Florence Shirley

Biography

Florence Shirley, born Florence Isabell Splaine, was an American stage and film actress. She made her stage debut in 1906 at the age of 14 in small part in a Christmas pantomime at the Castle Square Theatre in Boston. She continued to perform periodically in children's roles at that theatre until progressing into adult ingenue roles in 1909. She was a resident player at Castle Square until September 1911 when she left to tour as Pearl Williams in Karl Hoschna's original musical The Wall Street Girl. She made her Broadway debut it that role in 1912, and then returned to Castle Square where she was a resident performer once again until the fall 1914. She came to wider attention as The Flapper in the hit play His Majesty Bunker Bean; touring nationally in the role in 1915-1916 and appearing in a lengthy run in Chicago prior to performing the part on Broadway in 1916.

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