charles Frohman]] at [[Wallack's Theatre]].<ref>{{cite journal |date= July 1907 |title=Wallack's. "The Ranger." Play in four acts by Augustus Thomas|url=https://archive.org/stream/theatremagazine07newyuoft/theatremagazine07newyuoft_djvu.txt |journal=The Theatre Magazine|volume=7 |issue=77 |pages=259 |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref> Auer was among Frohman's stock theatre company of fourteen actors who would be brought into [[Vitagraph Studios]] as their first stable of prominent film actors around 1907.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tibbetts |first=John C. |title=The American Theatrical Film: Stages of Development |publisher=Popular Press|year=1985 |pages=39–40 |isbn=978-0879722890}}</ref><ref name= Biograph>{{cite book |last=Shingler |first=Martin |title=When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2018 |page=47 |isbn=9781137406583 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fexIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47}}</ref> She began appearing in films shortly thereafter; her first film appearance was in the 1908 [[Wallace McCutcheon Sr.]] directed comedy short ''The Sculptor's Nightmare'' opposite director [[D.W. Griffith]]. One of the original "[[American Mutoscope and Biograph Company|Biograph]] Girls" (along with actresses [[Marion Leonard]] and [[Florence Lawrence]]),<ref name= Biograph /> Auer would appear alongside such notable future directors as Griffith, [[Thomas H. Ince]], [[Robert G. Vignola]], [[Harry Solter]] and [[Mack 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.


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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 Harron|Robert "Bobby" Harron]] and [[Julia Swayne Gordon]].
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Florence Auer would appear in motion pictures until the 1950s, then transitioning to television before retiring. Aside from acting, she also was a screenwriter for three early [[silent film]]s: 1916's [[Edwin Carewe]] directed drama ''Her Great Price'' starring [[Mabel Taliaferro]], 1917's [[John G. Adolfi]] directed drama ''A Modern Cinderella'' starring [[June Caprice]] and 1921's ''Her Mad Bargain'', directed by Edwin Carewe and starring [[Anita Stewart]] and [[Arthur Edmund Carewe]].


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Auer would appear in motion pictures until the 1950s, then transitioning to television before retiring. One of her last film appearances was in the 1951 comedy ''[[Love Nest]]'', which starred a young [[Marilyn Monroe]]. Aside from acting, she also was a screenwriter for three early [[silent film]]s: 1916's [[Edwin Carewe]] directed drama ''Her Great Price'' starring [[Mabel Taliaferro]], 1917's [[John G. Adolfi]] directed drama ''A Modern Cinderella'' starring [[June Caprice]] and 1921's ''Her Mad Bargain'', directed by Edwin Carewe and starring [[Anita Stewart]] and [[Arthur Edmund Carewe]].<ref name= Biograph />
She died in [[New York City, New York]], USA in 1962 at the age of 82.

