Person Details

Birthday: 1884-07-12 17:18:50

Death: 1949-07-26 17:18:50

Aliases: Linda Arvidson Johnson

Gender: Female

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 68

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Linda Arvidson (July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949) was an American actress who became one of the earliest movie stars. As names were not used in the first years of cinema, she was just known as one of the ‘Biograph Girls’. Arvidson had been encouraged in the new medium by her future husband D.W. Griffith, who impressed her as an innovative film director. Their marriage was kept secret for reasons of professional discretion.

Most Famous Work

A Corner in Wheat
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6

A Corner in Wheat

(1909) Farmer's Wife
The Thread of Destiny
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0

The Thread of Destiny

(1910) Hotelkeeper's Wife
The Sealed Room
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5

The Sealed Room

(1909) A Lady-in-Waiting
The Unchanging Sea
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6

The Unchanging Sea

(1910) The Fisherman's Wife
A Calamitous Elopement
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4

A Calamitous Elopement

(1908) Jennie
The Golden Louis
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5

The Golden Louis

(1909) Reveller
The Fatal Hour
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0

The Fatal Hour

(1908) Kidnapped Woman
The Cricket on the Hearth
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4

The Cricket on the Hearth

(1909) Sister Dorothy

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1914 Helen Truman
Clairette Montieth - Steve's Sister
Beverly Calhoun
1913 Hester Prynne
1911 Kathy's Mother
Annie Lee
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bertha
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1910 N/A
Clerk's Wife
Mexican
The Fisherman's Wife
Hotelkeeper's Wife
N/A
N/A
Woman at Farewell
N/A
1909 Servant
In Audience
Farmer's Wife
N/A
Emily
N/A
Greek Model
One of the Colonel's Nieces
Nellie Howe
A Lady-in-Waiting
Hulda - the Maid
Visitor
N/A
N/A
Sister Dorothy
At Prison
Wedding Guest
The Daughter
Mercedes' Friend
One of Mignon's Sisters
Dinner Guest
Servant
Mrs. John Wharton
Telephone Operator / At Party
At Party Meeting
A Visitor
Rich Woman
In First Bar / In Factory
Noblewoman / Sculptress's Friend
At Court
Restaurant Patron
N/A
Reveller
Woman - Third Couple
The Maid
Party planner / Woman on street
The Maid
Mrs. Rankin
N/A
At Stage Door
In Tenement
Theatre Audience
The Maid
The Maid
N/A
Party Guest
A Daughter
Cynthia Stebbins
At Wigmaker's
Lady-in-Waiting
Nurse
1908 Daisy Harcourt
The Maid
Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's
Mrs. Caufield
The Camper's Wife
Dying Woman
Bianca
Mrs. Wilkinson
N/A
N/A
The Nurse
Alice Fairchild
Woman in Second Bar
The Maid / Party Guest
The Maid
N/A
Kidnapped Woman
Gladys
Jennie
Accomplice / Woman at Inn
Mother
Mother on Street
Daughter
Wife
N/A
Person in Court
Extra
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1911 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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