--- name: "Florence Vidor" canonical: "https://film.one/person/florence-vidor" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 July 1895" died: "3 November 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T21:35:03.458193+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Florence Vidor Actor. Born 23 July 1895 in Houston, Texas, USA. Died 3 November 1977. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 July 1895, Houston, Texas, USA - **Died:** 3 November 1977 - **Also known as:** Florence Cobb - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Vidor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447217, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0896538/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/930621 ## Biography Florence Vidor (née Cobb, later Arto) was an American silent film actress. Born in Houston, Texas, on 23 July 1895, she began her screen career in 1916 after marrying director King Vidor, who helped secure her first contract with Vitagraph Studios. She appeared in numerous silent features, often in sophisticated or aristocratic roles, and gained early recognition for *Hail the Woman* (1921). Among her best-known performances were Charlotte Braun in *The Marriage Circle* (1924) and Countess Ostermann in Ernst Lubitsch’s *The Patriot* (1928). Her career ended with the transition to sound; she retired in 1929 after difficulties with *Chinatown Nights*. Vidor later married violinist Jascha Heifetz in 1928. She died in Pacific Palisades, California, on 3 November 1977. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvinsider.com, watch.plex.tv.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Patriot* (1928), Fi1m 72, as Countess Ostermann — [page](https://film.one/film/the-patriot.md) ## Complete filmography (54) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Chinatown Nights* (1929), as Joan Fry - *The Patriot* (1928), as Countess Ostermann — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-patriot.md) - *The Magnificent Flirt* (1928), as Mme. Florence Laverne - *Doomsday* (1928), as Mary Viner - *Honeymoon Hate* (1927), as Gail Grant - *One Woman to Another* (1927), as Rita Farrell - *The World At Her Feet* (1927), as Jane Randall - *Afraid to Love* (1927), as Katherine Silverton - *The Popular Sin* (1926), as Yvonne Montfort - *The Eagle of the Sea* (1926), as Louise Lestron - *You Never Know Women* (1926), as Vera - *Sea Horses* (1926), as Helen Salvia - *The Grand Duchess and the Waiter* (1926), as The Grand Duchess Zenia - *The Enchanted Hill* (1926), as Gail Ormsby - *The Trouble With Wives* (1925), as Grace Hyatt - *Grounds for Divorce* (1925), as Alice Sorbier - *Are Parents People?* (1925), as Mrs. Hazlitt - *The Girl of Gold* (1925), as Helen Merrimore - *The Mirage* (1924), as Irene Martin - *Husbands and Lovers* (1924), as Grace Livingston - *Christine of the Hungry Heart* (1924), as Christine Madison - *Barbara Frietchie* (1924), as Barbara Frietchie - *Welcome Stranger* (1924), as Mary Clark - *Borrowed Husbands* (1924), as Nancy Burrard - *The Marriage Circle* (1924), as Charlotte Braun - *The Virginian* (1923), as Molly Wood - *Main Street* (1923), as Carol Milford - *Alice Adams* (1923), as Alice Adams - *Conquering the Woman* (1922), as Judith Stafford - *Dusk to Dawn* (1922), as Marjorie Latham / Aziza - *Skin Deep* (1922), as Ethel Carter - *The Real Adventure* (1922), as Rose Stanton - *Hail the Woman* (1921), as Judith Beresford - *Beau Revel* (1921), as Nellie Steel - *Lying Lips* (1921), as Nancy Abbott - *The Jack-Knife Man* (1920), as Marcia Montgomery - *The Family Honor* (1920), as Beverly Tucker - *Poor Relations* (1919), as Dorothy Perkins - *The Other Half* (1919), as Katherine Boone - *A Heart in Pawn* (1919), as Dr. Stone's daughter - *Till I Come Back to You* (1918), as Yvonne - *The Bravest Way* (1918), as Nume Rogers - *Old Wives for New* (1918), as Juliet Raeburn - *The White Man's Law* (1918), as Maida Verne - *The Honor of His House* (1918), as Lora Horning - *Hidden Pearls* (1918), as Enid Benton - *The Widow's Might* (1918), as Irene Stuart - *The Secret Game* (1917), as Kitty Little - *The Countess Charming* (1917), as Betty Lovering - *Hashimura Togo* (1917), as Corinne Reynolds - *The Cook of Canyon Camp* (1917), as Mrs. Jack - *American Methods* (1917), as Betty Armstrong - *A Tale of Two Cities* (1917), as Mimi - *The Intrigue* (1916), as Pretended Countess Sonia ## Gallery - ![Florence Vidor](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-dd64a4e5d778.jpg) Florence Vidor — Edward Thayer Monroe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Florence_Vidor_by_Edward_Thayer_Monroe%2C_1920.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Still from the film Barbara Frietchie (1924). Subjects: motion pictures, actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-8cc82458f595.jpg) Still from the film Barbara Frietchie (1924). Subjects: motion pictures, actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Barbara_Frietchie_%28SAYRE_14033%29.jpg/1280px-Barbara_Frietchie_%28SAYRE_14033%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Clive Brook (left) and Florence Vidor in Afraid to Love (1927).](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-3e0205ce8c16.jpg) Clive Brook (left) and Florence Vidor in Afraid to Love (1927). — Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Clive_Brook_and_Florence_Vidor_in_Afraid_to_Love_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Clive_Brook_and_Florence_Vidor_in_Afraid_to_Love_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Florence Vidor (left) and Norman Trevor in Afraid to Love (1927)](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-47d0e8269651.jpg) Florence Vidor (left) and Norman Trevor in Afraid to Love (1927) — Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Florence_Vidor_and_Norman_Trevor_in_Afraid_to_Love.jpg/1280px-Florence_Vidor_and_Norman_Trevor_in_Afraid_to_Love.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Florence Vidor](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-4d1beb855574.jpg) Florence Vidor — Image via TMDB - ![Florence Vidor](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-8ee375f32ebc.jpg) Florence Vidor — Image via TMDB - ![Still from the American film Beau Revel (1921) with Lloyd Hughes and Florence Vidor, on page 102 of the April 2, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-96fee97a7150.jpg) Still from the American film Beau Revel (1921) with Lloyd Hughes and Florence Vidor, on page 102 of the April 2, 1921 Exhibitors Herald. — Thomas H. Ince Corporation / Paramount Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Beau_Revel_%281921%29_-_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Still from the American film Dusk to Dawn (1922). Subjects: actresses, motion pictures](https://film.one/media/person/1224551/gallery-713cd01a12db.jpg) Still from the American film Dusk to Dawn (1922). Subjects: actresses, motion pictures — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Dusk_to_Dawn_%28SAYRE_14842%29.jpg/1280px-Dusk_to_Dawn_%28SAYRE_14842%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/florence-vidor