Acting
Flora Finch
EN, XX cinema · 126 credits
Born
16 June 1867
Died
4 January 1940 (aged 72)
Birthplace
London
Also known as Flora Brooks
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).
Known for
Filmography
The Women
as Woman Window Tapper (uncredited)
Stablemates
as Singer at Beulah's
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
Way Out West
as Maw (uncredited)
Mama Steps Out
as Old Maid in Hall
Women Are Trouble
as Society Woman
Postal Inspector
as The Ugly Fraud (uncredited)
The Scarlet Letter
as Faith Bartle, the Gossip
The Matrimonial Bed
as Vosin
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as Gossip
The Faker
as Emma
Say It with Songs
as Radio station beauty expert
Come Across
as Cassie
The Haunted House
as Mrs.Rackham
Five and Ten Cent Annie
as Wedding Guest
The Wife's Relations
as Mrs. Cyrus Dodd
Captain Salvation
as Mrs. Snifty
Quality Street
as Mary Willoughby
Rose of the Golden West
as Señora Comba
Are Brunettes Safe?
as School Teacher (uncredited)
The Brown Derby
as Aunt Anna
Fifth Avenue
as Mrs. Pettygrew
'Morning, Judge
as The Judge's Wife
The Wrongdoers
as Society Woman
Men and Women
as Kate
The Live Wire
as Pansy Darwin
A Kiss for Cinderella
as Second Customer
The Midnight Girl
as Landlady
The Adventurous Sex
as The Grandmother
Lover's Island
1925
Lover's Island
as Amanda Dawson
His Buddy's Wife
as Mirandy
Roulette
as Mrs. Smith-Jones
Monsieur Beaucaire
as Duchesse de Montmorency
Luck
as The Plumber's Best Girl
When Knighthood Was in Flower
as French Countess (uncredited)
Orphans of the Storm
as A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
Lessons in Love
as Agatha Calthorpe
Oh Boy!
as Miss Penelope Budd
Dawn
as Mrs. Natalie Colebrook
The Great Adventure
as Rags's Aunt
A Night Out
as Mrs. Marie Haslem
Prudence the Pirate
as The Aunt
The Smoking Out of Bella Butts
as Bella Butts
The Lady of Shalott
1915
The Lady of Shalott
as Ivy Skinner - the Lady of Shalott
Heavy Villains
1915
Heavy Villains
as Serena Slim - The Slender Sleuth
War
1915
War
as Frau Schultz
Love's Old Dream
1914
Love's Old Dream
as Miranda, Simon's Sweetheart
Hearts and Diamonds
as Miss Rachel Whipple
Polishing Up
as Mrs. John Bunny, alias Vivian Astor
Bunny Backslides
as Flora Winslow - a Widow
Sweeney's Christmas Bird
as Mrs. Sweeney
Mr. Bunny in Disguise
as Euphemia Jones
Fixing Their Dads
1914
Fixing Their Dads
as The Widow Hathaway
The Locked House
1914
The Locked House
as Mrs. Bunny
The Vases of Hymen
1914
The Vases of Hymen
as Annette Kershaw
The Old Maid's Baby
1914
The Old Maid's Baby
as Flora the Old Maid
Father's Flirtation
as Mrs. Bunny
A Change in Baggage Checks
1914
A Change in Baggage Checks
as Stella Triplight
The Feudists
as Second Wife, Mrs. Craig
The Pickpocket
as Patrick's Suffragette Wife
The Little Minister
as Jeanne - the Dishart's Servant
Father's Hatband
as Mrs. Henpecko
The Classmate's Frolic
1913
The Classmate's Frolic
as The Director of the School
Those Troublesome Tresses
as Mrs. Jones
When the Press Speaks
1913
When the Press Speaks
as Bealla Wilfax
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty
1913
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty
as Mrs. Evelyn Jones
Three Black Bags
1913
Three Black Bags
as Mrs. Brown
Bunny's Dilemma
as Aunt Eliza
The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction
1913
The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction
as Edith - The Widow
A Cure for Pokeritis
as Mrs. Sharpe
Captain Barnacle's Legacy
1912
Captain Barnacle's Legacy
as Markham's African Sister
The First Violin
as Helen's Step-Mother
Saving an Audience
1912
Saving an Audience
as A Suffragette
Irene's Infatuation
1912
Irene's Infatuation
as Mme. Frangiapani
A Vitagraph Romance
as Principal of Miss Flint's Seminary
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Mrs. Bunce
Bunny's Suicide
1912
Bunny's Suicide
as Mrs. Spink
Freckles
as Madame Legrand
The Hand Bag
1912
The Hand Bag
as Miss Amanda De Rosville
She Cried
1912
She Cried
as Factory Worker
Suing Susan
1912
Suing Susan
as Miss Susan - a Spinster
Stenographer Wanted
1912
Stenographer Wanted
as The Chosen Stenographer
An Unusual Honeymoon
as Mary McGregor, His Wife
Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers
1912
Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers
as Mrs Wozenham
Treasure Trove
1911
Treasure Trove
as Patience
Her Crowning Glory
as The Governess
The Strategy of Ann
1911
The Strategy of Ann
as Headmistress of the School
In the Clutches of a Vapor Bath
as Mrs. Bunny
The New Stenographer
as Lucille Montgomery
Two Overcoats
1911
Two Overcoats
as Mrs. Maggie Gallagher
Muggsy's First Sweetheart
as Uplifter
The Troublesome Baby
1910
The Troublesome Baby
as Mrs. Samuels
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Part I
as Ophelia St. Clare
Those Awful Hats
as Woman with largest hat
The Way of Man
as The Mother
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
1909
Jones and the Lady Book Agent
as The Lady Book Agent
A Wreath in Time
1909
A Wreath in Time
as Actress on Stage
Mrs. Jones Entertains
1909
Mrs. Jones Entertains
as Leader of the Temperance League
The Helping Hand
1908
The Helping Hand
as Mrs. Harcourt