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person_profile-Pearl White

Pearl White Died at age: 49

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Pearl White

Date of Birth:

Mar 04, 1889

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 04, 1938

Biography of

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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Pearl White

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Filmography of

Pearl White

Found 18 Movies in total

A Night at the Cinema in 1914

(Archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Days of Thrills and Laughter

archive footage ( Actor )

... 1961

Without Fear

Ruth Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1922

Any Wife

Myrtle ( Actor )

... 1922

Know Your Men

Ellen Schuyler ( Actor )

... 1921

The White Moll

Rhoda, The White Moll ( Actor )

... 1920

The Black Secret

Evelyn Ereth ( Actor )

... 1919

The Lightning Raider

The Lightning Raider ( Actor )

... 1919

The House of Hate

Pearl Grant (Waldon) / Jenny Acton ( Actor )

... 1918

The Fatal Ring

Violet Standish ( Actor )

... 1917

Mayblossom

Anabel Lee ( Actor )

... 1917

The Iron Claw

Margery Golden ( Actor )

... 1916

Pearl of the Army

Pearl Date ( Actor )

... 1916

The Romance of Elaine

Elaine Dodge ( Actor )

... 1915

The New Exploits of Elaine

Elaine Dodge ( Actor )

... 1915

The Exploits of Elaine

Elaine Dodge ( Actor )

... 1914

The Perils of Pauline

Pauline Marvin ( Actor )

... 1914

The Tiger's Cub

Tiger's Cub ( Actor )

... -0001