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

The Wife as Helen Truman
A Fair Rebel as Clairette Montieth - Steve's Sister
Beverly of Graustark as Beverly Calhoun

1913

The Scarlet Letter as Hester Prynne

1911

1910

The Unchanging Sea as The Fisherman's Wife
Gold Is Not All as Ruth
The Thread of Destiny as Hotelkeeper's Wife
The Broken Doll as Linda
The Honor of His Family as Woman at Farewell
The Two Brothers as Mexican
The Last Deal
The Cloister’s Touch
The Usurer as Clerk's Wife
The Converts
The Rocky Road

1909

Leather Stocking as One of the Colonel's Nieces
To Save Her Soul as In Audience
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals as The Maid
A Corner in Wheat as Farmer's Wife
The Salvation Army Lass as In First Bar / In Factory
A Fool's Revenge as At Court
The Cord of Life as In Tenement
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea as Emily
I Did It, Mamma as A Visitor
The Eavesdropper as Mercedes' Friend
The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
Edgar Allen Poe as Virgina Poe
The Mills of the Gods as Hulda - the Maid
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party as The Maid
A Drunkard's Reformation as Mrs. John Wharton
The Cricket on the Hearth as Sister Dorothy
A Baby's Shoe as The Daughter
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Voice of the Violin as At Party Meeting
Pranks
The Sealed Room as A Lady-in-Waiting
The Medicine Bottle as Telephone Operator / At Party
The Children's Friend
The Golden Louis as Reveller
The Politician's Love Story as Woman - Third Couple
One Touch of Nature as Nurse
Love Finds a Way as Lady-in-Waiting
The Lure of the Gown as Rich Woman
A Wreath in Time as At Stage Door
The Curtain Pole as Party planner / Woman on street
Those Awful Hats as Woman with big hat
His Wife's Mother as Restaurant Patron
His Ward's Love as The Maid
A Rural Elopement as Cynthia Stebbins
The Roue’s Heart as Noblewoman / Sculptress's Friend
At the Altar
Drive for a Life as One of Mignon's Sisters
Through the Breakers
Her First Biscuits
Lucky Jim as Wedding Guest
The Criminal Hypnotist as Party Guest
Resurrection as At Prison
The Day After as Servant
The Jilt as Wedding Guest
The Winning Coat as Servant
Pippa Passes as Greek Model
Comata, the Sioux as Nellie Howe
The Welcome Burglar as The Maid
The Peachbasket Hat as Visitor
Confidence as Dinner Guest
The Faded Lilies
The Restoration
The Sacrifice as At Wigmaker's
Tragic Love as Mrs. Rankin
Those Boys! as A Daughter

1908

The Taming of the Shrew as Bianca
Father Gets in the Game
The Man and the Woman as Gladys
For a Wife's Honor as The Maid
King of the Cannibal Islands as Extra in chase
Where the Breakers Roar as Alice Fairchild
The Adventures of Dollie as Mother
Betrayed by a Handprint as The Maid / Party Guest
When Knights Were Bold
The Test of Friendship as Guest / Woman at Wigmaker's
The Planter's Wife
At the Crossroads of Life as Daughter
The Pirate's Gold as Mrs. Wilkinson
The Red Girl as Woman in Second Bar
The Song of the Shirt as Dying Woman
The Redman and the Child
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora as Accomplice / Woman at Inn
Balked at the Altar
A Woman's Way as The Camper's Wife
The Feud and the Turkey as Mrs. Caufield
The King's Messenger as Person in Court
At the French Ball as Wife
A Smoked Husband as Maid
The Princess in the Vase as Lady-in-Waiting
The Fatal Hour as Kidnapped Woman
The Helping Hand as Daisy Harcourt
An Awful Moment as The Maid
The Stolen Jewels as The Nurse
After Many Years
The Stage Rustler as Mother on Street
A Calamitous Elopement as Jennie
Classmates as Extra