Florence E. Moore (November , â€" March , ) was an American
vaudeville, Broadway performer, and actress in silent films.Born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moore began singing in the choir of Saint
Clement's Church, Philadelphia at the age of thirteen. She began
touring with the stock company of her brother, Frank. Florence got her
first opportunity in Moscow, Idaho, when a male member of the cast
failed to appear. Thereafter she was a regular with the company,
playing the role of a Chinese without pay.[citation needed]Her first
Broadway appearance came in , as Clorinda Scribblem in Hanky Panky.
During the next twenty years she participated in numerous productions.
As a comedian she performed in musical comedies, revues on Broadway,
and headlined as a vaudeville actress while touring America. While
working in The Champagne Girls, Florence met and married William J.
Montgomery and they became part of a popular vaudeville team. She
divorced Montgomery and married John O. Kerner. Later she was
separated from Kerner. Records show that she was also married to Jules
I. Schwob.
vaudeville, Broadway performer, and actress in silent films.Born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Moore began singing in the choir of Saint
Clement's Church, Philadelphia at the age of thirteen. She began
touring with the stock company of her brother, Frank. Florence got her
first opportunity in Moscow, Idaho, when a male member of the cast
failed to appear. Thereafter she was a regular with the company,
playing the role of a Chinese without pay.[citation needed]Her first
Broadway appearance came in , as Clorinda Scribblem in Hanky Panky.
During the next twenty years she participated in numerous productions.
As a comedian she performed in musical comedies, revues on Broadway,
and headlined as a vaudeville actress while touring America. While
working in The Champagne Girls, Florence met and married William J.
Montgomery and they became part of a popular vaudeville team. She
divorced Montgomery and married John O. Kerner. Later she was
separated from Kerner. Records show that she was also married to Jules
I. Schwob.
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