Pauline Starke
Acting
Born January 10, 1901, Joplin, Missouri, USA
Pauline Starke (January 10, 1901 – February 3, 1977) was an American silent-film actress born in Joplin, Missouri. She made her acting debut appearing as a dance extra in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance (1916). She continued to play bit parts until director Frank Borzage started casting her in leading roles, beginning in 1917. Selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922, Starke starred in a number of films from 1916 to 1935. She had been introduced into the film industry by a friend following the completion of her education. She scored several lead roles in films, establishing her as a prominent silent-film actress during the 1920s. She married twice in her lifetime. She first married producer/director Jack White in 1927 and later married actor George Sherwood. She died from the aftermath of a stroke on February 3, 1977 in Santa Monica, California. Pauline Starke has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6125 Hollywood Blvd, for her contributions to Motion Pictures. --From Wikipedia
Filmography
- 1943Lost Angel — Bobby's Mother (uncredited)
- 1930A Royal Romance — Countess von Baden
- 1930What Men Want — Lee Joyce
- 1929Man, Woman and Wife — Julia / Rita
- 1929The Mysterious Island — (uncredited)
- 1928The Viking — Helga Nilsson
- 1927Captain Salvation — Bess Morgan
- 1927Streets of Shanghai — Mary Sanger
- 1927The Perfect Sap — Polly Stoddard
- 1927Women Love Diamonds — Mavis Ray
- 1926Camille: The Fate of a Coquette — Nan
- 1926Love's Blindness — Vanessa Levy
- 1926War Paint — Polly Hopkins
- 1925Adventure — Joan Lackland
- 1925As No Man Has Loved — Anne Bissell
- 1925Bright Lights — Patsy Delaney
- 1925Sun-Up — Emmy
- 1925The Devil's Cargo — Far Sampson
- 1924Dante's Inferno — Marjorie Vernon
- 1924Forbidden Paradise — Anna
- 1924Hearts of Oak — Chrystal
- 1924The Arizona Express — Katherine Keith
- 1923Eyes of the Forest — Ruth Melier
- 1923His Last Race
- 1923In the Palace of the King — Inez Mendoza
- 1923Little Church Around the Corner — Hetty Burrows
- 1923Lost and Found on a South Sea Island — Lorna
- 1923The Little Girl Next Door — Mary Slocum
- 1922If You Believe It, It's So — Alvah Morley
- 1922My Wild Irish Rose — Moya
- 1922The Kingdom Within — Emily Preston
- 1921A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court — Sandy
- 1921Flower of the North — Jeanne D'Arcambal
- 1921Silent Years — Donelle
- 1921Snowblind — The Girl
- 1921Wife Against Wife
- 1920Dangerous Days — Delight Haverford
- 1920Seeds of Vengeance — Ellen Daw
- 1920The Courage of Marge O'Doone — Marge O'Doone
- 1920The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come — Melissa
- 1920The Untamed — Kate Cumberland
- 1919Eyes of Youth — Rita Ashling
- 1919Soldiers of Fortune — Hope Langham
- 1919The Broken Butterfly — Marcene Elliot
- 1919The Life Line — Ruth Heckett
- 1919Whom the Gods Would Destroy — Julie
- 1918Alias Mary Brown — Betty
- 1918Daughter Angele — Angele
- 1918Innocent's Progress — Tessa Fayne
- 1918Irish Eyes — Pegeen O'Barry
- 1918The Atom — Jenny
- 1918The Man Who Woke Up — Edith Oglesby
- 1918The Shoes That Danced — Rhoda Regan
- 1917Cheerful Givers — Abigail Deady
- 1917Madame Bo-Peep — Juanita
- 1917The Regenerates — Nora Duffy
- 1917Until They Get Me — Margy
- 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages — Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
- 1916Puppets — Columbine
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 1922The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 — Self