Flora Finch
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.688 |
| Birthday | 1867-06-16 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Also Known As | Flora Brooks, |
1934
The Scarlet Letter
4.9/11
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1936
Show Boat
6.7/38
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1913
The Feudists
0/0
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1911
The Sleep Walker
0/0
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1911
The Wooing of Winifred
0/0
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1911
Treasure Trove
0/0
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1912
The Old Silver Watch
4/1
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1913
Vampire of the Desert
0/0
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1928
The Haunted House
0/0
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1914
Love's Old Dream
0/0
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1916
A Night Out
0/0
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1923
Luck
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1912
A Cure for Pokeritis
4.7/19
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1909
Those Awful Hats
6.098/51
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The Wrongdoers
0/0
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1909
What Drink Did
4.458/12
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1911
Her Crowning Glory
5.1/10
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1912
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4/1
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1912
Captain Barnacle's Legacy
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1924
Roulette
0/0
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Roulette
1911
The Strategy of Ann
0/0
A Short comedy starring Mabel Normand. The film is considered lost.
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1914
Hearts and Diamonds
5/4
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1912
The First Violin
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1912
Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
0/0
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1912
Saving an Audience
0/0
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1913
The Pickpocket
4.5/2
A John Bunny comedy short featuring his usual leading lady Flora Finch. Confusion over a stolen ticket puts Finch in jail.
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1913
A Lady and Her Maid
5.3/3
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1912
The Foster Child
0/0
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1912
Irene's Infatuation
0/0
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1913
The Little Minister
0/0
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The Little Minister
1927
Captain Salvation
6.8/5
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1930
The Matrimonial Bed
5.7/3
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1930
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
5/1
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1910
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
5/1
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1925
Men and Women
0/0
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1929
The Faker
0/0
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1921
Orphans of the Storm
6.8/85
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1926
The Brown Derby
6/1
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1925
The Live Wire
0/1
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The Live Wire
1927
The Cat and the Canary
6.847/75
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The Cat and the Canary
1914
Polishing Up
0/0
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1925
A Kiss for Cinderella
5/4
An adaption of a novel by Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie.
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1922
When Knighthood Was in Flower
5.7/10
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1937
A Night at the Movies
5.1/10
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1937
Way Out West
7/193
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Way Out West
1937
Mama Steps Out
6/1
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Mama Steps Out
1936
Women Are Trouble
6/3
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Women Are Trouble
1939
The Women
7/148
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1912
An Elephant on Their Hands
0/0
While in his cups, an older gentleman buys a surprise for his family—one that eats peanuts and weighs 11,000 pounds. (MoMA)
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An Elephant on Their Hands
1914
Bunny Backslides
0/0
While Flora Winslow, a widow is engaged to Bunny, she attends a lecture on eugenics and decides that her intended husband is too fat. She tells him he...
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Bunny Backslides
1914
Tangled Tangoists
5/1
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio. Bunny exudes...
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Tangled Tangoists
1929
Say It with Songs
5/2
Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine....
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Say It with Songs
1927
Quality Street
6.9/7
A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguis...
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1925
The Midnight Girl
5.2/5
A corrupt art patron finds himself in love with the same girl as his stepson.
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The Midnight Girl
1911
In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath
0/0
Bunny purchases a Vapor Bath, guaranteed to make the fat thin and do the trick with neatness. In his anxiety to make a trial of the bath he forgets to...
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In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath
1936
Postal Inspector
6.2/4
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
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Postal Inspector
1914
Sweeney's Christmas Bird
0/0
A pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey.
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Sweeney's Christmas Bird
1911
The New Stenographer
4/1
A capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The bosses and clerk get a surprise at the end.
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The New Stenographer
1913
Father's Hatband
5/1
A short comic film in which Sam and Doris use the hat of Doris’ father (a manager) to send letters to each other.
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Father's Hatband
1928
Five and Ten Cent Annie
0/0
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Five and Ten Cent Annie
1909
The Way of Man
4/2
A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another.
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The Way of Man
1912
A Vitagraph Romance
4.8/2
After meeting a handsome writer, Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of the Vitagraph Company as an actress. After waiting wis...
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A Vitagraph Romance
1913
The Classmate's Frolic
5/1
A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.
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The Classmate's Frolic
1912
Diamond Cut Diamond
6/1
A silent comedy in which a jealous woman wants to catch her husband in the act of infidelity.
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Diamond Cut Diamond
1913
Those Troublesome Tresses
5/1
Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa. The men buy horse hair to...
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Those Troublesome Tresses
1913
Cutey and the Chorus Girls
5/1
Cutey tries to make an impression on a couple of chorus girls. He attends the burlesque show with his friends...
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Cutey and the Chorus Girls
1913
Stenographer Troubles
6/2
A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
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Stenographer Troubles
1913
When the Press Speaks
0/0
Comedy of a bachelor who succumbs to the charms of love and deserts 'the boys' who had given him up as a hopeless case.
