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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
March 4, 1889Deathday
August 4, 1938Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
32Place of birth
Green Ridge, Missouri, USACast credits
The Romance of Elaine
Elaine DodgeThe Perils of Pauline
Pauline MarvinThe Woman Hater
The Exploits of Elaine
Elaine DodgeThe White Moll
Rhoda, The White MollLost in the Night
Pearl BarryThe Hall-Room Girls
PearlThe Iron Claw
Margery GoldenThe Fatal Ring
Violet StandishPearl of the Army
Pearl DateThe House of Hate
Pearl Grant (Waldon) / Jenny ActonThe Black Secret
Evelyn ErethThe Lightning Raider
The Lightning RaiderA Night at the Cinema in 1914
(archive footage)Any Wife
MyrtleWithout Fear
Ruth Hamilton