Pearl White

Known for ActingBorn 1889-03-04Died 1938-08-04Green Ridge, Missouri, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Virgin Paradise

The Mountain Woman

Without Fear

The Lightning Raider

A Night at the Cinema in 1914

Terreur

Plunder

Decasia: The State of Decay

The Broadway Peacock

Know Your Men

Beyond Price

The White Moll

The Great Chase

The House of Hate

For Massa's Sake

Days of Thrills and Laughter

The Exploits of Elaine

The Perils of Pauline

Lost in the Night

The Hall-Room Girls

Will Power

All in Good Fun

Any Wife

The Woman Hater

The Thief

The Black Secret

The Fatal Ring

Mayblossom

The Iron Claw

The King's Game

Pearl of the Army

The Romance of Elaine

The New Exploits of Elaine

The Ring

Pearl's Dilemma

A Night in Town

Pearl As A Clairvoyant

Her Dressmaker's Bills

Cupid’s Monkey Wrench

The Lost Necklace

The Daughter of Niagara

The Tiger's Cub