Flora Finch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 16, 1867
- Died
- January 4, 1940
- Birthplace
- London
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).
Filmography
The Women 1939
as Woman Window Tapper (uncredited)
Stablemates 1938
as Singer at Beulah's
A Night at the Movies 1937
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Way Out West 1937
as Maw (uncredited)
Mama Steps Out 1937
as Old Maid in Hall
Postal Inspector 1936
as The Ugly Fraud (uncredited)
Women Are Trouble 1936
as Society Woman
Show Boat 1936
Actor
The Scarlet Letter 1934
as Faith Bartle, the Gossip
Sweet Kitty Bellairs 1930
as Gossip
The Matrimonial Bed 1930
as Vosin
Say It with Songs 1929
as Radio station beauty expert
Come Across 1929
as Cassie
The Faker 1929
as Emma
The Haunted House 1928
as Mrs.Rackham
Five and Ten Cent Annie 1928
as Wedding Guest
The Wife's Relations 1928
as Mrs. Cyrus Dodd
Quality Street 1927
as Mary Willoughby
Rose of the Golden West 1927
as Señora Comba
The Cat and the Canary 1927
as Susan
Captain Salvation 1927
as Mrs. Snifty
Are Brunettes Safe? 1927
as School Teacher (uncredited)
- Her Indiscretion
Her Indiscretion 1927
Actor
'Morning, Judge 1926
as The Judge's Wife
The Brown Derby 1926
as Aunt Anna
Fifth Avenue 1926
as Mrs. Pettygrew
- Lover's Island
Lover's Island 1925
as Amanda Dawson
A Kiss for Cinderella 1925
as Second Customer
His Buddy's Wife 1925
as Mirandy
The Live Wire 1925
as Pansy Darwin
The Wrongdoers 1925
as Society Woman
The Adventurous Sex 1925
as The Grandmother
Men and Women 1925
as Kate
The Midnight Girl 1925
as Landlady
Monsieur Beaucaire 1924
as Duchesse de Montmorency
Roulette 1924
as Mrs. Smith-Jones
Luck 1923
as The Plumber's Best Girl
- A Social Error
A Social Error 1922
Actor
Man Wanted 1922
Actor
When Knighthood Was in Flower 1922
as French Countess (uncredited)
Orphans of the Storm 1921
as A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
Lessons in Love 1921
as Agatha Calthorpe
Birthright 1920
Actor
Dawn 1919
as Mrs. Natalie Colebrook
Oh Boy! 1919
as Miss Penelope Budd
The Great Adventure 1918
as Rags's Aunt
Prudence the Pirate 1916
as The Aunt
A Night Out 1916
as Mrs. Marie Haslem
- Heavy Villains
Heavy Villains 1915
as Serena Slim - The Slender Sleuth
- The Lady of Shalott
The Lady of Shalott 1915
as Ivy Skinner - the Lady of Shalott
- War
War 1915
as Frau Schultz
The Smoking Out of Bella Butts 1915
as Bella Butts
Sweeney's Christmas Bird 1914
as Mrs. Sweeney
- Fixing Their Dads
Fixing Their Dads 1914
as The Widow Hathaway
Bunny Backslides 1914
as Flora Winslow - a Widow
Hearts and Diamonds 1914
as Miss Rachel Whipple
Polishing Up 1914
as Mrs. John Bunny, alias Vivian Astor
- The Locked House
The Locked House 1914
as Mrs. Bunny
- The Vases of Hymen
The Vases of Hymen 1914
as Annette Kershaw
- A Train of Incidents
A Train of Incidents 1914
as Miss Prim
- The Old Maid's Baby
The Old Maid's Baby 1914
as Flora the Old Maid
Father's Flirtation 1914
as Mrs. Bunny
Mr. Bunny in Disguise 1914
as Euphemia Jones
Tangled Tangoists 1914
Actor
- A Change in Baggage Checks
A Change in Baggage Checks 1914
as Stella Triplight
- Love's Old Dream
Love's Old Dream 1914
as Miranda, Simon's Sweetheart
- The Golf Game and the Bonnet
The Golf Game and the Bonnet 1913
as Flora - The Wife
Father's Hatband 1913
as Mrs. Henpecko
- The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction
The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction 1913
