Linda Arvidson
Born: 1884-07-12 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1949-07-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
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]
Filmography
1916
- Charity as Mary Fleming
1915
- The Gambler of the West as Mabel Grey
1914
- Beverly of Graustark as Beverly Calhoun
- A Fair Rebel as Clairette Montieth - Steve's Sister
- The Wife as Helen Truman
1913
- The Scarlet Letter as Hester Prynne
1911
- His Trust
- His Daughter
- Enoch Arden: Part II
- His Trust Fulfilled
- The Miser's Heart as Kathy's Mother
- Heart Beats of Long Ago
- Fate's Turning
- Fisher Folks as Bertha
- Enoch Arden: Part I
- Enoch Arden as Annie Lee
1910
- The Usurer as Clerk's Wife
- The Unchanging Sea as The Fisherman's Wife
- The Rocky Road
- The Honor of His Family as Woman at Farewell
- The Last Deal
- The Broken Doll
- The Two Brothers as Mexican
- The Cloister’s Touch
- The Converts
- The Thread of Destiny as Hotelkeeper's Wife
1909
- Resurrection as At Prison
- Confidence as Dinner Guest
- Pippa Passes as Greek Model
- The Restoration
- Lucky Jim as Wedding Guest
- Tragic Love as Mrs. Rankin
- A Corner in Wheat as Farmer's Wife
- The Jilt as Wedding Guest
- Those Boys! as A Daughter
- The Sealed Room as A Lady-in-Waiting
- Leather Stocking as One of the Colonel's Nieces
- Edgar Allan Poe
- The Cardinal's Conspiracy
- A Drunkard's Reformation as Mrs. John Wharton
- The Day After as Servant
- The Criminal Hypnotist as Party Guest
- The Salvation Army Lass as In First Bar / In Factory
- The Curtain Pole as Party planner / Woman on street
- Mr. Jones Has a Card Party as The Maid
- Through the Breakers
- The Lure of the Gown as Rich Woman
- The Voice of the Violin as At Party Meeting
- The Eavesdropper as Mercedes' Friend
- Her First Biscuits
- Love Finds a Way as Lady-in-Waiting
- A Rural Elopement as Cynthia Stebbins
- The Medicine Bottle as Telephone Operator / At Party
- The Cricket on the Hearth as Sister Dorothy
- To Save Her Soul as In Audience
- His Wife's Mother as Restaurant Patron
- Those Awful Hats as Woman with big hat
- A Baby's Shoe as The Daughter
- The Roue’s Heart as Noblewoman / Sculptress's Friend
- I Did It as A Visitor
- Pranks
- Drive for a Life as One of Mignon's Sisters
- The Peachbasket Hat as Visitor
- A Fool's Revenge as At Court
- The Golden Louis as Reveller
- The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals as The Maid
- The Mills of the Gods as Hulda - the Maid
- The Children's Friend
- The Cord of Life as In Tenement
- The Faded Lilies
- Comata, the Sioux as Nellie Howe
- The Winning Coat as Servant
- Lines of White on a Sullen Sea as Emily
- The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
- At the Altar
- A Wreath in Time as At Stage Door
- His Ward's Love as The Maid
- One Touch of Nature as Nurse
- The Politician's Love Story as Woman - Third Couple
- The Sacrifice as At Wigmaker's
- The Welcome Burglar as The Maid
1908
- After Many Years
- A Calamitous Elopement as Jennie
- Father Gets in the Game
- The Song of the Shirt as Dying Woman
- Where the Breakers Roar as Alice Fairchild
- When Knights Were Bold
- The Taming of the Shrew as Bianca
- The Stolen Jewels as The Nurse
- The Test of Friendship as Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's
- The Helping Hand as Daisy Harcourt
- A Smoked Husband as Maid
- The Stage Rustler as Mother on Street
- The Feud and the Turkey as Mrs. Caufield
- The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora as Accomplice / Woman at Inn
- A Woman's Way as The Camper's Wife
- The Adventures of Dollie as Mother
- At the Crossroads of Life as Daughter
- The Pirate's Gold as Mrs. Wilkinson
- The Red Girl as Woman in Second Bar
- For a Wife's Honor as The Maid
- Balked at the Altar
- The Man and the Woman as Gladys
- The Fatal Hour as Kidnapped Woman
- The King's Messenger as Person in Court
- The Planter's Wife
- Betrayed by a Handprint as The Maid / Party Guest
- The Princess in the Vase as Lady-in-Waiting
- An Awful Moment as The Maid
- At the French Ball as Wife
- The King of the Cannibal Islands
- Classmates as Extra