Pauline Starke

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1901-01-10 (76 years old)

Deathday

1977-02-03

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...

Acting

1920

1923

Eyes of the Forest

as Ruth Melier

1920

The Untamed

as Kate Cumberland

1919

Soldiers of Fortune

as Hope Langham

1925

The Devil's Cargo

as Far Sampson

1926

Love's Blindness

as Vanessa Levy

1920

Seeds of Vengeance

as Ellen Daw

1925

Sun-Up

as Emmy

1921

Snowblind

as The Girl

1923

1927

Captain Salvation

as Bess Morgan

1917

1919

Eyes of Youth

as Rita Ashling

1925

As No Man Has Loved

as Anne Bissell

1928

The Viking

as Helga Nilsson

1920

Dangerous Days

as Delight Haverford

1925

Adventure

as Joan Lackland

1926

War Paint

as Polly Hopkins

1922

The Kingdom Within

as Emily Preston

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

1929

The Mysterious Island

as (uncredited)

1924

Hearts of Oak

as Chrystal

1917

Cheerful Givers

as Abigail Deady

1917

Madame Bo-Peep

as Juanita

1943

Lost Angel

as Bobby's Mother (uncredited)

1921

Flower of the North

as Jeanne D'Arcambal

1924

Dante's Inferno

as Marjorie Vernon

1930

What Men Want

as Lee Joyce

1930

A Royal Romance

as Countess von Baden

1925

Bright Lights

as Patsy Delaney

1918

Irish Eyes

as Pegeen O'Barry

1927

1924

The Arizona Express

as Katherine Keith

1919

The Life Line

as Ruth Heckett

1918

1919

The Broken Butterfly

as Marcene Elliot

1929

Man, Woman and Wife

as Julia / Rita

1927

Streets of Shanghai

as Mary Sanger

1918

The Atom

as Jenny

1916

Puppets

as Columbine

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