Flora Finch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

Gender

Female

Birthday

1867-06-16

Day of death

1940-01-04 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

London

Flora Finch

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flora Finch (17 June 1867 – 4 January 1940) was an English-born vaudevillian, stage and film actress who starred in over 300 silent films, including over 200 for the Vitagraph Studios film company. Finch was born into a music hall and travelling theatrical family in London and was taken to the United States as a young child. She kept up the family tradition and worked in theatre and the vaudeville circuit right up until her 30s. She had her first film roles at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company starting in 1908. There she worked with Fatty Arbuckle, Mack Sennett (with whom she was romantically involved for a short time) and Charlie Chaplin amongst others. Starting in 1910 at Vitagraph, she was paired with John Bunny for the first of 160 very popular shorts made between 1910 and 1915. These shorts, known as "Bunnygraphs", "Bunnyfinches", and "Bunnyfinchgraphs", established Finch and Bunny as the first popular comedy team in films. The duo became a short-lived trio, when Mabel Normand arrived at the studio. After Bunny's death in 1915 she continued to make comedy shorts, but with less success. She started her own production company, "Flora Finch Productions", but was never able to regain her popularity. One of her best-known roles in the later silent years was Aunt Susan in Paul Leni's The Cat and the Canary (1927). She found film work in the sound era, but only in small supporting parts. The Scarlet Letter (1934) gave her one of her more substantial roles in sound films, and she had a cameo in one of Laurel and Hardy's best-known films Way Out West (1937). Her last film was The Women (1939).

Known For

  • When Knighthood Was in Flower

    When Knighthood Was in Flower

  • The Women

    The Women

  • Those Troublesome Tresses

    Those Troublesome Tresses

  • The Pickpocket

    The Pickpocket

  • The Foster Child

    The Foster Child

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • 'Morning, Judge

    'Morning, Judge

  • A Train of Incidents

    A Train of Incidents

  • In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath

    In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath

  • Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

  • The Troublesome Step-Daughters

    The Troublesome Step-Daughters

  • Tangled Tangoists

    Tangled Tangoists

  • Love's Old Dream

    Love's Old Dream

  • Lover's Island

    Lover's Island

  • The Way of Man

    The Way of Man

  • Two Overcoats

    Two Overcoats

  • Women Are Trouble

    Women Are Trouble

  • Postal Inspector

    Postal Inspector

  • The Locked House

    The Locked House

  • The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

  • The Little Minister

    The Little Minister

  • A Night at the Movies

    A Night at the Movies

  • The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

  • The Helping Hand

    The Helping Hand

  • Bunny's Suicide

    Bunny's Suicide

  • Five and Ten Cent Annie

    Five and Ten Cent Annie

  • Oh Boy!

    Oh Boy!

  • Way Out West

    Way Out West

  • The New Stenographer

    The New Stenographer

  • The Old Silver Watch

    The Old Silver Watch

  • Stenographer Wanted

    Stenographer Wanted

  • Stablemates

    Stablemates

  • A Vitagraph Romance

    A Vitagraph Romance

  • Come Across

    Come Across

  • Rose of the Golden West

    Rose of the Golden West

  • Saving an Audience

    Saving an Audience

  • A Cure for Pokeritis

    A Cure for Pokeritis

  • Show Boat

    Show Boat

  • Heavy Villains

    Heavy Villains

  • Fifth Avenue

    Fifth Avenue

  • The First Violin

    The First Violin

  • Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers

    Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers

  • She Cried

    She Cried

  • Mama Steps Out

    Mama Steps Out

  • Three Black Bags

    Three Black Bags

  • Bunny Backslides

    Bunny Backslides

  • The Feudists

    The Feudists

  • Captain Salvation

    Captain Salvation

  • Man Wanted

    Man Wanted

  • Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

  • Freckles

    Freckles

  • The Classmate's Frolic

    The Classmate's Frolic

  • The Subduing of Mrs. Nag

    The Subduing of Mrs. Nag

  • Her First Biscuits

    Her First Biscuits

  • The Smoking Out of Bella Butts

    The Smoking Out of Bella Butts

  • Fixing Their Dads

    Fixing Their Dads

  • Mr. Bunny in Disguise

    Mr. Bunny in Disguise

  • Men and Women

    Men and Women

  • Diamond Cut Diamond

    Diamond Cut Diamond

  • Orphans of the Storm

    Orphans of the Storm

  • The Vases of Hymen

    The Vases of Hymen

  • The Faker

    The Faker

  • Muggsy's First Sweetheart

    Muggsy's First Sweetheart

  • Captain Barnacle's Legacy

    Captain Barnacle's Legacy

  • A Kiss for Cinderella

    A Kiss for Cinderella

  • Those Awful Hats

    Those Awful Hats

  • The Strategy of Ann

    The Strategy of Ann

  • Roulette

    Roulette

  • Polishing Up

    Polishing Up

  • What Drink Did

    What Drink Did

  • The Midnight Girl

    The Midnight Girl

  • The Matrimonial Bed

    The Matrimonial Bed

  • Father's Flirtation

    Father's Flirtation

  • Father's Hatband

    Father's Hatband

  • The Unusual Honeymoon

    The Unusual Honeymoon

  • The Adventurous Sex

    The Adventurous Sex

  • Jones and the Lady Book Agent

    Jones and the Lady Book Agent

  • The Cat and the Canary

    The Cat and the Canary

  • Quality Street

    Quality Street

  • Sweet Kitty Bellairs

    Sweet Kitty Bellairs

  • Irene's Infatuation

    Irene's Infatuation

  • A Lady and Her Maid

    A Lady and Her Maid

  • The Brown Derby

    The Brown Derby

  • The Live Wire

    The Live Wire

  • Say It with Songs

    Say It with Songs

  • War

    War

  • Sweeney's Christmas Bird

    Sweeney's Christmas Bird

  • Vampire of the Desert

    Vampire of the Desert

  • The Wrongdoers

    The Wrongdoers

  • Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

    Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

  • The Sleep Walker

    The Sleep Walker

  • The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty

    The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty

  • The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction

    The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction

  • The Hand Bag

    The Hand Bag

  • Her Crowning Glory

    Her Crowning Glory

  • Luck

    Luck

  • Stenographer Troubles

    Stenographer Troubles

  • Suing Susan

    Suing Susan

  • The Lady of Shalott

    The Lady of Shalott

  • When the Press Speaks

    When the Press Speaks

  • A Change in Baggage Checks

    A Change in Baggage Checks

  • Prudence the Pirate

    Prudence the Pirate

  • Hearts and Diamonds

    Hearts and Diamonds

  • Treasure Trove

    Treasure Trove

  • A Night Out

    A Night Out

  • The Old Maid's Baby

    The Old Maid's Baby

  • An Elephant on Their Hands

    An Elephant on Their Hands

  • Bunny's Dilemma

    Bunny's Dilemma

  • Cutey and the Chorus Girls

    Cutey and the Chorus Girls

  • In Northern Forests

    In Northern Forests

  • Lessons in Love

    Lessons in Love

  • A Wreath in Time

    A Wreath in Time

  • The Wooing of Winifred

    The Wooing of Winifred

  • Birthright

    Birthright