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Pauline Starke

Pauline Starke

Born: 1901-01-10 • Joplin, Missouri, USA

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
Lost Angel poster
Lost Angel
1943 • Bobby's Mother (uncredited)
What Men Want poster
What Men Want
1930 • Lee Joyce
A Royal Romance poster
A Royal Romance
1930 • Countess von Baden
The Mysterious Island poster
The Mysterious Island
1929 • (uncredited)
Man, Woman and Wife poster
Man, Woman and Wife
1929 • Julia / Rita
The Viking poster
The Viking
1928 • Helga Nilsson
Streets of Shanghai poster
Streets of Shanghai
1927 • Mary Sanger
Captain Salvation poster
Captain Salvation
1927 • Bess Morgan
Women Love Diamonds poster
Women Love Diamonds
1927 • Mavis Ray
The Perfect Sap poster
The Perfect Sap
1927 • Polly Stoddard
Love's Blindness poster
Love's Blindness
1926 • Vanessa Levy
War Paint poster
War Paint
1926 • Polly Hopkins
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette poster
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 • Nan
Bright Lights poster
Bright Lights
1925 • Patsy Delaney
Sun-Up poster
Sun-Up
1925 • Emmy
Adventure poster
Adventure
1925 • Joan Lackland
As No Man Has Loved poster
As No Man Has Loved
1925 • Anne Bissell
The Devil's Cargo poster
The Devil's Cargo
1925 • Far Sampson
Hearts of Oak poster
Hearts of Oak
1924 • Chrystal
Dante's Inferno poster
Dante's Inferno
1924 • Marjorie Vernon
The Arizona Express poster
The Arizona Express
1924 • Katherine Keith
Forbidden Paradise poster
Forbidden Paradise
1924 • Anna
Eyes of the Forest poster
Eyes of the Forest
1923 • Ruth Melier
In the Palace of the King poster
In the Palace of the King
1923 • Inez Mendoza
His Last Race poster
His Last Race
1923
The Little Girl Next Door poster
The Little Girl Next Door
1923 • Mary Slocum
Little Church Around the Corner poster
Little Church Around the Corner
1923 • Hetty Burrows
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island poster
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923 • Lorna
No Image
The Kingdom Within
1922 • Emily Preston
My Wild Irish Rose poster
My Wild Irish Rose
1922 • Moya
If You Believe It, It's So poster
If You Believe It, It's So
1922 • Alvah Morley
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 poster
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922 • Self
Flower of the North poster
Flower of the North
1921 • Jeanne D'Arcambal
Silent Years poster
Silent Years
1921 • Donelle
Wife Against Wife poster
Wife Against Wife
1921
Snowblind poster
Snowblind
1921 • The Girl
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1921 • Sandy
The Untamed poster
The Untamed
1920 • Kate Cumberland
Seeds of Vengeance poster
Seeds of Vengeance
1920 • Ellen Daw
The Courage of Marge O'Doone poster
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920 • Marge O'Doone
Dangerous Days poster
Dangerous Days
1920 • Delight Haverford
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come poster
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1920 • Melissa
Eyes of Youth poster
Eyes of Youth
1919 • Rita Ashling
Soldiers of Fortune poster
Soldiers of Fortune
1919 • Hope Langham
The Broken Butterfly poster
The Broken Butterfly
1919 • Marcene Elliot
The Life Line poster
The Life Line
1919 • Ruth Heckett
Whom the Gods Would Destroy poster
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919 • Julie
Irish Eyes poster
Irish Eyes
1918 • Pegeen O'Barry
The Atom poster
The Atom
1918 • Jenny
Daughter Angele poster
Daughter Angele
1918 • Angele
No Image
Innocent's Progress
1918 • Tessa Fayne
The Shoes That Danced poster
The Shoes That Danced
1918 • Rhoda Regan
Until They Get Me poster
Until They Get Me
1917 • Margy
The Regenerates poster
The Regenerates
1917 • Nora Duffy
Madame Bo-Peep poster
Madame Bo-Peep
1917 • Juanita
Cheerful Givers poster
Cheerful Givers
1917 • Abigail Deady
Puppets poster
Puppets
1916 • Columbine
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages poster
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 • Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)