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Linda Arvidson
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Linda Arvidson (born Linda Arvidson Johnson, July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949; sometimes credited as Linda Griffith) was an American stage and film actress and philanthropist through the Linda A. Griffith Fund. She became one of America's early motion picture stars while working at Biograph Studios in New York, where none of the company's actors, until 1913, were credited on screen. Along with Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, and other female performers there, she was often referred to by theatergoers and in trade publications as simply one of the "Biograph girls". Arvidson began working in the new, rapidly expanding film industry after meeting her future husband D. W. Griffith, who impressed…
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Linda Arvidson (born Linda Arvidson Johnson, July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949; sometimes credited as Linda Griffith) was an American stage and film actress and philanthropist through the Linda A. Griffith Fund. She became one of America's early motion picture stars while working at Biograph Studios in New York, where none of the company's actors, until 1913, were credited on screen. Along with Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, and other female performers there, she was often referred to by theatergoers and in trade publications as simply one of the "Biograph girls". Arvidson began working in the new, rapidly expanding film industry after meeting her future husband D. W. Griffith, who impressed her as an innovative screen director. Their marriage was kept secret for reasons of professional discretion. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Linda Arvidson's Filmography
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Charity
as Mary Fleming
No Poster
The Gambler of the West
as Mabel Grey
No Poster
The Wife
as Helen Truman
A Fair Rebel
as Clairette Montieth - Steve's Sister
Beverly of Graustark
as Beverly Calhoun
No Poster
The Scarlet Letter
as Hester Prynne
The Miser's Heart
as Kathy's Mother
Enoch Arden: Part II
as Annie Lee
Enoch Arden
as Annie Lee
Enoch Arden: Part I
His Daughter
Fisher Folks
as Bertha
No Poster
Heart Beats of Long Ago
Fate's Turning
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust
The Two Paths
No Poster
The Broken Doll
as Linda
The Usurer
as Clerk's Wife
The Two Brothers
as Mexican
The Unchanging Sea
as The Fisherman's Wife
No Poster
Gold Is Not All
as Ruth
No Poster
The Converts
The Thread of Destiny
as Hotelkeeper's Wife
No Poster
The Cloister’s Touch
No Poster
The Last Deal
No Poster
The Honor of His Family
as Woman at Farewell
The Rocky Road
The Day After
as Servant
To Save Her Soul
as In Audience
A Corner in Wheat
as Farmer's Wife
Through the Breakers
The Restoration
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as Emily
Pippa Passes
as Greek Model
No Poster
Leather Stocking
as One of the Colonel's Nieces
No Poster
The Children's Friend
Comata, the Sioux
as Nellie Howe
The Sealed Room
as A Lady-in-Waiting
Pranks
No Poster
The Mills of the Gods
as Hulda - the Maid
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Peachbasket Hat
as Visitor
The Faded Lilies
Her First Biscuits
The Cricket on the Hearth
as Sister Dorothy
Resurrection
as At Prison
No Poster
The Jilt
as Wedding Guest
No Poster
A Baby's Shoe
as The Daughter
No Poster
The Eavesdropper
as Mercedes' Friend
Lucky Jim
as Wedding Guest
No Poster
Drive for a Life
as One of Mignon's Sisters
Confidence
as Dinner Guest
No Poster
The Winning Coat
as Servant
A Drunkard's Reformation
as Mrs. John Wharton
The Medicine Bottle
as Telephone Operator / At Party
The Voice of the Violin
as At Party Meeting
I Did It, Mamma
as A Visitor
The Lure of the Gown
as Rich Woman
The Salvation Army Lass
as In First Bar / In Factory
The Roue’s Heart
as Noblewoman / Sculptress's Friend
A Fool's Revenge
as At Court
His Wife's Mother
as Restaurant Patron
At the Altar
The Golden Louis
as Reveller
The Politician's Love Story
as Woman - Third Couple
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
as The Maid
The Curtain Pole
as Party planner / Woman on street
No Poster
His Ward's Love
as The Maid
No Poster
Tragic Love
as Mrs. Rankin
Edgar Allen Poe
as Virgina Poe
No Poster
A Wreath in Time
as At Stage Door
The Cord of Life
as In Tenement
Those Awful Hats
as Woman with big hat
No Poster
The Welcome Burglar
as The Maid
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
as The Maid
No Poster
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
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The Criminal Hypnotist
as Party Guest
No Poster
Those Boys!
as A Daughter
No Poster
A Rural Elopement
as Cynthia Stebbins
No Poster
The Sacrifice
as At Wigmaker's
No Poster
Love Finds a Way
as Lady-in-Waiting
No Poster
One Touch of Nature
as Nurse
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The Helping Hand
as Daisy Harcourt
An Awful Moment
as The Maid
No Poster
The Test of Friendship
as Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's
No Poster
The Feud and the Turkey
as Mrs. Caufield
No Poster
A Woman's Way
as The Camper's Wife
The Song of the Shirt
as Dying Woman
The Taming of the Shrew
as Bianca
No Poster
The Pirate's Gold
as Mrs. Wilkinson
No Poster
After Many Years
The Planter's Wife
Father Gets in the Game
No Poster
The Stolen Jewels
as The Nurse
A Smoked Husband
as Maid
Where the Breakers Roar
as Alice Fairchild
No Poster
The Red Girl
as Woman in Second Bar
Betrayed by a Handprint
as The Maid / Party Guest
No Poster
For a Wife's Honor
as The Maid
Balked at the Altar
The Fatal Hour
as Kidnapped Woman
No Poster
The Man and the Woman
as Gladys
A Calamitous Elopement
as Jennie
No Poster
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
as Accomplice / Woman at Inn
No Poster
The Redman and the Child
The Adventures of Dollie
as Mother
No Poster
The Stage Rustler
as Mother on Street
No Poster
At the Crossroads of Life
as Daughter
No Poster
At the French Ball
as Wife
When Knights Were Bold
No Poster
The King's Messenger
as Person in Court
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King of the Cannibal Islands
as Extra in chase
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The Princess in the Vase
as Lady-in-Waiting
No Poster
Classmates
as Extra