Linda Arvidson

Linda Arvidson
16 KB Circa 1916
Born	Linda Arvidson Johnson (1884-07-12)July 12, 1884 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	New York City, New York, U.S.
Other names	Linda Griffith
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1907–1916
Spouse(s)	D.W. Griffith (m. 1906–36)

Linda Arvidson (12 July 1884 – 26 July 1949) was an American actress in silent films.

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.

Selected filmography

• The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
• The Bandit's Waterloo (1908)
• Balked at the Altar (1908)
• After Many Years (1908)
• The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
• A Calamitous Elopement (1908)
• The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
• The Man and the Woman (1908)
• The Fatal Hour (1908)
• For a Wife's Honor (1908)
• Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
• The Red Girl (1908)
• Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
• A Smoked Husband (1908)
• The Stolen Jewels (1908)
• Father Gets in the Game (1908)
• Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
• The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
• The Planter's Wife (1908)
• Concealing a Burglar (1908)
• The Pirate's Gold (1908)
• The Song of the Shirt (1908)
• A Woman's Way (1908)
• The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
• The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
• The Test of Friendship (1908)
• An Awful Moment (1908)
• The Helping Hand (1908)
• One Touch of Nature (1909)
• Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
• Love Finds a Way (1909)
• The Sacrifice (1909)
• A Rural Elopement (1909)
• Those Boys! (1909)
• The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
• The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909)
• Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
• Those Awful Hats (1909)
• The Welcome Burglar (1909)
• The Cord of Life (1909)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
• A Wreath in Time (1909)
• Tragic Love (1909)
• The Golden Louis (1909)
• A Corner in Wheat (1909)
• At the Altar (1909)
• A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
• Resurrection (1909)
• The Hessian Renegades (1909)
• The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
• To Save Her Soul (1909)
• The Day After (1909)
• His Wife's Mother (1909)
• The Roue's Heart (1909)
• I Did It (1909)
• The Deception (1909)
• Pippa Passes (1909)
• The Rocky Road (1910)
• The Woman from Mellon's (1910)
• The Two Brothers (1910)
• The Unchanging Sea (1910)
• His Trust (1911)
• His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
• His Daughter (1911)
• How She Triumphed (1911 - writer)
• Enoch Arden (1911)
• The Miser's Heart (1911)

Bibliography

• Linda Arvidson Griffith When the Movies were Young Dover Publications (1925, reprinted in 1968) ISBN 0-486-22300-0

External links

• Linda Arvidson at the Internet Movie Database
• Linda Arvidson at AllMovie