06/16/1867
London :
Flora Finch (17. Juni 1867 – 4. Januar 1940) war eine in England geborene Vaudeville-, Bühnen- und Filmschauspielerin, die in über 300 Stummfilmen mitwirkte, darunter über 200 für die Vitagraph Studios. Finch wurde in London in eine Familie von Varieté- und Wandertheaterkünstlern geboren und kam als kleines Kind in die Vereinigten Staaten. Sie setzte die Familientradition fort und arbeitete bis in ihre Dreißiger im Theater und im Vaudeville. Ihre ersten Filmrollen hatte sie ab 1908 bei der American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Dort arbeitete sie unter anderem mit Fatty Arbuckle, Mack Sennett (mit dem sie kurzzeitig eine Liebesbeziehung hatte) und Charlie Chaplin zusammen. Ab 1910 arbeitete sie bei Vitagraph und drehte dort mit John Bunny den ersten von 160 sehr populären Kurzfilmen, die zwischen 1910 und 1915 entstanden. Diese Kurzfilme, bekannt als „Bunnygraphs“, „Bunnyfinches“ und „Bunnyfinchgraphs“, etablierten Finch und Bunny als erstes populäres Komikerduo im Film. Das Duo wurde kurzzeitig zum Trio, als Mabel Normand ins Studio kam. Nach Bunnys Tod 1915 drehte sie weiterhin Komödienkurzfilme, allerdings mit weniger Erfolg. Sie gründete ihre eigene Produktionsfirma, „Flora Finch Productions“, konnte aber nie wieder an ihre früheren Erfolge anknüpfen. Eine ihrer bekanntesten Rollen in den späteren Stummfilmjahren war die der Tante Susan in Paul Lenis „Die Katze und der Kanarienvogel“ (1927). In der Tonfilmära fand sie zwar Arbeit, spielte aber nur kleine Nebenrollen. In „Der scharlachrote Buchstabe“ (1934) spielte sie eine ihrer bedeutenderen Rollen in Tonfilmen, und sie hatte einen Cameo-Auftritt in einem der bekanntesten Filme von Laurel und Hardy, „Way Out West“ (1937). Ihr letzter Film war „Die Frauen“ (1939).
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The Women (1939) as Woman Window Tapper (uncredited) |
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Stablemates (1938) as Singer at Beulah's |
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A Night at the Movies (1937) as Movie Patron (uncredited) |
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Way Out West (1937) as Maw (uncredited) |
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Mama Steps Out (1937) as Old Maid in Hall |
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Postal Inspector (1936) as The Ugly Fraud (uncredited) |
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Women Are Trouble (1936) as Society Woman |
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Show Boat (1936) as |
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The Scarlet Letter (1934) as Faith Bartle, the Gossip |
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Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930) as Gossip |
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The Matrimonial Bed (1930) as Vosin |
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Say It with Songs (1929) as Radio station beauty expert |
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Come Across (1929) as Cassie |
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The Faker (1929) as Emma |
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The Haunted House (1928) as Mrs.Rackham |
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Five and Ten Cent Annie (1928) as Wedding Guest |
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The Wife's Relations (1928) as Mrs. Cyrus Dodd |
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Quality Street (1927) as Mary Willoughby |
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Rose of the Golden West (1927) as Señora Comba |
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The Cat and the Canary (1927) as Susan |
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Captain Salvation (1927) as Mrs. Snifty |
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Her Indiscretion (1927) as |
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'Morning, Judge (1926) as The Judge's Wife |
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The Brown Derby (1926) as Aunt Anna |
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Fifth Avenue (1926) as Mrs. Pettygrew |
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Lover's Island (1925) as Amanda Dawson |
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A Kiss for Cinderella (1925) as Second Customer |
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His Buddy's Wife (1925) as Mirandy |
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The Live Wire (1925) as Pansy Darwin |
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The Wrongdoers (1925) as Society Woman |
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The Adventurous Sex (1925) as The Grandmother |
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Men and Women (1925) as Kate |
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The Midnight Girl (1925) as Landlady |
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Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) as Duchesse de Montmorency |
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Roulette (1924) as Mrs. Smith-Jones |
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Luck (1923) as The Plumber's Best Girl |
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Man Wanted (1922) as |
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When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) as French Countess (uncredited) |
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Orphans of the Storm (1921) as A Starving Peasant (uncredited) |
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Lessons in Love (1921) as Agatha Calthorpe |
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Birthright (1920) as |
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Dawn (1919) as Mrs. Natalie Colebrook |
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Oh Boy! (1919) as Miss Penelope Budd |
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The Great Adventure (1918) as Rags's Aunt |
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Prudence the Pirate (1916) as The Aunt |
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A Night Out (1916) as Mrs. Marie Haslem |
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Heavy Villains (1915) as Serena Slim - The Slender Sleuth |
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The Lady of Shalott (1915) as Ivy Skinner - the Lady of Shalott |
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War (1915) as Frau Schultz |
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The Smoking Out of Bella Butts (1915) as Bella Butts |
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Sweeney's Christmas Bird (1914) as Mrs. Sweeney |
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Fixing Their Dads (1914) as The Widow Hathaway |
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Bunny Backslides (1914) as Flora Winslow - a Widow |
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Hearts and Diamonds (1914) as Miss Rachel Whipple |