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When the Press Speaks
1913
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty
0/0
A woman in a crowded trolley car accidentally puts a locket with her picture in it into a man's pocket; when the man gets home, his suspicious wife fi...
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The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty
1909
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
2.5/2
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance Leagu...
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
1908
The Helping Hand
2/1
Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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The Helping Hand
1912
Bunny's Suicide
6.5/2
A tragicomedy in which the suicide attempt of the character Bunny is seen by a neighbour, who quickly calls for help.
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Bunny's Suicide
1912
Freckles
4/1
A comedy in which a man secretly has his pustules removed. His secrecy leads his wife to believe that he is cheating.
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Freckles
1912
The Hand Bag
4/1
A comedy in which the unattractive young woman De Roseville loses her handbag. The bag is found by a pretty girl, but then she also forgets about it....
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The Hand Bag
1912
She Cried
4/1
A short comic film about a woman who cannot get the hang of her work in a cardboard factory.
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She Cried
1912
Suing Susan
3/2
A romantic comedy in which two new neighbours initially cannot get along, but their staff get along just fine.
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Suing Susan
1912
Stenographer Wanted
4/1
Two businessmen need to hire a stenographer, but their wives get suspicious when they notice a parade of beautiful young women entering and leaving th...
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Stenographer Wanted
1938
Stablemates
4.5/2
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.
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Stablemates
1912
The Unusual Honeymoon
4/1
Newly married Thomas and Mary MacGregor attend the village fair on their honeymoon. The balloon ascension is advertised for the afternoon. Everything...
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The Unusual Honeymoon
1927
Rose of the Golden West
0/0
Juan is about to elope with the convent-bred Elena, when he is chosen to assassinate the governor who is about to hand California over to the Russians...
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Rose of the Golden West
1914
A Train of Incidents
0/0
Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.
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A Train of Incidents
1915
The Smoking Out of Bella Butts
0/0
Anti-smoking campaigner Bella Butts enlists the help of the mayor's wife to enact a ban on tobacco, much to the chagrin of the town's cigar-addicted m...
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The Smoking Out of Bella Butts
1921
Lessons in Love
0/0
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1918
The Great Adventure
0/0
Ragna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway.
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The Great Adventure
1929
Come Across
0/0
Mary, a high society girl, wants to see how the other half lives, so she becomes a cabaret dancer in a New York nightclub. The owner of the nightclub,...
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Come Across
1913
Three Black Bags
0/0
"Slick-Fingered Mag must he captured, or I will know the reason why!" These are the proud words of Detective Brown, as he prepares to go in search of...
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Three Black Bags
1926
Fifth Avenue
0/0
When her cotton crop is burned, Barbara Pelham, a beautiful southern girl, comes to New York to find work as a fashion designer, staying with Mrs. Kem...
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Fifth Avenue
1926
'Morning, Judge
0/0
After Uplift Society-champion Crabbine Hicks has the musical revue shut down, her son Buster hides the out-of-work chorus girls in their home, while C...
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'Morning, Judge
1912
Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers
0/0
A glimpse of the life of a few lodgers in a boarding house, focusing on the young couple Mr and Mrs Edison.
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Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers
1914
Mr. Bunny in Disguise
5/1
LOST FILM. A comedy in which Johan has no desire to meet the unmarried Sarah, and so has his friend Freddy pretend that he is Johan.
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Mr. Bunny in Disguise
1913
Bunny's Dilemma
0/0
John Bunny gets into an awful stew when he hears from his Aunt Eliza that she is coming to visit him and that she is bringing along her cousin, Jean,...
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Bunny's Dilemma
1916
Prudence the Pirate
0/0
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Prudence the Pirate
1914
Fixing Their Dads
0/0
Both deadly rivals for the hand of the Widow Hathaway, Kirkland and Livingston, gentleman farmers, are so bitter, they do all possible to break up the...
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Fixing Their Dads
1915
The Lady of Shalott
0/0
On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a life partner, Ivy and Lily Skinner agr...
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The Lady of Shalott
1909
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
2.5/1
After overhearing Jones mocking her, the lady book agent slips a suggestive note into Jones's pocket. A jealous Mrs. Jones finds the note, and a huge...
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Jones and the Lady Book Agent
1919
Oh Boy!
0/0
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Oh Boy!
1911
In Northern Forests
4/2
A story of escape and manhunt in the Canadian forests.
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In Northern Forests
1909
A Wreath in Time
4/1
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A Wreath in Time
1925
The Adventurous Sex
0/0
A young man spends so much time at work on his airplane that he neglects his girl. She goes out on her own to live the high life, but her reputation i...
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The Adventurous Sex
1911
Two Overcoats
0/0
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Two Overcoats
1911
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
0/0
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The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
1924
Monsieur Beaucaire
5.9/6
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Monsieur Beaucaire
1922
Man Wanted
0/0
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1925
Lover's Island
0/0
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