Flora Finch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

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

  • Saving an Audience

    Saving an Audience

  • The Women

    The Women

  • Fifth Avenue

    Fifth Avenue

  • Roulette

    Roulette

  • Stablemates

    Stablemates

  • Captain Salvation

    Captain Salvation

  • Show Boat

    Show Boat

  • Cutey and the Chorus Girls

    Cutey and the Chorus Girls

  • The Cat and the Canary

    The Cat and the Canary

  • Way Out West

    Way Out West

  • Quality Street

    Quality Street

  • The Way of Man

    The Way of Man

  • The Haunted House

    The Haunted House

  • Jones and the Lady Book Agent

    Jones and the Lady Book Agent

  • When Knighthood Was in Flower

    When Knighthood Was in Flower

  • Rose of the Golden West

    Rose of the Golden West

  • Mama Steps Out

    Mama Steps Out

  • Orphans of the Storm

    Orphans of the Storm

  • Fixing Their Dads

    Fixing Their Dads

  • A Vitagraph Romance

    A Vitagraph Romance

  • Five and Ten Cent Annie

    Five and Ten Cent Annie

  • Women Are Trouble

    Women Are Trouble

  • Her First Biscuits

    Her First Biscuits

  • The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

  • The Troublesome Step-Daughters

    The Troublesome Step-Daughters

  • What Drink Did

    What Drink Did

  • Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

  • A Cure for Pokeritis

    A Cure for Pokeritis

  • Lover's Island

    Lover's Island

  • The Matrimonial Bed

    The Matrimonial Bed

  • Captain Barnacle's Legacy

    Captain Barnacle's Legacy

  • A Lady and Her Maid

    A Lady and Her Maid

  • Mrs. Jones Entertains

    Mrs. Jones Entertains

  • The Little Minister

    The Little Minister

  • Those Awful Hats

    Those Awful Hats

  • Those Troublesome Tresses

    Those Troublesome Tresses

  • The Helping Hand

    The Helping Hand

  • The Great Adventure

    The Great Adventure

  • Postal Inspector

    Postal Inspector

  • The Classmate's Frolic

    The Classmate's Frolic

  • The New Stenographer

    The New Stenographer

  • The Locked House

    The Locked House

  • Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

  • The Midnight Girl

    The Midnight Girl

  • Muggsy's First Sweetheart

    Muggsy's First Sweetheart

  • Come Across

    Come Across

  • Mr. Bunny in Disguise

    Mr. Bunny in Disguise

  • Father's Hatband

    Father's Hatband

  • The Pickpocket

    The Pickpocket

  • Prudence the Pirate

    Prudence the Pirate

  • Sweet Kitty Bellairs

    Sweet Kitty Bellairs

  • A Kiss for Cinderella

    A Kiss for Cinderella

  • Polishing Up

    Polishing Up

  • The Feudists

    The Feudists

  • Diamond Cut Diamond

    Diamond Cut Diamond

  • The Unusual Honeymoon

    The Unusual Honeymoon

  • The Faker

    The Faker

  • A Train of Incidents

    A Train of Incidents

  • Bunny Backslides

    Bunny Backslides

  • Say It with Songs

    Say It with Songs

  • Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers

    Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers

  • Love's Old Dream

    Love's Old Dream

  • Men and Women

    Men and Women

  • The Hand Bag

    The Hand Bag

  • A Night at the Movies

    A Night at the Movies

  • In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath

    In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath

  • Vampire of the Desert

    Vampire of the Desert

  • Man Wanted

    Man Wanted

  • 'Morning, Judge

    'Morning, Judge

  • The Smoking Out of Bella Butts

    The Smoking Out of Bella Butts

  • The Vases of Hymen

    The Vases of Hymen

  • The Adventurous Sex

    The Adventurous Sex

  • The Wrongdoers

    The Wrongdoers

  • The Live Wire

    The Live Wire

  • She Cried

    She Cried

  • The First Violin

    The First Violin

  • The Strategy of Ann

    The Strategy of Ann

  • Suing Susan

    Suing Susan

  • Irene's Infatuation

    Irene's Infatuation

  • Her Crowning Glory

    Her Crowning Glory

  • War

    War

  • Stenographer Wanted

    Stenographer Wanted

  • The Lady of Shalott

    The Lady of Shalott

  • A Wreath in Time

    A Wreath in Time

  • The Brown Derby

    The Brown Derby

  • Stenographer Troubles

    Stenographer Troubles

  • Luck

    Luck

  • Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

    Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

  • The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction

    The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction

  • Birthright

    Birthright

  • The Old Silver Watch

    The Old Silver Watch

  • Two Overcoats

    Two Overcoats

  • Tangled Tangoists

    Tangled Tangoists

  • Hearts and Diamonds

    Hearts and Diamonds

  • A Change in Baggage Checks

    A Change in Baggage Checks

  • An Elephant on Their Hands

    An Elephant on Their Hands

  • The Subduing of Mrs. Nag

    The Subduing of Mrs. Nag

  • Oh Boy!

    Oh Boy!

  • Heavy Villains

    Heavy Villains

  • Sweeney's Christmas Bird

    Sweeney's Christmas Bird

  • Father's Flirtation

    Father's Flirtation

  • The Foster Child

    The Foster Child

  • The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty

    The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty

  • The Wooing of Winifred

    The Wooing of Winifred

  • Treasure Trove

    Treasure Trove

  • The Old Maid's Baby

    The Old Maid's Baby

  • Freckles

    Freckles

  • Lessons in Love

    Lessons in Love

  • Bunny's Dilemma

    Bunny's Dilemma

  • Bunny's Suicide

    Bunny's Suicide

  • Three Black Bags

    Three Black Bags

  • In Northern Forests

    In Northern Forests

  • A Night Out

    A Night Out

  • The Sleep Walker

    The Sleep Walker

  • When the Press Speaks

    When the Press Speaks