Adelaide Lawrence

Adelaide Lawrence (April 30, 1905 – October 18, 1989) was an American child actress during the silent film era from 1911 to 1918 (between 6 and 13 years of age). She is known for her roles in The Barefoot Boy (1912), The Answered Prayer (1913), Betty Buttin and the Bad Man (1913), and The Missing Jewels (1914).

Adelaide Lawrence was born on April 30, 1905, in Brooklyn, New York. Her father, noted film director Edmund Lawrence (1881–1944,) directed her in many of his films.

Lawrence made her screen debut in 1911, at the age of 6, in a Vitagraph short film Easter Babies, appearing alongside James Morrison, Marie Pavis, Florence Foley, and Grace Lewis.

The following year, she was seen playing Little Mary Lewis in Fred Loomis' short drama The Penalty of Intemperance, with Donald MacKenzie and Hazel Neason.

Her other major film credits include The Street Singer (1912), The Answered Prayer (1913), Betty Buttin and the Bad Man(1913), The Hour of Danger (1914), and The Ransom (1916).

She was last seen on the screen in 1918 (aged thirteen) in the role of "Little Pauline" in her father's mystery drama The Queen of Hearts, starring Virginia Pearson, Joseph W. Smiley, Edmund Burns, and Victor Sutherland.

Lawrence also performed, in minor roles, in two Broadway productions: Edgar Smith's Hands Up (July 22, 1915 - September 03, 1915) and J. P. McEvoy's The Potters (December 08, 1923 - July 05, 1924). 

After her stage appearances, she retired permanently from show business.

Lawrence married William Eugene Bourne on August 30, 1941.

Lawrence died on October 18, 1989, in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 84.