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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1901-01-10 (124 years old)

Place of Birth

Joplin, Missouri, USA

Pauline Starke

Biography:

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

Known For

Acting

1943

Lost Angel as Bobby's Mother (uncredited)

1930

What Men Want as Lee Joyce
A Royal Romance as Countess von Baden

1929

The Mysterious Island as (uncredited)
Man, Woman and Wife as Julia / Rita

1928

The Viking as Helga Nilsson

1927

Captain Salvation as Bess Morgan
Women Love Diamonds as Mavis Ray
Streets of Shanghai as Mary Sanger

1926

Love's Blindness as Vanessa Levy
War Paint as Polly Hopkins

1925

The Devil's Cargo as Far Sampson
Sun-Up as Emmy
As No Man Has Loved as Anne Bissell
Adventure as Joan Lackland
Bright Lights as Patsy Delaney

1924

Hearts of Oak as Chrystal
Dante's Inferno as Marjorie Vernon
The Arizona Express as Katherine Keith

1923

1922

1921

1920

The Untamed as Kate Cumberland
Seeds of Vengeance as Ellen Daw
Dangerous Days as Delight Haverford

1919

Soldiers of Fortune as Hope Langham
Eyes of Youth as Rita Ashling
The Life Line as Ruth Heckett
The Broken Butterfly as Marcene Elliot

1918

Irish Eyes as Pegeen O'Barry
Daughter Angele as Angele
The Atom as Jenny

1917

Madame Bo-Peep as Juanita
Cheerful Givers as Abigail Deady

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Puppets as Columbine