Other names Linda Griffith Years active 1907–1916 Role Actress | Occupation Actress Name Linda Arvidson | |
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Full Name Linda Arvidson Johnson Born July 12, 1884 ( 1884-07-12 ) San Francisco, California, U.S. Died July 26, 1949, New York City, New York, United States Spouse D. W. Griffith (m. 1906–1936) Books When the movies were young Movies A Corner in Wheat, Enoch Arden, The Adventures of Dollie, Those Awful Hats, The Sealed Room Similar People D W Griffith, Billy Bitzer, Alfred Lord Tennyson | ||
The Unchanging Sea 1910 - Silent Short Film - D.W.Griffith/Linda Arvidson/Mary Pickford
Linda Arvidson (July 12, 1884 – July 26, 1949) was an American actress in silent films.
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Biography
Linda Arvidson was the first wife of film director D.W. Griffith (14 May 1906 - 2 March 1936). She played lead roles in many of his earliest films. While acting, she was sometimes credited as Linda Griffith. The pair separated around 1912 and finally divorced in 1936 when Griffith wished to remarry.
In 1925, she authored her autobiography When the Movies Were Young (1925, 1968). She is mentioned in William J. Mann's The Biograph Girl, a novel based on Florence Lawrence.
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