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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1896-05-24 (128 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Muriel Ostriche

Biography:

Muriel Hennrietta Ostriche (born May 24, 1896 – May 3, 1989) was an American silent film actress.

Following tryouts with the Biograph and Pathe studios, Ostriche signed with Eclair for $5 per day. After a year and a half with Eclair, she joined Reliance for a higher salary. Following that experienced, she was signed by the Thanhouser Company based in New Rochelle, New York, and starred in 134 films in her career. Ostriche told author Michael G. Ankerich that A Daughter of the Sea (1915) was her best performance and her favorite film.

In 1920, Ostriche was featured in advertising for Bonnie-B veils.

She was living in Florida in the mid-1980s when author Q. David Bowers began researching a biography on Ostriche, which became Muriel Ostriche: Princess of Silent Films. He was shocked to discover that she was still living and a willing interview subject. She enjoyed a revival in her fame in the later portion of her life which she relished and because of this renewed interest, her own insights into her life are preserved today.

Known For

Acting

1920

The Sacred Flame as Ray Palton

1919

The Hand Invisible as Helen Haynes

1918

Leap to Fame as Tootsie Brown
Tinsel as Ruth Carmichael

1917

A Square Deal as Ruby Trailes
The Volunteer as Madge's Mother
The Good for Nothing as Barbara Manning
Moral Courage as Mary McClinton

1916

A Circus Romance as Babette
Kennedy Square as Kate Seymour
Who Killed Simon Baird as Helen Maitland
Sally in Our Alley as Sally McGill
The Men She Married as Edith Trainor

1915

1914

Her Awakening as Helen Gray
The Decoy as Muriel Phelps
The Strike as Mary MacLaren
A Circumstantial Nurse as Mary - Tom's Daughter

1913

The Law of Humanity as Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife

1912

Oh, You Ragtime! as The Typist
Robin Hood as Christabel

1911