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Pearl White
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Pearl White
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-03-04,Green Ridge, Missouri, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Romance of Elaine

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The Romance of Elaine
1915-06-14

The Perils of Pauline

5.8

The Perils of Pauline
1914-03-31

The Woman Hater

4

The Woman Hater
1910-11-26

Pearl's Dilemma

0

Pearl's Dilemma
1913-07-13

The Exploits of Elaine

6

The Exploits of Elaine
1914-12-29

0

The White Moll
1920-07-24

Lost in the Night

5

Lost in the Night
1913-09-06

0

The Ring
1914-01-11

The Hall-Room Girls

5

The Hall-Room Girls
1913-07-19

The Daughter of Niagara

0

The Daughter of Niagara

0

The Iron Claw
1916-02-28

For Massa's Sake

4

For Massa's Sake
1911-01-02

The King's Game

0

The King's Game
1916-01-07

0

The Fatal Ring
1917-07-07

Pearl of the Army

0

Pearl of the Army
1916-01-02

The House of Hate

6.6

The House of Hate
1918-01-02

The Black Secret

0

The Black Secret
1919-01-02

The Lightning Raider

0

The Lightning Raider
1919-01-02

A Night at the Cinema in 1914

7.5

A Night at the Cinema in 1914
2014-08-01

1

Any Wife
1922-01-22

0

Without Fear
1922-04-16

A Night in Town

0

A Night in Town
1913-03-02

1

The Thief
1920-12-11

Days of Thrills and Laughter

5.5

Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961-03-21

0

Plunder
1923-01-28

0

Terreur
1924-05-01

5

Will Power
1913-06-22

Pearl As A Clairvoyant

0

Pearl As A Clairvoyant
1913-04-06

Cupid’s Monkey Wrench

0

Cupid’s Monkey Wrench
1911-04-01

0

Mayblossom
1917-04-08

The New Exploits of Elaine

0

The New Exploits of Elaine
1915-04-05

The Broadway Peacock

0

The Broadway Peacock
1922-02-19

The Lost Necklace

0

The Lost Necklace
1911-01-01

The Tiger's Cub

0

The Tiger's Cub

0

Know Your Men
1921-03-13