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Pearl White

From Wikipedia Pearl Fay White (March 4, 1889 – August 4, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. White began her career on the stage at the age of six, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials. Dubbed the "Queen of the serials", White was noted for doing the majority of her own stunts in several film serials, most notably in The Perils of Pauline. In 1910, White was offered a role by Pathé Frères in The Girl From Arizona, the French company's first American film produced at their new studio in Bound Brook, New Jersey. She then worked at Lubin Studios in 1911 and several other of the independents, until the Crystal Film Company in Manhattan gave her top billing in a number of slapstick comedy shorts from 1912 to 1914. White then took a vacation in Europe. Upon her return, she signed with Eclectic Film Company, a subsidiary of Pathé in 1914. Pathé director Louis J. Gasnier offered her the starring role in film serial The Perils of Pauline. By 1919, White had grown tired of film serials and signed with Fox Film Corporation with the ambition to appear in dramatic roles. Over the next two years, White appeared in ten drama films for Fox but her popularity had begun to wane. Pearl White's place in film history is important in both the evolution of cinema genres and the role of women. Like many silent film actors, many of White's films are now considered lost. The Perils of Pauline is only known to exist in a reduced nine-reel version released in Europe in 1916, but The Exploits of Elaine survives and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. All of her films were made at East Coast studios as White reportedly never visited Hollywood. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Pearl White has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6838 Hollywood Blvd. The 1947 Paramount Pictures film The Perils of Pauline, starring Betty Hutton, is a fictionalized biography of Pearl White.


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Born:
Mar 4, 1889 In Green Ridge, Missouri, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie The Woman Hater 1910-09-26
Latest Project:
Movie Days of Thrills and Laughter 1961-03-21
Known For
Filmography
Movie Days of Thrills and Laughter archive footage 1961-03-21
Movie Plunder Pearl Travers 1923-01-28
Movie Any Wife Myrtle 1922-01-22
Movie The Thief Mary Vantyne 1920-12-11
Movie The Black Secret Evelyn Ereth 1919-01-02
Movie The Lightning Raider The Lightning Raider 1919-01-02
Movie The House of Hate Pearl Grant (Waldon) / Jenny Acton 1918-01-02
Movie The Fatal Ring Violet Standish 1917-07-07
Movie The Iron Claw Margery Golden 1916-02-28
Movie The Perils of Pauline Pauline Marvin 1914-03-31
Movie The Ring Mrs. Gray 1914-01-11
Movie A Night in Town Nellie Thomas - the Housemaid 1913-03-02
Movie Will Power Pearl 1913-06-22
Movie Lost in the Night Pearl Barry 1913-09-06
Movie The Hall-Room Girls Pearl 1913-07-19
Movie The Buffalo Bill Show 1912-01-01
Movie For Massa's Sake 1911-01-02
Movie The Woman Hater 1910-09-26
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