Florence Rockwell
Florence Rea Rockwell was an American actress.
Early life
Florence Rea Rockwell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Theodore J. Rockwell and Amanda J. Rea Rockwell. Amanda Rockwell was a homeopathic physician and active in a group of women doctors in St. Louis.Rockwell was a child performer, and played Juliet, Ophelia, and Desdemona as a young actress still in her teens. She studied with actress Rose Eytinge. In 1894 she was presented as a case study in the Phrenological Journal of Science and Health, which found her to have "an uncommonly large brain".
Career
Rockwell acted in Broadway productions, including Cumberland '61, Oliver Goldsmith, The Greatest Thing in the World, Richard Savage, D'Arcy of the Guards, John Henry, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Common Sense Bracket, Who Goes There?, Beau Brummell by Clyde Fitch, Popularity, The Mills of the Gods, The Round Up, The Barrier, A Fool for Fortune, and The Fallen Idol.In 1917, she took the lead role in The Glass House during a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
In 1919 she starred in a Hawaiian-themed revue called The Bird of Paradise, wearing a grass skirt and lei, and dancing a version of the hula.
Rockwell appeared in three silent films: Body and Soul, He Fell in Love with His Wife, and The Purple Night.