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Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, CA; Tuesday, 9 FEb 1909, p.4
"Stranger in New York" Good Comedy
No Dull Moments in Farce at Belasco
Lewis Stone, Florence Oakley and Other Members of Cast in Singing and Dancing Stunts
The Belasco cast slips blandly into farce comedy for the week in Charles Hoyt's farce, "A Stranger in New York." The impressionistic purple cow is considerably less of a nature fake than the actor who can sing, which makes the marvel seem the greater, when you see Lewis Stone, Florence Oakley and Charles Ruggles warbling topical songs and juggling light farce badinage......

Los Angles Examiner, Los Angeles, CA; Friday, 6 Aug 1909, p.13
Florence Oakley to Wed Percy Prio; "But I'll Stay on Stage," She Declares
[Caption with picture] Miss Florence Oakley, Popular Young Actress, Who Admits that She Is Englaged to Wed Percy Pryor, Pasadena Clubman, but Insists She Will Remain on Stage Despite her Future Husband's Preference.
Fiance Insists Upon Home Life. DENIAL FIRM
Miss Florence Oakley, the little actress who won so much favor in Los Angeles asleading lady of the Auditorium stock campany and later of the Belasco company, admitted last night in Oakland that she is engaged to marry Percy Pryor of Pasadena, clubman and socity man, the son of wealthy parents.
Miss Oakley is now leading lady at Ye Liberty Theater in Oakland, and young Pryor is with his family in Berkeley.
The date of the marriage has not yet been decided on, as there is a point at issue between the two young lovers that has not yet been settled. That is, shall Miss Florence Oakley, the popular actress, after she becomes Mrs. Percy Pryor, continue to be Miss Florence Oakley, the popular actress, or shall she accept as he own the ambition of Margaret Illington and leave the stage to become a home-keeping wife and mother.
Miss Oakley says she shall stick to the stage; that it is the only life she knows and can ever enjoy. Pryor wants her to leave the glamore of the footlights on their wedding day. She admits, with a shrug of her graceful shoulders, that she does not know whether or not young Pryor ever will become "fully reconciled to her remaining on the stage, but smilingly declares, that, married or not, whe will do so.
.....Miss Oakley is not yet twenty years old, and her fiance is just twenty-five...


The San Francisco Call, San Francisco,CA, Friday 17 Sep 1909.
Florence Oakley, Now Mrs. P. C. Pryor.
Captialist's Son Marries Actress
Miss Florence Oakley and Percival C. Pryor Wed in Church Residence in Sausalito
Berkeley, Sept 16 - Seizing tie by the forelock, Miss Florence Oakley, formerly leading lady at the Valencia theater in San Francisco and now at Ye Liberty theater, Oakland, and Percival C. Pryor, young son of J. H. Pryor, a capitalist of Pasadena, anticipated their wedding plans and were married at 2 o'clock this afternoon inthe palatial home on the Sausalite hills of Charles E. Church, uncle of the bridegroom.....

Los Angeles Evening Herald, Los Angeles, CA, 8 July 1919
Monkeys and Men Alike, Says Actress
Kathleen O'Connor and Florence Oakley are - beg pardon, were - friends. Miss O'Connor as all film fans know is the blond beauty who has graced so many William For and Universal feature films. Miss Oakley is Lewis S. Stone's leading women at the Majestic theater......

Los Angeles Evening Herald, Los Angeles, CA; Friday, 12 Sep 1919, p.13
STAR FLORENCE OAKLEY GETS DIVORCE
Florence Oakley, widely known as a star in stock companies in Los Angeles and elsewhere, appeared in Judge Crail's court today, told of her shattered romance with a young society man, formerly of Sausalito, now living in Pasadena, and was given a divorce.
The suit was filed by Attorney J. Allan Frankel under the true names of the parties, Florence Pryor and Percy Church Pryor. The husband failed to file an answer to the suit.
They were married about 10 years ago in Sausalito and separated in January 1916, it was said. Miss Oakley charged her husband with desertion.
Miss Oakley is about to complete an engagement at a local theater and will leave for the east soon and for that reason the case was advanced on the calendar.

Los Angeles Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, Monday, 17 May 1920
Miss Oakley and Stone to Wed in N.Y.
No date has yet been set for the marriage of Lewis Stone, matinee hero of the old Belasco Theater, and Florence Oakley, well known actress, although Mr. Stone acknowledged the engagement at his home in Venice last night and intimated that the wedding would probably be at an early date and that it might possibly take place in New York City, where Miss Oakley is now playing.

Los Angeles Evening Herald, Los Angeles, CA, Monday, 30 Sep 1929, p. 11
Lewis Stone's Divorce Plea Up In Court
Charles of Lewis Stone, former matinee idol, and more recently a secreen favorite, that his wife, Florence Pryor Stone, known on the stage as Florence Oakley, made his domestic life unpleasant, were scheduled to be heard today by Judge Joseph P. Sprout.
Stone asked for a divorce and aleged Miss Oakley "lacked consideration for plaintiff's feelings and sensibilities." She often gave way to fits of anger and caused her husband humiliation and mental suffering, Stone declared. The suit was begun under the name of Shepard Stone, the husband's second name. Miss Oakley had failed to answer the charges and her default was entered, indicating there will be no opposition to granting the husband a decree.

1930 Census. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 102
Florence Oakley, 36, Divorced, b. MO, father b. OH, mother b. IL. Actress, Motion Pictures.

1950 Census. Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, Hh 84
101414 Third
Florence O. Stone, 59, divorced, b. MO

California Death Index:
Florence Oakley Stone, b. 21 Dec 1890, Missouri; d. 25 Sep 1956, Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Haldeman
Father's Surname: McKim

The Age, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Fri. 28 Sep 1956, p.4
Actress Dies
Los Angeles - Mrs. Florence Oakley Stone, 65, actress and divorced wife of the late actor Lewis Stone, died on Tuesday night. She and Mr. Stone were married in 1920 and divorced in 1939 [sic]. Mrs. Stone left no known survivors.


Starred in movies.
Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) on Ancestry:
Filmarama. Volume II: The Flaming Years, 1920-1929. Compiled by John Stewart. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977. (Film 2) Who Was Who on Screen. First edition. By Evelyn Mack Truitt. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1974. (WhScrn 1) Who Was Who on Screen. Second edition. By Evelyn Mack Truitt. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1977. (WhScrn 2) Who Was Who on Screen. Third edition. By Evelyn Mack Truitt. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1983. (WhScrn 3) Who's Who in Hollywood, 1900-1976. By David Ragan. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1976. The 'Late Players (1900-1974)' section begins on page 539. (WhoHol B)

Birth	21 Dec 1890	Missouri
Death	25 Sep 1956	Los Angeles, California

Father	Theodore T. McKim (1866 - 1936)
Mother	Minnie V. Haldeman (1867 - 1944)
Sibling	Grover Cleveland McKim (1887 - 1954)