About

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Birthday:
1889-03-04
Place of birth:
Green Ridge, Missouri, USA
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Pearl White

Overview

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.

Known for

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2014 A Night at the Cinema in 1914 Actor (archive footage) 59
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2008 Spisok korabley Actor Pauline Marvin (archive footage) 60
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1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1924 Terreur Actor Hélène Lorfeuil N/A
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1923 Plunder Actor Pearl Travers N/A
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1922 Without Fear Actor Ruth Hamilton N/A
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1922 The Broadway Peacock Actor N/A
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1922 Any Wife Actor Myrtle 58
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1920 The Thief Actor Mary Vantyne 58
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1920 The White Moll Actor Rhoda, The White Moll N/A
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1919 The Lightning Raider Actor The Lightning Raider N/A
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1919 The Black Secret Actor Evelyn Ereth N/A
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1918 The House of Hate Actor Pearl Grant (Waldon) / Jenny Acton 59
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1917 The Fatal Ring Actor Violet Standish N/A
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1917 Mayblossom Actor Anabel Lee N/A
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1916 The Iron Claw Actor Margery Golden N/A
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1916 The King's Game Actor Catherine Dardinilis N/A
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1916 Pearl of the Army Actor Pearl Date N/A
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1915 The Romance of Elaine Actor Elaine Dodge N/A
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1915 The New Exploits of Elaine Actor Elaine Dodge N/A
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1914 The Exploits of Elaine Actor Elaine Dodge 59
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1914 The Perils of Pauline Actor Pauline Marvin 59
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1914 The Ring Actor Mrs. Gray N/A
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1913 Lost in the Night Actor Pearl Barry 59
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1913 The Hall-Room Girls Actor Pearl 59
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1913 Pearl's Dilemma Actor Pearl Howell N/A
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1913 Will Power Actor Pearl 58
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1913 Pearl As A Clairvoyant Actor Pearl N/A
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1913 A Night in Town Actor Nellie Thomas - the Housemaid N/A
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1911 Cupid’s Monkey Wrench Actor N/A
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1911 For Massa's Sake Actor 58
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1911 The Lost Necklace Actor The Sleepwalking Heroine N/A
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1910 The Woman Hater Actor 58
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The Daughter of Niagara Actor Red Doe N/A
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