Florence Hackett (; January 1882August21, 1954) was an

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film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

in the

silent era 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, wh ...

. She was allegedly married to veteran film star Arthur V. Johnson, reputedly D.W. Griffith's favorite actor. Previously she was married to a man named Maurice Hackett and had two sons,

Albert Hackett Albert Maurice Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American actor, dramatist and screenwriter most noted for his collaborations with his partner and wife Frances Goodrich. Their film work includes the first three instalments in ...

and

Raymond Hackett Raymond Hackett (July 15, 1902 – July 7, 1958) was an American stage and screen actor. He had been a child actor on the Broadway stage and was the brother of Albert Hackett. He was born in New York City the son of Maurice Hackett and Florence ...

and a daughter, Jeanette Hackett. Hackett was the proverbial stage mother involving her sons first in the theater then in motion pictures. From 1912 she and Johnson played in numerous films together with him directing many of them right up to his 1916 death. They were the type of films classified today as 'shorts', that is they ran one or two reels. Her boys also appeared in some of the films making the work more of a family affair. She made her last known or credited film appearance in 1920.''Who Was Who on Screen'' 3rd edition, c. 1983, p.299 by Evelyn Mack Truitt

Partial filmography

*''Divided Interests'' (1911) *''The Physician's Honor'' (1912) *''The Antique Ring'' (1912) *'' Gingerbread Cupid'' (1912) *''A Matter of Business'' (1912) *''The Preacher and the Gossips'' (1912) *''The Spoiled Child'' (1912) *''A Child's Devotion'' (1912) *''When John Brought Home His Wife'' (1913) *''The Burden Bearer'' (1913) *''The Pawned Bracelet'' (1913) *''The Power of the Cross'' (1913) *''The School Principal'' (1913) *''The District Attorney's Conscience'' (1913) *''The Beloved Adventurer'' (1914) (*serial) *'' The Climbers (1915) *''

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'' (1915) *'' The Evangelist'' (1916) *''

The Yellow Passport ''The Yellow Passport'' is a lost 1916 silent film drama produced and distributed by the World Film Company. Based on Michael Morton's 1914 Broadway play of the same title, it was directed by Edwin August and starred Clara Kimball Young. On ...

'' (1916)

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