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
- The Perfect Sap as Polly Stoddard
- Captain Salvation as Bess Morgan
- Women Love Diamonds as Mavis Ray
- Streets of Shanghai as Mary Sanger
1926
- Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Nan
- Love's Blindness as Vanessa Levy
- War Paint as Polly Hopkins
1925
- Sun-Up as Emmy
- Adventure as Joan Lackland
- As No Man Has Loved as Anne Bissell
- The Devil's Cargo as Far Sampson
- Bright Lights as Patsy Delaney
1924
- Dante's Inferno as Marjorie Vernon
- Hearts of Oak as Chrystal
- Forbidden Paradise as Anna
- The Arizona Express as Katherine Keith
1923
- Lost and Found on a South Sea Island as Lorna
- In the Palace of the King as Inez Mendoza
- Little Church Around the Corner as Hetty Burrows
- The Little Girl Next Door as Mary Slocum
- Eyes of the Forest as Ruth Melier
- His Last Race
1922
- My Wild Irish Rose as Moya
- The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
- If You Believe It, It's So as Alvah Morley
- The Kingdom Within as Emily Preston
1921
- Silent Years as Donelle
- Snowblind as The Girl
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sandy
- Flower of the North as Jeanne D'Arcambal
- Wife Against Wife
1920
- The Untamed as Kate Cumberland
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Melissa
- The Courage of Marge O'Doone as Marge O'Doone
- Dangerous Days as Delight Haverford
- Seeds of Vengeance as Ellen Daw
1919
- Whom the Gods Would Destroy as Julie
- Soldiers of Fortune as Hope Langham
- The Life Line as Ruth Heckett
- Eyes of Youth as Rita Ashling
- The Broken Butterfly as Marcene Elliot
1918
- The Atom as Jenny
- The Shoes That Danced as Rhoda Regan
- Daughter Angele as Angele
- The Man Who Woke Up as Edith Oglesby
- Alias Mary Brown as Betty
- Innocent's Progress as Tessa Fayne
- Irish Eyes as Pegeen O'Barry
1917
- The Regenerates as Nora Duffy
- Madame Bo-Peep as Juanita
- Until They Get Me as Margy
- Cheerful Givers as Abigail Deady
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
- Puppets as Columbine