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Flora Finch

Overview

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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

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1939 The Women Actor Woman Window Tapper (uncredited) 61
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1938 Stablemates Actor Singer at Beulah's 58
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1937 A Night at the Movies Actor Movie Patron (uncredited) 58
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1937 Way Out West Actor Maw (uncredited) 62
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1937 Mama Steps Out Actor Old Maid in Hall 59
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1936 Postal Inspector Actor The Ugly Fraud (uncredited) 59
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1936 Women Are Trouble Actor Society Woman 59
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1936 Show Boat Actor 59
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1934 The Scarlet Letter Actor Faith Bartle, the Gossip 58
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1930 Sweet Kitty Bellairs Actor Gossip 59
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1930 The Matrimonial Bed Actor Vosin 59
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1929 Say It with Songs Actor Radio station beauty expert 58
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1929 Come Across Actor Cassie N/A
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1929 The Faker Actor Emma N/A
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1928 The Haunted House Actor Mrs.Rackham N/A
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1928 Five and Ten Cent Annie Actor Wedding Guest N/A
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1927 Quality Street Actor Mary Willoughby 59
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1927 Rose of the Golden West Actor Señora Comba N/A
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1927 The Cat and the Canary Actor Susan 60
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1927 Captain Salvation Actor Mrs. Snifty 59
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1926 'Morning, Judge Actor The Judge's Wife N/A
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1926 The Brown Derby Actor Aunt Anna 59
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1926 Fifth Avenue Actor Mrs. Pettygrew N/A
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1925 Lover's Island Actor Amanda Dawson N/A
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1925 A Kiss for Cinderella Actor Second Customer 58
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1925 The Live Wire Actor Pansy Darwin 58
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1925 The Wrongdoers Actor Society Woman N/A
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1925 The Adventurous Sex Actor The Grandmother N/A
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1925 Men and Women Actor Kate N/A
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1925 The Midnight Girl Actor Landlady 59
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1924 Monsieur Beaucaire Actor Duchesse de Montmorency 59
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1924 Roulette Actor Mrs. Smith-Jones N/A
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1923 Luck Actor The Plumber's Best Girl N/A
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1922 Man Wanted Actor N/A
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1922 When Knighthood Was in Flower Actor French Countess (uncredited) 59
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1921 Orphans of the Storm Actor A Starving Peasant (uncredited) 60
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1921 Lessons in Love Actor N/A
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1919 Oh Boy! Actor Miss Penelope Budd N/A
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1918 The Great Adventure Actor Rags's Aunt N/A
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1916 Prudence the Pirate Actor The Aunt N/A
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1916 A Night Out Actor Mrs. Marie Haslem N/A
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1915 Heavy Villains Actor Serena Slim - The Slender Sleuth N/A
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1915 The Lady of Shalott Actor Ivy Skinner - the Lady of Shalott N/A
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1915 War Actor Frau Schultz N/A
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1915 The Smoking Out of Bella Butts Actor Bella Butts N/A
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1914 Sweeney's Christmas Bird Actor Mrs. Sweeney N/A
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1914 Fixing Their Dads Actor The Widow Hathaway N/A
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1914 Bunny Backslides Actor Flora Winslow - a Widow N/A
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1914 Hearts and Diamonds Actor Miss Rachel Whipple 58
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1914 Polishing Up Actor Mrs. John Bunny, alias Vivian Astor N/A
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1914 The Locked House Actor Mrs. Bunny N/A
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1914 The Vases of Hymen Actor Annette Kershaw N/A
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1914 A Train of Incidents Actor Miss Prim N/A
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1914 The Old Maid's Baby Actor Flora the Old Maid N/A
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1914 Father's Flirtation Actor Mrs. Bunny N/A
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1914 Mr. Bunny in Disguise Actor Euphemia Jones 58
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1914 Tangled Tangoists Actor 58
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1914 A Change in Baggage Checks Actor Stella Triplight N/A
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1914 Love's Old Dream Actor Miranda, Simon's Sweetheart N/A
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1913 Father's Hatband Actor Mrs. Henpecko 58
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1913 The Feudists Actor Second Wife, Mrs. Craig N/A
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1913 Those Troublesome Tresses Actor Mrs. Jones 58
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1913 The Pickpocket Actor Patrick's Suffragette Wife 58
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1913 Bunny's Dilemma Actor Aunt Eliza N/A
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1913 A Lady and Her Maid Actor 58
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1913 Vampire of the Desert Actor Hagar N/A
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1913 Cutey and the Chorus Girls Actor Flora Scrawny 58
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1913 The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty Actor Mrs. Evelyn Jones N/A
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1913 Stenographer Troubles Actor A Typist 58
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1913 The Classmate's Frolic Actor The Director of the School 58
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1913 The Little Minister Actor Jeanne - the Dishart's Servant N/A
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1913 Three Black Bags Actor Mrs. Brown N/A
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1913 When the Press Speaks Actor Bealla Wilfax N/A
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1912 A Cure for Pokeritis Actor Mrs. Sharpe 58
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1912 Freckles Actor Madame Legrand 58
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1912 The Unusual Honeymoon Actor Mary McGregor, His Wife 58
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1912 The Hand Bag Actor Miss Amanda De Rosville 58
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1912 An Elephant on Their Hands Actor N/A
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1912 Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers Actor Mrs Wozenham N/A
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1912 She Cried Actor Factory Worker 58
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1912 A Vitagraph Romance Actor Principal of Miss Flint's Seminary 58
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1912 Bunny's Suicide Actor Mrs. Spink 58
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1912 Captain Barnacle's Legacy Actor Markham's African Sister N/A
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1912 Saving an Audience Actor A Suffragette N/A
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1912 Suing Susan Actor Miss Susan - a Spinster 58
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1912 The Foster Child Actor N/A
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1912 Diamond Cut Diamond Actor Mrs. Bunce 58
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1912 Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes Actor N/A
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1912 The Old Silver Watch Actor 58
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1912 Irene's Infatuation Actor Mme. Frangiapani N/A
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1912 Stenographer Wanted Actor The Chosen Stenographer 58
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1912 The First Violin Actor Helen's Step-Mother N/A
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1911 In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath Actor Mrs. Bunny N/A
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1911 Her Crowning Glory Actor The Governess 58
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1911 The Strategy of Ann Actor Headmistress of the School N/A
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1911 Treasure Trove Actor Patience N/A
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1911 The Subduing of Mrs. Nag Actor Mrs. Nag N/A
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1911 Two Overcoats Actor Mrs. Maggie Gallagher N/A
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1911 The Sleep Walker Actor N/A
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1911 The Wooing of Winifred Actor N/A
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1911 The New Stenographer Actor Lucille Montgomery 58
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1911 In Northern Forests Actor 58
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1910 Muggsy's First Sweetheart Actor Uplifter 58
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1909 The Way of Man Actor The Mother 58
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1909 What Drink Did Actor 58
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1909 Jones and the Lady Book Agent Actor The Lady Book Agent N/A
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1909 A Wreath in Time Actor Actress on Stage N/A
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1909 Those Awful Hats Actor Woman with largest hat 59
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1909 Mr. Jones Has a Card Party Actor Guest 58
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1908 The Helping Hand Actor Mrs. Harcourt N/A
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