Florence Ashbrooke
Florence Ashbrooke was an actress on the London and New York stages, and in silent films.
Early life and education
Ashbrooke was born to British parents in India or the East Indies, or in England, and educated in Dublin.Career
Ashbrooke began her acting career in England. She was a dancer with the Gaiety Company in London as a young woman. She acted on the New York stage and toured in plays in North America, with credits in The Twelve Temptations, The Ice King, McKenna's Flirtation, Dolly Varden, Blue Grass, When London Sleeps, An Irish Gentleman, A Young Wife, Why Women Sin, Her Mad Marriage, and At the Old Cross Roads. The Omaha Bee described Ashbrooke in 1890, as "a much stronger woman than you usually see in farces" with a "handsome figure, a well modulated voice, and an art which shows a most excellent school."Ashbrooke appeared in dozens of silent films between 1911 and 1923, including an adaptation of Vanity Fair, The [First Woman Jury in America], The Cross Roads, The Forgotten Latchkey, The Ragged Princess, On [Dangerous Ground |On Dangerous Ground], The [Scarlet Letter |The Scarlet Letter], The [Lone Wolf |The Lone Wolf], Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp, Blue-Eyed Mary, Swat the Spy, The Woman on the Index, An Amateur Widow, A Stage Romance, and Big Brother. She was a member of the Motion Picture section of the Actors' Equity Association in 1921.