Florence Barker (November 22, 1891 – February 15, 1913) was an American stage and

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

actress from Los Angeles. She began in

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in her early teens, and her professional debut came in the Ferris Company's production of ''The Altar of Friendship'' in Los Angeles in 1907. By age 18, she was playing lead roles at the Grand Theatre in Los Angeles. At around this time she started acting in motion pictures and went on to appear in at least 63 films. For several years, Barker was the

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's leading woman. She also worked in Paris and London as the leading woman with the

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film company. By 1912, she was performing for Powers Picture Plays. Barker died of

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in Los Angeles at the age of 21.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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, Florence 1891 births 1913 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in California American film actresses American silent film actresses Actresses from Los Angeles 20th-century American actresses