Early life
Flossie Albright was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 17, 1889. Her parents were Joseph Albright, a railroad conductor, and Anna Albright. Flossie had two sisters and a brother. She was raised in the Midwest, primarily in Chicago.
Personal Life
In October 1913, Albright married director Marshall Neilan. The couple had one daughter, Sally. While working with Neilan on the film "The Call of the North" (1914), Albright became romantically involved with the film's leading man, Theodore Roberts, and left Neilan to marry him in 1915. They were together until Roberts' death in 1928, from pneumonia. During their marriage, they traveled the vaudeville circuit with Albright's husband acting in plays.
Later career
Albright continued acting until 1935. She had become interested in acting at an early age, and while in elementary school, her mother supported her by letting her go to the theater as much as she wanted. Albright began acting in stock theatre and vaudeville and had progressed on to movie shorts by 1910, when she appeared in "The Girl from the Ghetto".
Retirement and death
In 1928, after Robert's death, Albright took a break from acting to raise her daughter, Sally. In the 1940s and 1950s, she lived in Miami Beach, Florida. Albright returned to acting in 1935, but due to her being overweight and the fact that movies were transitioning to "talkies", she could only secure character parts in smaller films. Her final film role was in 1941's "The Officer and the Lady", starring Peggy Moran and Rochelle Hudson.
Flossie Albright died of a heart attack in Miami Beach, Florida, on February 12, 1953, at the age of 63.