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Linda Arvidson

Linda Arvidson

Acting·1884–1949·63 films

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

As Actor

A Corner in Wheat
A Corner in Wheat (1909)Farmer's Wife
Those Awful Hats
Those Awful Hats (1909)Woman with big hat
The Unchanging Sea
The Unchanging Sea (1910)The Fisherman's Wife
The Sealed Room
The Sealed Room (1909)A Lady-in-Waiting
The Adventures of Dollie
The Adventures of Dollie (1908)Mother
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
His Trust
His Trust (1911)
His Trust Fulfilled
His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
The Curtain Pole
The Curtain Pole (1909)Party planner / Woman on street
The Miser's Heart
The Miser's Heart (1911)Kathy's Mother
The Usurer
The Usurer (1910)Clerk's Wife
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)Sister Dorothy
A Calamitous Elopement
A Calamitous Elopement (1908)Jennie
A Drunkard's Reformation
A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)Mrs. John Wharton
Pippa Passes
Pippa Passes (1909)Greek Model
The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis (1909)Reveller
Enoch Arden: Part I
Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Enoch Arden: Part II
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)Annie Lee
The Voice of the Violin
The Voice of the Violin (1909)At Party Meeting
Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden (1911)Annie Lee
The Song of the Shirt
The Song of the Shirt (1908)Dying Woman
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew (1908)Bianca
Balked at the Altar
Balked at the Altar (1908)
Betrayed by a Handprint
Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)The Maid / Party Guest
The Salvation Army Lass
The Salvation Army Lass (1909)In First Bar / In Factory
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)The Maid
At the Altar
At the Altar (1909)
Father Gets in the Game
Father Gets in the Game (1908)
The Cord of Life
The Cord of Life (1909)In Tenement
Resurrection
Resurrection (1909)At Prison
To Save Her Soul
To Save Her Soul (1909)In Audience
Confidence
Confidence (1909)Dinner Guest
An Awful Moment
An Awful Moment (1908)The Maid
Comata, the Sioux
Comata, the Sioux (1909)Nellie Howe
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)The Maid
Her First Biscuits
Her First Biscuits (1909)
The Lure of the Gown
The Lure of the Gown (1909)Rich Woman
Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning (1911)
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)Emily
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim (1909)Wedding Guest
The Politician's Love Story
The Politician's Love Story (1909)Woman - Third Couple
Where the Breakers Roar
Where the Breakers Roar (1908)Alice Fairchild
A Smoked Husband
A Smoked Husband (1908)Maid
Through the Breakers
Through the Breakers (1909)
The Day After
The Day After (1909)Servant
The Faded Lilies
The Faded Lilies (1909)
The Peachbasket Hat
The Peachbasket Hat (1909)Visitor
The Restoration
The Restoration (1909)
When Knights Were Bold
When Knights Were Bold (1908)
The Fatal Hour
The Fatal Hour (1908)Kidnapped Woman
The Medicine Bottle
The Medicine Bottle (1909)Telephone Operator / At Party
The Rocky Road
The Rocky Road (1910)
The Planter's Wife
The Planter's Wife (1908)
His Daughter
His Daughter (1911)
Pranks
Pranks (1909)
Charity
Charity (1916)Mary Fleming
Beverly of Graustark
Beverly of Graustark (1914)Beverly Calhoun
The Two Paths
The Two Paths (1911)
The Two Brothers
The Two Brothers (1910)Mexican
A Fair Rebel
A Fair Rebel (1914)Clairette Montieth - Steve's Sister
Fisher Folks
Fisher Folks (1911)Bertha
The Thread of Destiny
The Thread of Destiny (1910)Hotelkeeper's Wife

As Writer