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FLORENCE LA BADIE AMERICAN-CANADIAN ACTRESS BIOGRAPHY

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  FLORENCE LA BADIE AMERICAN-CANADIAN  ACTRESS BIOGRAPHY Florence La Badie   / ˈ l ɑː b ɑː ˌ d iː / [1]  (born  Florence Russ ; April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917) was an American-Canadian actress in the early days of the  silent film  era. She was a major star between 1911 and 1917. Her career was at its height when she died at age 29 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Early life [ edit ] Florence La Badie was born Florence Russ on April 27, 1888, the second child of Horace Blancard and Marie Lynch (Chester) Russ in New York City. After the death of her father in 1890 and the subsequent inability of her mother to provide care, Florence, at age three, was adopted by Joseph E. and Amanda J. La Badie of Montreal, Canada. [2] Florence's adoptive father, Joseph E. La Badie, was a prominent attorney in Montreal, and his wife, the former Amanda Victor, is said to have been born in Europe, possibly Paris. Her adoptive uncle, Oddiehon LaBadie, m...