- Born Name: Flora Finch
- Birthday: 1867-06-17 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Harold March (?-?)
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- Medium: Actress
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Flora Finch, Flora Finch (17 June 1867 – 4 January 1940) was an English-born film actress who starred in over 300 silent films, including over 200 for the Vitagraph Studios film company.[edit] Early life and careerShe was born into a music-hall and traveling theatrical family in London and was brought over to the states as a young child. She kept up the family tradition and worked in theater and vaudeville circuit right up until her 30s.She had her first film roles at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company starting in 1908. There she worked with Fatty Arbuckle, Mack Sennett (with whom she was romantically involved for a short time), and Charlie Chaplin among others.Starting in 1910 at Vitagraph, she was paired with John Bunny for the first of 160 very popular shorts made between 1910 and 1915. These shorts, known as Bunnygraphs, Bunnyfinches, and Bunnyfinchgraphs, established them as the first popular comedy team in motion pictures.After Bunnys death in 1915 she continued to make comedy shorts, but with less success. She started her own production company, Flora Finch Productions, but was never able to regain her popularity. She found film work in the sound era, but only in small supporting parts; The Scarlet Letter (1934) gave her one of her more substantial roles in talking pictures. Her last film was The Women (1939).Most of her films are now lost.Flora Finch died at the Good Samaritan Hosptital in Los Angeles from blood poisoning. She was taken to the hospital after a streptoccus infection followed an accidental cut on her arm. The infection spread beyond control and the actress lapsed into a coma from bronchial pneumonia.[edit] HusbandShe was married to Harold March (dates unknown); apparently they had no children.[edit] External linksFlora Finch at the Internet Movie DatabaseLiterature on Flora FinchPersondataNameFinch, FloraAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birth17 June 1867Place of birthLondon, EnglandDate of death4 January 1940Place of deathLos Angeles, California, U.S.This article about a British film actor or actress is a stub. 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