The face without a nameSourced
A popular actress’s studio would not reveal her name
Canadian-born Florence Lawrence became popular in early American films. Fans wrote asking who she was, but Biograph Studios declined to publicise her name. They came to know her as the Biograph Girl instead.
A familiar face did not come with a familiar credit.
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