She died in [[New York City, New York]] in 1962 at the age of 82.<ref name=nyt-obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/05/15/archives/florence-auer-acted-in-stage-and-films-82.html |title=Florence Auer, Acted in Stage and Films, 82 |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 15, 1962 |page=39}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[The Fight for Freedom]]'' (1908, short) - Juanita
* ''[[The Kentuckian (1908 film)|The Kentuckian]]'' (1908, Short)
* ''[[The Tavern Keeper's Daughter]]'' (1908, Short) - Mother
* ''[[The Fatal Hour (1908 film)|The Fatal Hour]]'' (1908, Short)
* ''[[His Auto's Maiden Trip]]'' (1912, Short)
* ''[[A Modern Cinderella]]'' (1917, Writer)
* ''[[Fair Lady (film)|Fair Lady]]'' (1922) - Lucrezia
* ''[[The Heart of a Siren]]'' (1925) - Lisette
* ''[[The Beautiful City (1925 film)|The Beautiful City]]'' (1925) - Mamma Gillardi
* ''[[That Royle Girl]]'' (1925) - Baretta's Girl
* ''Seeing Things'' (1930)
* ''[[Beauty for Sale]]'' (1933) - Madame Sonia Customer (uncredited)
* ''[[I Married an Angel (film)|I Married an Angel]]'' (1942) - Mrs. Roquefort (uncredited)
* ''[[Hangmen Also Die!]]'' (1943) - Czech Patriot (uncredited)
* ''[[Lady of Burlesque]]'' (1943) - Policewoman (uncredited)
* ''[[The North Star (1943 film)|The North Star]]'' (1943) - Woman Farmer (uncredited)
* ''[[The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944 film)|The Bridge of San Luis Rey]]'' (1944) - Palace Crow (uncredited)
* ''[[Abroad with Two Yanks]]'' (1944) - Dog's (Precious) Owner (uncredited)
* ''[[Youth on Trial]]'' (1945) - Maude McGregor (uncredited)
* ''[[Mama Loves Papa (1945 film)|Mama Loves Papa]]'' (1945) - Madame Dalba (uncredited)
* ''[[Adventure (1945 film)|Adventure]]'' (1945) - Landlady
* ''[[Black Angel (1946 film)|Black Angel]]'' (1946) - Madame (uncredited)
* ''[[Gentleman Joe Palooka]]'' (1946) - Mrs. Archer (uncredited)
* ''[[Wife Wanted (1946 film)|Wife Wanted]]'' (1946) - Mrs. Rutheridge (uncredited)
* ''[[The Chase (1946 film)|The Chase]]'' (1946) - Miss Connors (uncredited)
* ''[[It Happened on Fifth Avenue]]'' (1947) - Miss Parker (uncredited)
* ''[[Nightmare Alley (1947 film)|Nightmare Alley]]'' (1947) - Jane (uncredited)
* ''[[The Bishop's Wife]]'' (1947) - Third Lady
* ''[[State of the Union (film)|State of the Union]]'' (1948) - Grace Orval Draper
* ''[[Michael O'Halloran (1948 film)|Michael O'Halloran]]'' (1948) - Mrs. Jane Crawford
* ''[[Eight-Ball Andy]]'' (1948) - Mrs. Beasley
* ''[[The Loves of Carmen (1948 film)|The Loves of Carmen]]'' (1948) - Chestnut Seller (uncredited)
* ''[[Good Sam (1948 film)|Good Sam]]'' (1948) - Woman on Bus (uncredited)
* ''[[Knock on Any Door]]'' (1949) - Aunt Lena (uncredited)
* ''[[Bad Boy (1949 film)|Bad Boy]]'' (1949) - Mrs. Meeham (uncredited)
* ''[[Big Jack (film)|Big Jack]]'' (1949) - Homely Woman (uncredited)
* ''[[Hold That Baby!]]'' (1949) - Hope Andrews
* ''[[Madame Bovary (1949 film)|Madame Bovary]]'' (1949) - Mme. Petree (uncredited)
* ''[[That Forsyte Woman]]'' (1949) - Ann Forsyte Heyman
* ''[[Bride for Sale]]'' (1949) - Eloise Jonathan (uncredited)
* ''[[Blonde Dynamite]]'' (1950) - First Dowager
* ''[[It's a Small World (1950 film)|It's a Small World]]'' (1950) - Grotesque Cafe Dowager (uncredited)
* ''[[Love Nest]]'' (1951) - Mrs. Braddock (uncredited)
* ''[[Boots Malone]]'' (1952) - Woman at Auction (uncredited)
* ''[[Love Is Better Than Ever]]'' (1952) - Madame Secretary (uncredited)
* ''[[The Star (1952 film)|The Star]]'' (1952) - Annie's Friend in Store (uncredited)
* ''[[Silver Lode (film)|Silver Lode]]'' (1954) - Mrs. Elmwood
* ''[[Lucy Gallant]]'' (1955) - Woman at Sale (uncredited)
* ''[[Top Gun (1955 film)|Top Gun]]'' (1955) - Mrs. Turner (uncredited)
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==References==
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Florence Auer
Auer photographed c. 1911
Born(1880-03-03)March 3, 1880[1]
Albany, New York, U.S.[1]
DiedMay 14, 1962(1962-05-14) (aged 82)[2]
New York City, U.S.[2]
OccupationActress
Years active1907–1955

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]

Life and career

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Born in Albany, New York, Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn of the 20th century. Her earliest known Broadway theatre performance was in a September 1907 production of The Ranger, produced by Charles Frohman at Wallack's Theatre.[4] Auer was among Frohman's stock theatre company of fourteen actors who would be brought into Vitagraph 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 1908 Wallace McCutcheon Sr. directed comedy short The Sculptor's Nightmare opposite director D.W. Griffith. One of the original "Biograph Girls" (along with actresses Marion Leonard and Florence Lawrence),[6] Auer would appear alongside such notable future directors as Griffith, Thomas H. Ince, Robert G. Vignola, Harry Solter and Mack 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 and Julia Swayne Gordon.

Auer would appear in motion pictures until the 1950s, then transitioning to television before retiring. One of her last film appearances was in the 1951 comedy Love Nest, which starred a young Marilyn Monroe. Aside from acting, she also was a screenwriter for three early silent films: 1916's Edwin Carewe directed drama Her Great Price starring Mabel Taliaferro, 1917's John G. Adolfi directed drama A Modern Cinderella starring June Caprice and 1921's Her Mad Bargain, directed by Edwin Carewe and starring Anita Stewart and Arthur Edmund Carewe.[6]

She died in New York City, New York in 1962 at the age of 82.[2]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Liebman, Roy (2015). "Auer, Florence". Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland. p. 347. ISBN 9781476609362.
  2. ^ a b c "Florence Auer, Acted in Stage and Films, 82". New York Times. May 15, 1962. p. 39.
  3. ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (1995). Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers, and Other Filmmakers of the Silent Era, Through 1993. McFarland Publishing. p. 12. ISBN 978-0786401321.
  4. ^ "Wallack's. "The Ranger." Play in four acts by Augustus Thomas". The Theatre Magazine. 7 (77): 259. July 1907. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Tibbetts, John C. (1985). The American Theatrical Film: Stages of Development. Popular Press. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0879722890.
  6. ^ a b c Shingler, Martin (2018). When Warners Brought Broadway to Hollywood, 1923-1939. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 47. ISBN 9781137406583.
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