Skip to content
Pauline Starke

Pauline Starke

Actor · 1901–1977 · Joplin, Missouri, USA

IMDb

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

Acted in 55

1940s

  1. 1943

    Lost Angel

    Bobby's Mother (uncredited)

1930s

  1. 1930

    What Men Want

    Lee Joyce

  2. A Royal Romance

    Countess von Baden

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Mysterious Island

    (uncredited)

  2. Man, Woman and Wife

    Julia / Rita

  3. 1928

    The Viking

    Helga Nilsson

  4. 1927

    Streets of Shanghai

    Mary Sanger

  5. Captain Salvation

    Bess Morgan

  6. Women Love Diamonds

    Mavis Ray

  7. The Perfect Sap

    Polly Stoddard

  8. 1926

    Love's Blindness

    Vanessa Levy

  9. War Paint

    Polly Hopkins

  10. Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    Nan

  11. 1925

    Bright Lights

    Patsy Delaney

  12. Sun-Up

    Emmy

  13. Adventure

    Joan Lackland

  14. As No Man Has Loved

    Anne Bissell

  15. The Devil's Cargo

    Far Sampson

  16. 1924

    Hearts of Oak

    Chrystal

  17. Dante's Inferno

    Marjorie Vernon

  18. The Arizona Express

    Katherine Keith

  19. Forbidden Paradise

    Anna

  20. 1923

    Eyes of the Forest

    Ruth Melier

  21. In the Palace of the King

    Inez Mendoza

  22. His Last Race

    Movie

  23. The Little Girl Next Door

    Mary Slocum

  24. Little Church Around the Corner

    Hetty Burrows

  25. Lost and Found on a South Sea Island

    Lorna

  26. 1922

    My Wild Irish Rose

    Moya

  27. If You Believe It, It's So

    Alvah Morley

  28. 1921

    Flower of the North

    Jeanne D'Arcambal

  29. Silent Years

    Donelle

  30. Wife Against Wife

    Movie

  31. Snowblind

    The Girl

  32. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Sandy

  33. 1920

    The Untamed

    Kate Cumberland

  34. Seeds of Vengeance

    Ellen Daw

  35. The Courage of Marge O'Doone

    Marge O'Doone

  36. Dangerous Days

    Delight Haverford

  37. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

    Melissa

1910s

  1. 1919

    Eyes of Youth

    Rita Ashling

  2. Soldiers of Fortune

    Hope Langham

  3. The Broken Butterfly

    Marcene Elliot

  4. The Life Line

    Ruth Heckett

  5. Whom the Gods Would Destroy

    Julie

  6. 1918

    Irish Eyes

    Pegeen O'Barry

  7. The Atom

    Jenny

  8. The Shoes That Danced

    Rhoda Regan

  9. 1917

    Until They Get Me

    Margy

  10. The Regenerates

    Nora Duffy

  11. Madame Bo-Peep

    Juanita

  12. Cheerful Givers

    Abigail Deady

  13. 1916

    Puppets

    Columbine

Appearances1

1920s

  1. 1922

    The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

    Self