Pauline Starke
Born: 1901-01-10 in Joplin, Missouri, USA
Died: 1977-02-03
Known For: Acting
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
Filmography
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
- Women Love Diamonds as Mavis Ray
- Captain Salvation as Bess Morgan
- The Perfect Sap as Polly Stoddard
- Streets of Shanghai as Mary Sanger
1926
- Love's Blindness as Vanessa Levy
- Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Nan
- War Paint as Polly Hopkins
1925
- Sun-Up as Emmy
- Adventure as Joan Lackland
- As No Man Has Loved as Anne Bissell
- Bright Lights as Patsy Delaney
- The Devil's Cargo as Far Sampson
1924
- The Arizona Express as Katherine Keith
- Forbidden Paradise as Anna
- Dante's Inferno as Marjorie Vernon
- Hearts of Oak as Chrystal
1923
- Little Church Around the Corner as Hetty Burrows
- In the Palace of the King as Inez Mendoza
- Lost and Found on a South Sea Island as Lorna
- His Last Race
- Eyes of the Forest as Ruth Melier
- The Little Girl Next Door as Mary Slocum
1922
- The Kingdom Within as Emily Preston
- If You Believe It, It's So as Alvah Morley
- My Wild Irish Rose as Moya
- The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
1921
- Silent Years as Donelle
- Snowblind as The Girl
- Flower of the North as Jeanne D'Arcambal
- Wife Against Wife
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sandy
1920
- The Courage of Marge O'Doone as Marge O'Doone
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Melissa
- Dangerous Days as Delight Haverford
- The Untamed as Kate Cumberland
- Seeds of Vengeance as Ellen Daw
1919
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy as Julie
- The Life Line as Ruth Heckett
- Eyes of Youth as Rita Ashling
- The Broken Butterfly as Marcene Elliot
- Soldiers of Fortune as Hope Langham
1918
- Daughter Angele as Angele
- The Atom as Jenny
- Alias Mary Brown as Betty
- The Man Who Woke Up as Edith Oglesby
- Innocent's Progress as Tessa Fayne
- The Shoes That Danced as Rhoda Regan
- Irish Eyes as Pegeen O'Barry
1917
- The Regenerates as Nora Duffy
- Until They Get Me as Margy
- 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