Florence Barker (actress)

Florence Barker (November 22, 1891 – February 15, 1913) was an American stage and silent film actress from Los Angeles.

Florence Barker
Burr McIntosh Monthly, January, 1908
Born(1891-11-22)November 22, 1891
Los Angeles, California
DiedFebruary 15, 1913(1913-02-15) (aged 21)
Los Angeles, California
Other namesPriscilla May
Years active1905-1912

She began in amateur theatre in her early teens,[1] and her professional debut came in the Ferris Company's production of The Altar of Friendship in Los Angeles in 1907.[2] By age 18, she was playing lead roles at the Grand Theatre in Los Angeles.[1]

At around this time she started acting in motion pictures and would go on to appear in at least sixty-three film productions before dying of pneumonia in Los Angeles at the age of twenty-one.[3][4]

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1908 An Awful Moment
1909 The Girls and Daddy
Getting Even
Choosing a Husband Gladys
1910 The Englishman and the Girl
Faithful John's Sweetheart
The Two Brothers Mexican
The Kid Doris Marshall
The Oath and the Man Madame Prevost
1911 The Two Paths
His Daughter Mary
Priscilla's April Fool Joke Priscilla
Priscilla and the Umbrella Priscilla
1912 A Voice from the Deep

References
  1. "Our Portraits". The Burr McIntosh Monthly. 15 (58). January 1908. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  2. "The Drama -- Players, Playhouses, Gossip of the Stage". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. March 3, 1907. p. Part VI - 1. Retrieved November 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers and other Filmmakers of The Silent era, through 1993: Eugene Michael Vazzana; - 1995: pg. 17
  4. Florence Barker - Internet Movie Database


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