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Polishing Up (1914) as Mrs. John Bunny, alias Vivian Astor |
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The Locked House (1914) as Mrs. Bunny |
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The Vases of Hymen (1914) as Annette Kershaw |
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A Train of Incidents (1914) as Miss Prim |
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The Old Maid's Baby (1914) as Flora the Old Maid |
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Father's Flirtation (1914) as Mrs. Bunny |
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Mr. Bunny in Disguise (1914) as Euphemia Jones |
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Tangled Tangoists (1914) as |
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A Change in Baggage Checks (1914) as Stella Triplight |
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Love's Old Dream (1914) as Miranda, Simon's Sweetheart |
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The Golf Game and the Bonnet (1913) as Flora - The Wife |
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Father's Hatband (1913) as Mrs. Henpecko |
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The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction (1913) as Edith - The Widow |
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The Feudists (1913) as Second Wife, Mrs. Craig |
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Those Troublesome Tresses (1913) as Mrs. Jones |
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The Pickpocket (1913) as Patrick's Suffragette Wife |
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Bunny's Dilemma (1913) as Aunt Eliza |
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A Lady and Her Maid (1913) as |
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Vampire of the Desert (1913) as Hagar |
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Disciplining Daisy (1913) as |
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Cutey and the Chorus Girls (1913) as Flora Scrawny |
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The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty (1913) as Mrs. Evelyn Jones |
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Stenographer Troubles (1913) as A Typist |
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The Classmate's Frolic (1913) as The Director of the School |
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When Mary Grew Up (1913) as |
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Three Black Bags (1913) as Mrs. Brown |
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The Little Minister (1913) as Jeanne - the Dishart's Servant |
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When the Press Speaks (1913) as Bealla Wilfax |
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A Cure for Pokeritis (1912) as Mrs. Sharpe |
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Freckles (1912) as Madame Legrand |
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The Unusual Honeymoon (1912) as Mary McGregor, His Wife |
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The Hand Bag (1912) as Miss Amanda De Rosville |
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Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers (1912) as Mrs Wozenham |
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An Elephant on Their Hands (1912) as |
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She Cried (1912) as Factory Worker |
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A Vitagraph Romance (1912) as Principal of Miss Flint's Seminary |
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Bunny's Suicide (1912) as Mrs. Spink |
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Captain Barnacle's Legacy (1912) as Markham's African Sister |
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Saving an Audience (1912) as A Suffragette |
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Suing Susan (1912) as Miss Susan - a Spinster |
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The Foster Child (1912) as |
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The Troublesome Step-Daughters (1912) as The Governess |
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Diamond Cut Diamond (1912) as Mrs. Bunce |
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Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes (1912) as |
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The Old Silver Watch (1912) as |
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Irene's Infatuation (1912) as Mme. Frangiapani |
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Stenographer Wanted (1912) as The Chosen Stenographer |
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The First Violin (1912) as Helen's Step-Mother |
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In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath (1911) as Mrs. Bunny |
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Her Crowning Glory (1911) as The Governess |
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The Strategy of Ann (1911) as Headmistress of the School |
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Treasure Trove (1911) as Patience |
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The Subduing of Mrs. Nag (1911) as Mrs. Nag |
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Two Overcoats (1911) as Mrs. Maggie Gallagher |
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The Sleep Walker (1911) as |
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The Wooing of Winifred (1911) as |
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The New Stenographer (1911) as Lucille Montgomery |
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In Northern Forests (1911) as |
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The Troublesome Baby (1910) as Mrs. Samuels |
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Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910) as Uplifter |
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The Way of Man (1909) as The Mother |
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Her First Biscuits (1909) as |
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What Drink Did (1909) as |
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Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909) as The Lady Book Agent |
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A Wreath in Time (1909) as Actress on Stage |
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Those Awful Hats (1909) as Woman with largest hat |
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909) as Guest |
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Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909) as Leader of the Temperance League |
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The Helping Hand (1908) as Mrs. Harcourt |