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Pauline Starke is a Actor American born on 10 january 1901 at Joplin (USA)

Pauline Starke

Pauline Starke
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Nationality USA
Birth 10 january 1901 at Joplin (USA)
Death 3 february 1977 (at 76 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Pauline Starke (January 10, 1901 – February 3, 1977) was an American silent-film actress born in Joplin, Missouri.

Biography

Starke was introduced into the film industry by a friend following the completion of her education. Selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922, Starke starred in a number of films from 1916 to 1935. 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. 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.

Usually with

D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
(1 films)
George Siegmann
George Siegmann
(5 films)
Sam De Grasse
Sam De Grasse
(6 films)
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice Tourneur
(3 films)
Tod Browning
Tod Browning
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Pauline Starke (46 films)

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Actress

Lost Angel
Lost Angel (1943)
, 1h31
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, Donald Meek
Roles Bobby's Mother (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.587913.587913.587913.587913.58791
The professors of the Institute of Child Psychology raise a foundling baby, whom they name "Alpha", as an experiment to see if a scientific upbringing can create a genius. By the time she is six years old, Alpha can speak Chinese, play chess and the harp, and has studied algebra and the campaigns of Napoleon, among other things.
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island (1929)
, 1h35
Directed by Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur, Lucien Hubbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsden, Montagu Love, Lloyd Hughes, Harry Gribbon, Snitz Edwards
Roles (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.045493.045493.045493.045493.04549
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
The Viking
The Viking (1928)
, 1h30
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age
Actors Pauline Starke, Donald Crisp, Richard Alexander, LeRoy Mason, Anders Randolf, Harry Woods
Roles Helga Nilsson
Rating65% 3.2913653.2913653.2913653.2913653.291365
Lord Alwin (LeRoy Mason), Earl of Northumbria, is captured in a Viking raid and taken to Norway as a slave. There he is bought by Helga (Pauline Starke), an "orphan of noble blood" under the guardianship of Leif Ericsson (Donald Crisp). He proves a troublesome slave, and Leif's sailing master, Egil the Black (Harry Woods), prepares to kill him for his insolence, but Helga stops him. When Alwin challenges Egil to a swordfight, Leif is impressed by his courage and permits it. Alwin manages to break Egil's sword, but spares him. Helga then gives Alwin to Leif.
Women Love Diamonds
Women Love Diamonds (1927)
, 1h10
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Starke, Owen Moore, Lionel Barrymore, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Cissy Fitzgerald, Gwen Lee
Roles Mavis Ray
Rating65% 3.2763253.2763253.2763253.2763253.276325
Mavis Ray (Pauline Starke) is a young debutant living with her mother and with the backing of Hugo Harlan (Lionel Barrymore), whom she calls her uncle. She is in love with socialite Jerry Croker-Kelley (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), and goes with him to meet his family against Harlan's wishes. Mavis and Jerry wish to elope if they cannot get Harlan's permission to marry. At Jerry's house, Mavis finds herself ill at ease with Jerry's family, who live simply despite their wealth. When Harlan comes to the house, he takes Jerry aside and tells him something that causes him to abandon his relationship with Mavis.
Love's Blindness
Love's Blindness (1926)

Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Starke, Antonio Moreno, Lilyan Tashman, Tom Ricketts, Sam De Grasse, Rose Dione
Roles Vanessa Levy

Hubert Culverdale (Antonio Moreno) is the hard-up and hard-to-please milord who marries luscious Vanessa Levy (Pauline Starke) for financial reasons only.
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
, 33minutes
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Paul Robeson, Anita Loos, Pauline Starke, Lois Moran, Sacha Guitry, Yvonne Printemps
Roles Nan
Rating47% 2.3851652.3851652.3851652.3851652.385165
Une histoire d’amour entre une courtisane atteinte de tuberculose pulmonaire, Marguerite Gautier, et un jeune bourgeois, Armand Duval.
Dance Madness
Dance Madness (1926)
, 1h10
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Claire Windsor, Conrad Nagel, Hedda Hopper, Pauline Starke

May (Claire Windsor) is married to Roger, an alcoholic hell-raiser (Conrad Nagel). During one of their riotous parties, she tests his fidelity by impersonating a notorious masked dancer (Hedda Hopper) and trying to seduce him.
War Paint
War Paint (1926)

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim McCoy, Pauline Starke, Charles K. French, Karl Dane, Chief Yowlachie
Roles Polly Hopkins
Rating23% 1.1666051.1666051.1666051.1666051.166605
An Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along some of his warriors. The cavalry is sent out for them.
Bright Lights
Bright Lights (1925)
, 1h10
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Charles Ray, Pauline Starke, Lilyan Tashman, Ned Sparks, Eugenie Besserer
Roles Patsy Delaney

Tom Corbin (Charles Ray) falls for Patsy (Pauline Starke), a Broadway dancer who comes home for a visit, who tries to emulate her big city friends.
Sun-Up
Sun-Up (1925)
, 1h
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Starke, Conrad Nagel, Lucille La Verne, Sam De Grasse, George K. Arthur, Edward Connelly
Roles Emmy

A family shelters an army deserter with a past.
Adventure
Adventure (1925)

Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Tom Moore, Pauline Starke, Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Walter McGrail, Noble Johnson
Roles Joan Lackland
Rating56% 2.8044552.8044552.8044552.8044552.804455
A Solomon Islands plantation owner, David Sheldon (Tom Moore) becomes ill from blackwater fever following the death of many of his fieldhands from the disease. Joan Lackland (Pauline Starke), a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. Enlisting the aid of her Kanaka crew, she defends Sheldon from an attack by the natives, led by Googomy (Noble Johnson). Joan becomes David's business partner after nursing him back to health and helps protect his mortgaged property from two greedy moneylenders. In attempting to gain revenge, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.