Florence Vidor

Florence Vidor (née Cobb, later Arto; July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977) was an American silent film actress.
Early life
Vidor was born in Houston on July 23, 1895, to John and Ida Cobb. Her parents had married in Houston on March 3, 1894, but divorced only three years later. Ida remained in Houston and soon married John P. Arto, a real estate man who later served as deputy chief of the city's fire department.
Career
Florence Vidor started working in silent movies through the influence of her husband, film director King Vidor, whom she had married in 1915. She signed her first contract with Vitagraph Studios in 1916. Her early fame was due to her role in the 1921 film Hail the Woman. Throughout the 1920s, she was a major box office attraction for Paramount Pictures. Her career ended with the advent of sound films. In 1929 she became so frustrated by the difficulties of making the partial sound film Chinatown Nights that she retired from acting before the production was completed. Director William A. Wellman had to use a voice double to complete some of her scenes.
Personal life and death
Florence and King Vidor divorced in 1924. They had a daughter, Suzanne. Despite the end of their marriage, Florence continued to use Vidor as her surname.
Vidor married classical violinist Jascha Heifetz on August 20, 1928, in New York City. They had two children together and Heifetz also adopted Suzanne before divorcing in 1945.
On November 3, 1977, Vidor died at her home in Pacific Palisades, California, aged 82.
Selected filmography
Bill Peter's Kid (1916, Short) - (uncredited)
Curfew at Simpton Center (1916, Short)
The Yellow Girl (1916, Short) - Flora
The Intrigue (1916) - Pseudo Countess Sonia
A Tale of Two Cities (1917) - Mimi
American Methods (1917) - Betty Armstrong
The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917, Lost film) - Mrs. Jack
Hashimura Togo (1917) - Corinne Reynolds
The Countess Charming (1917) - Betty Lovering
The Secret Game (1917) - Kitty Little
The Widow's Might (1918, Lost film) - Irene Stuart
The Hidden Pearls (1918) - Enid Benton
The Honor of His House (1918) - Lora Horning
The White Man's Law (1918) - Maida Verne
Old Wives for New (1918) - Juliet Raeburn
The Bravest Way (1918) - Nume Rogers
Till I Come Back to You (1918) - Yvonne
A Heart in Pawn (1919) - Dr. Stone's daughter
The Other Half (1919) - Katherine Boone
Poor Relations (1919) - Dorothy Perkins
The Family Honor (1920) - Beverly Tucker
The Jack-Knife Man (1920) - Mrs. Marcia Montgomery
Lying Lips (1921) - Nancy Abbott
Beau Revel (1921) - Nellie Steel
Hail the Woman (1921) - Judith Beresford
Woman, Wake Up (1922, Lost film) - Anne
The Real Adventure (1922) - Rose Stanton
Dusk to Dawn (1922, Undetermined / presumed lost) - Marjorie Latham / Aziza
Skin Deep (1922) - Ethel Carter
Conquering the Woman (1922) - Judith Stafford
Souls for Sale (1923) - Himself (uncredited)
Alice Adams (1923) - Alice Adams
Main Street (1923, Lost film) - Carol Milford
The Virginian (1923) - Molly Wood (Woods in credits)
The Marriage Circle (1924) - Charlotte Braun
Borrowed Husbands (1924, Lost film) - Nancy Burrard
Welcome Stranger (1924, Lost film) - Mary Clark
Barbara Frietchie (1924) - Barbara Frietchie
Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924) - Christine Madison
Husbands and Lovers (1924) - Grace Livingston
The Mirage (1924, Lost film) - Irene Martin
The Girl of Gold (1925) - Helen Merrimore
Are Parents People? (1925) - Mrs. Hazlitt
Grounds for Divorce (1925, Incomplete, missing third reel) - Alice Sorbier
Marry Me (1925) - Hetty Gandy
The Trouble with Wives (1925, Lost film) - Grace Hyatt
The Enchanted Hill (1926, Lost film) - Gail Ormsby
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926) - The Grand Duchess Zenia
Sea Horses (1926, Lost film) - Helen Salvia
You Never Know Women (1926) - Vera
The Eagle of the Sea (1926, Incomplete film) - Louise Lestron
The Popular Sin (1926, Lost film) - Yvonne Montfort
Afraid to Love (1927, Lost film) - Katherine Silverton
The World at Her Feet (1927, Lost film) - Jane Randall
One Woman to Another (1927, Lost film) - Rita Farrell
Honeymoon Hate (1927, Lost film) - Gail Grant
Doomsday (1928) - Mary Viner
The Magnificent Flirt (1928, Lost film) - Mme. Florence Laverne
The Patriot (1928, Lost film, only one reel exists) - Countess Ostermann
Chinatown Nights (1929) - Joan Fry (final film role)
References
External links
Florence Vidor at Golden Silents
Florence Vidor at Virtual History
1895 births
1977 deaths
American silent film actresses
Actresses from Houston
Actresses from Greater Los Angeles
20th-century American actresses