Name	Florence Reed
Build	Slim
Date of Birth	January 10, 1883
Birthplace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Star Sign	Capricorn
Died	November 21, 1967 (Aged 84)
Location of Death	East Islip, Long Island, New York, USA
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actress
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One of the grandest of the grande dames of the American Broadway theatre, she appeared in a handful of melodramatic silent movie vehicles and graced a couple of talking pictures (including Miss Haversham in Great Expectations (1934)) as well as 1950s TV, but preferred the stage.

Appeared with husband Malcolm Williams frequently on Broadway, including "The Typhoon" (1912), "The Painted Woman" (1913), "The Master of the House" (1912), ""Roads of Destiny" (1918) and "Purity" (1930).

Daughter of an actor-manager, Roland [Lewis] Reed (1852-1901).

Began a long apprenticeship with New York`s Fifth Avenue Theatre stock company in 1901, then toured as E.H. Sothern`s leading lady, playing Katherine de Vaucelles in "If I Were King", Dulcinea in "Don Quixote" and Ophelia in "Hamlet".

Her grandfather, John "Pop" Reed, was for many decades the gas man at the Walnut Street Theatre and gained a small foothold in American theatrical legend by bequeathing the theatre his skull to be used in performances of "Hamlet".

On January 29, 1939, for President Roosevelt`s Birthday Celebration, she and Laurette Taylor did a command performance from their Broadway success "Outward Bound".

Elected to the Actors Equity council board in 1918.

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