{{Short description|American silent film actress}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Florence Dagmar | image = Florence Dagmar (1918).jpg | caption = Dagmar in 1918 | image_size = | birth_name = Florence Dagmar Oberg | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|10|22}} | birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|5|7|1895|10|22}} | death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{marriage|Roy Somers|1917}} }}
'''Florence Dagmar Oberg''' (October 22, 1895 – May 7, 1986) was an American silent film actress. She had several leading roles and worked for the Famous Players–Lasky film company, appearing at least twice with Thomas Meighan and Victor Moore while being directed by Cecil B. DeMille.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qgbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Florence+dagmar%22&pg=PA1346|title=The Moving Picture World|date=January 31, 1916|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Born to Swedish parents in Oregon, Dagmar was a stage actress in the Pacific Northwest before relocating with her family to Los Angeles and pursuing a film career. She began her film career in 1914, appearing in several features including DeMille's ''The Man from Home''. She subsequently appeared in DeMille's ''Kindling'' (1915). Other credits include the drama ''Blackbirds'', the Western ''Chimmie Fadden Out West'', and ''The Clown''.
==Biography== Dagmar was born in Portland, Oregon in 1895.<ref name=bfi/> Both her parents were immigrants from Sweden.{{efn|Census records show that Dagmar (born Florence Dagmar Oberg), residing in Los Angeles in 1900, age 5, was the daughter of Anna and David Oberg, natives of Sweden.<ref>{{cite census | title =Oberg, Florence | year = 1900| location =Los Angeles, California | roll = T623 00020 | page = 2B | line =84 | enumdist = 52| filmnum =124009 | nafilm = |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DH8W-BVR?i=3&cc=1325221&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AM9PJ-CP6|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190918191845/https://i.ibb.co/VYzscyV/record-image-undefined.jpg|archive-date=September 18, 2019 }}</ref>}} She was active in stock theater in San Francisco,<ref>{{cite news|work=Pittsburgh Press|location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|title=In Her Realm|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36107357/the_pittsburgh_press/|date=August 11, 1915|page=11|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Seattle and Spokane, Washington, prior to becoming a film actress, often appearing in ingenue roles.<ref name=mpw>{{cite magazine|magazine=The Moving Picture World|title=Florence Dagmar in "The Clown"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qgbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1346|page=1346|date=May 20, 1916|via=Google Books|volume=28}}</ref> As a child, she relocated to Los Angeles with her parents, and embarked on a career in films.<ref name=mpw/> In Los Angeles, Dagmar became affiliated with Constance Crawley and film director Arthur Maude.<ref name=mpw/>
After appearing in films for Phillips Smalley, Dagmar was noticed by Cecil B. DeMille, who offered her a film contract with the Players Lasky, which she accepted.<ref name=mpw/> Her first appearance for DeMille was in ''The Call of the North'' (1914).<ref name=mpw/> In 1917, Dagmar married Roy Somers, a fellow actor in the Players Lasky.<ref>{{cite book|title=Silent Film Necrology|last= Vazzana|first=Eugene Michael|year=2001|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-0-786-41059-0}}</ref> Her role in 1915's ''Young Romance'' was praised by ''The Owensboro Messenger'', who noted that she "raises her "bit" to a place among the principals."<ref name=om>{{cite news|work=The Owensboro Messenger|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36106899/the_owensboro_messenger/|title=Young Romance|location=Owensboro, Kentucky|date=May 16, 1915|page=16|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Death== Dagmar died in Sacramento, California on May 7, 1986.<ref name=bfi/>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |+Key | style="background:#ffc;"| {{dagger|alt=Film is lost, partially lost, or presumed lost}} | Denotes a lost or presumed lost film |} thumb|upright=.7|right|Dagmar in ''The Clown'' (1916)|alt=Woman staring right {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" | 1914 | ''The Man from Home'' | Elodie | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1914 | ''Ready Money'' | Ida Tyler | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1914 | ''The Circus Man'' | Christine Braddock | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''Young Romance'' | Lou | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=om/> |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''The Country Boy'' | Jane Belknap | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''A Gentlemen of Leisure'' | Kate | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''Snobs'' | | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''Kindling'' | Alice Burke-Smith | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''Blackbirds'' | Miss Crocker | | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1915 | ''Chimmie Fadden Out West'' | Betty Van Courtlandt | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc60ebc1b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017201922/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc60ebc1b|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2021|title=Florence Dagmar|website=BFI}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1916 | style="background:#ffc;"| ''Pudd'nhead Wilson'' {{dagger|alt=Film is lost, partially lost, or presumed lost}} | Rowena Cooper | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6112324/presenting_play_erstwhile_susan/|work=Brooklyn Life|location=Brooklyn, New York City|page=17|date=January 29, 1916|title=In Manhattan|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1916 | style="background:#ffc;"| ''The Clown'' {{dagger|alt=Film is lost, partially lost, or presumed lost}} | Millicent, His Daughter | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=mpw/> |- |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dagmar, Florence}} Category:1895 births Category:1986 deaths Category:Actresses from Portland, Oregon Category:American people of Swedish descent Category:American silent film actresses Category:American stage actresses Category:20th-century American actresses