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
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Movies (50)
Lost Angel
as Bobby's Mother (uncredited)
1943
What Men Want
as Lee Joyce
1930
A Royal Romance
as Countess von Baden
1930
The Mysterious Island
as (uncredited)
1929
Man, Woman and Wife
as Julia / Rita
1929
The Viking
as Helga Nilsson
1928
Streets of Shanghai
as Mary Sanger
1927
Captain Salvation
as Bess Morgan
1927
Women Love Diamonds
as Mavis Ray
1927
The Perfect Sap
as Polly Stoddard
1927
Love's Blindness
as Vanessa Levy
1926
War Paint
as Polly Hopkins
1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Nan
1926
Bright Lights
as Patsy Delaney
1925
Sun-Up
as Emmy
1925
Adventure
as Joan Lackland
1925
As No Man Has Loved
as Anne Bissell
1925
The Devil's Cargo
as Far Sampson
1925
Hearts of Oak
as Chrystal
1924
Dante's Inferno
as Marjorie Vernon
1924
The Arizona Express
as Katherine Keith
1924
Forbidden Paradise
as Anna
1924
Eyes of the Forest
as Ruth Melier
1923
In the Palace of the King
as Inez Mendoza
1923
His Last Race
1923
The Little Girl Next Door
as Mary Slocum
1923
Little Church Around the Corner
as Hetty Burrows
1923
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
as Lorna
1923
The Kingdom Within
as Emily Preston
1922
My Wild Irish Rose
as Moya
1922
If You Believe It, It's So
as Alvah Morley
1922
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
as Self
1922
Flower of the North
as Jeanne D'Arcambal
1921
Silent Years
as Donelle
1921
Wife Against Wife
1921
Snowblind
as The Girl
1921
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sandy
1921
The Untamed
as Kate Cumberland
1920
Seeds of Vengeance
as Ellen Daw
1920
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
as Marge O'Doone
1920
Dangerous Days
as Delight Haverford
1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Melissa
1920
Eyes of Youth
as Rita Ashling
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
as Hope Langham
1919
The Broken Butterfly
as Marcene Elliot
1919
The Life Line
as Ruth Heckett
1919
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
as Julie
1919
Irish Eyes
as Pegeen O'Barry
1918
The Atom
as Jenny
1918
Daughter Angele
as Angele
1918