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Flora le Breton (born 1898, died November 7, 1951) was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.Le Breton's motion picture career began in 1920 with a role as Alesia in La Poupee. In 1922 she co-starred with George K. Arthur and Simeon Stuart in Love's Influence, originally titled Love's April. The French heavyweight boxer, Georges Carpentier, made a cameo appearance in the UK silent film. Le Breton won many of the London film favourite contests along with actress Betty Balfour. She appeared in the first coloured motion picture made in Great Britain. The Glorious Adventure (1922) starred Lady Diana Cooper and Victor McLaglen. Produced by J. Stuart Blackton, founder of Vitagraph Studios, the motion picture was filmed in Prizma colour.

As a dancer Le Breton and her partner, Cecil Rubens, won the world's amateur dancing championship in February 1923.

Le Breton came to America in January 1924. Among her early Hollywood films is Another Scandal (1924). She had the third lead after Lois Wilson and Holmes Herbert. Filmed in Florida, the movie was a production of the Tilford Cinema Corporation. Le Breton was among those considered for the role of Peter Pan in Peter Pan (1924 film), which was adapted from the novel by Sir James Barrie. She chose not to play additional parts like the vamp (woman) character, Mrs. May Beamish, she performed in Another Scandal. She appeared in the melodrama I Am The Man (1924) with Lionel Barrymore. Her last screen credit came in the Columbia Pictures comedy Charley's Aunt (1930). Le Breton played the part of Ela Delahay.

Le Breton sent for her mother in England and situated her in a Beverly Hills, California home after she became a star in the U.S.

[edit] American stage

In her first year in the United States Le Breton acted the part of a waif who inherits the wealth of a long-lost grandfather, Lord Maxwell. The play was Lass o' Laughter. Her character necessitates that she enunciate a Glasgow Scottish dialect. A reviewer praised her appearance, commenting Miss Le Breton's beauty is of the Dresden doll type. In November 1925 she was featured in the Henry W. Savage production, The Balcony Walker, which played the Lyric Theatre in Bridgeport, Connecticut. By March 1926 she had given up her film career to appear in a New York City revue, The Optimists. Le Breton was reviewed favourably for her role in the School For Husbands, which was produced by the Theatre Guild in 1933. Osgood Perkins and June Walker were among those in the play.

At first I wasn't finding any dates of death for her, and I was thinking that Eastern Foam had another longevity user...but she would be 111 years old now...so nah...She was very beautiful though.