as Edith - The Widow
The Feudists 1913
as Second Wife, Mrs. Craig
Those Troublesome Tresses 1913
as Mrs. Jones
The Pickpocket 1913
as Patrick's Suffragette Wife
Bunny's Dilemma 1913
as Aunt Eliza
A Lady and Her Maid 1913
Actor
Vampire of the Desert 1913
as Hagar
- Disciplining Daisy
Disciplining Daisy 1913
Actor
- Cutey and the Chorus Girls
Cutey and the Chorus Girls 1913
as Flora Scrawny
- The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty 1913
as Mrs. Evelyn Jones
- Stenographer Troubles
Stenographer Troubles 1913
as A Typist
- The Classmate's Frolic
The Classmate's Frolic 1913
as The Director of the School
- When Mary Grew Up
When Mary Grew Up 1913
Actor
- Three Black Bags
Three Black Bags 1913
as Mrs. Brown
The Little Minister 1913
as Jeanne - the Dishart's Servant
- When the Press Speaks
When the Press Speaks 1913
as Bealla Wilfax
A Cure for Pokeritis 1912
as Mrs. Sharpe
Freckles 1912
as Madame Legrand
An Unusual Honeymoon 1912
as Mary McGregor, His Wife
- The Hand Bag
The Hand Bag 1912
as Miss Amanda De Rosville
- Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers
Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers 1912
as Mrs Wozenham
- An Elephant on Their Hands
An Elephant on Their Hands 1912
Actor
- She Cried
She Cried 1912
as Factory Worker
A Vitagraph Romance 1912
as Principal of Miss Flint's Seminary
- Bunny's Suicide
Bunny's Suicide 1912
as Mrs. Spink
- Captain Barnacle's Legacy
Captain Barnacle's Legacy 1912
as Markham's African Sister
- Saving an Audience
Saving an Audience 1912
as A Suffragette
- Suing Susan
Suing Susan 1912
as Miss Susan - a Spinster
- The Foster Child
The Foster Child 1912
Actor
- The Troublesome Step-Daughters
The Troublesome Step-Daughters 1912
as The Governess
Diamond Cut Diamond 1912
as Mrs. Bunce
- Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes 1912
Actor
- The Old Silver Watch
The Old Silver Watch 1912
Actor
- Irene's Infatuation
Irene's Infatuation 1912
as Mme. Frangiapani
- Stenographer Wanted
Stenographer Wanted 1912
as The Chosen Stenographer
The First Violin 1912
as Helen's Step-Mother
In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath 1911
as Mrs. Bunny
Her Crowning Glory 1911
as The Governess
- The Strategy of Ann
The Strategy of Ann 1911
as Headmistress of the School
- Treasure Trove
Treasure Trove 1911
as Patience
- The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
The Subduing of Mrs. Nag 1911
as Mrs. Nag
- Two Overcoats
Two Overcoats 1911
as Mrs. Maggie Gallagher
- The Sleep Walker
The Sleep Walker 1911
Actor
- The Wooing of Winifred
The Wooing of Winifred 1911
Actor
The New Stenographer 1911
as Lucille Montgomery
In Northern Forests 1911
Actor
- The Troublesome Baby
The Troublesome Baby 1910
as Mrs. Samuels
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part I 1910
as Ophelia St. Clare
Muggsy's First Sweetheart 1910
as Uplifter
The Way of Man 1909
as The Mother
Her First Biscuits 1909
Actor
What Drink Did 1909
Actor
- Jones and the Lady Book Agent
Jones and the Lady Book Agent 1909
as The Lady Book Agent
- A Wreath in Time
A Wreath in Time 1909
as Actress on Stage
Those Awful Hats 1909
as Woman with largest hat
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party 1909
as Guest
- Mrs. Jones Entertains
Mrs. Jones Entertains 1909
as Leader of the Temperance League
- The Helping Hand
The Helping Hand 1908
as Mrs. Harcourt
Credits from TMDB.