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Pauline Moore

Pauline Moore

Born: 1914-06-14 • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Pauline Moore (June 17, 1914 – December 7, 2001) was an American actress known for her roles in Western and B movies during the 1930s and 1940s.

Moore was born Pauline Joless Love on June 17, 1914 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After her father died during World War I, her mother remarried in 1925 and Moore took her stepfather's name. She began her career moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s, and also starred on Broadway and worked as a model.

From the late 1930s through the early 1940s, Moore made twenty four films for 20th Century Fox, with whom she was contracted. She later worked for Republic Pictures, starring in four Roy Rogers westerns, as well as the film King of the Texas Rangers in 1940, starring football great Sammy Baugh. Moore starred in three Charlie Chan films, starring alongside Cesar Romero, Allan Lane, and Kane Richmond. She also starred alongside Shirley Temple in the 1937 film Heidi, and alongside Henry Fonda in the 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln.

She was married to the cartoonist Jefferson Machamer from 1934 until his death in 1960. In the early 1940s she retired from acting, and became a mother of three children, but continued to act into the 1950s. From her first uncredited role in 1931 through to her last role in 1958 her career spanned a total of thirty films. She made a few television appearances in the 1950s, including a bit part in Spoilers of the Forrest in 1957 alongside Rod Cameron and Vera Ralston, but for the most part her acting career had ended, by her own choice. In 1962, she married Rev. Dodd Watkins, whose death in 1972 left her a widow for the second time. She died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2001, at a nursing home in Sequim, Washington.

Filmography
The Littlest Hobo poster
The Littlest Hobo
1958 • Nurse
King of the Texas Rangers poster
King of the Texas Rangers
1941 • Sally Crane
Double Cross poster
Double Cross
1941 • Ellen Bronson
Arkansas Judge poster
Arkansas Judge
1941 • Margaret Weaver
The Trail Blazers poster
The Trail Blazers
1940 • Marcia Kelton
Colorado poster
Colorado
1940 • Lylah Sanford
The Carson City Kid poster
The Carson City Kid
1940 • Joby "Tildy" Madison
Young Buffalo Bill poster
Young Buffalo Bill
1940 • Tonia Regas
Days of Jesse James poster
Days of Jesse James
1939 • Mary Whittaker
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island poster
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939 • Eve Cairo
Charlie Chan in Reno poster
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939 • Mary Whitman
Young Mr. Lincoln poster
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 • Ann Rutledge
The Three Musketeers poster
The Three Musketeers
1939 • Lady Constance
The Arizona Wildcat poster
The Arizona Wildcat
1939 • Caroline Reed
Five of a Kind poster
Five of a Kind
1938 • Elinor Kingsley
Passport Husband poster
Passport Husband
1938 • Mary Jane Clayton
Three Blind Mice poster
Three Blind Mice
1938 • Elizabeth Charters
Heidi poster
Heidi
1937 • Elsa
Wild and Woolly poster
Wild and Woolly
1937 • Ruth Morris
Born Reckless poster
Born Reckless
1937 • Dorothy Collins
Charlie Chan at the Olympics poster
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937 • Betty Adams
Love Is News poster
Love Is News
1937 • Lois Westcott
Frankenstein poster
Frankenstein
1931 • Bridesmaid (uncredited)