Known For
Acting
Born
May 24, 1896
Died
May 03, 1989
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
35 titles
Muriel Ostriche
Biography
Muriel Hennrietta Ostriche (born May 24, 1896 – May 3, 1989) was an American silent film actress. Following tryouts with the Biograph and Pathe studios, Ostriche signed with Eclair for $5 per day. After a year and a half with Eclair, she joined Reliance for a higher salary. Following that experienced, she was signed by the Thanhouser Company based in New Rochelle, New York, and starred in 134 films in her career. Ostriche told author Michael G. Ankerich that A Daughter of the Sea (1915) was her best performance and her favorite film. In 1920, Ostriche was featured in advertising for Bonnie-B veils. She was living in Florida in the mid-1980s when author Q. David Bowers began researching a biography on Ostriche, which became Muriel Ostriche: Princess of Silent Films. He was shocked to discover that she was still living and a willing interview subject. She enjoyed a revival in her fame in the later portion of her life which she relished and because of this renewed interest, her own insights into her life are preserved today.
Known For
Filmography
The Sacred Flame
Ray Palton
The Hand Invisible
Helen Haynes
Hitting the Trail
Annie
The Road to France
Mollie
Tinsel
Ruth Carmichael
Leap to Fame
Tootsie Brown
The Purple Lily
Ruth Caldwell
The Volunteer
Madge's Mother
The Good for Nothing
Barbara Manning
The Dormant Power
Metta
Moral Courage
Mary McClinton
The Social Leper
A Square Deal
Ruby Trailes
The Men She Married
Edith Trainor
Sally in Our Alley
Sally McGill
Who Killed Simon Baird
Helen Maitland
The Birth of Character
Kennedy Square
Kate Seymour
A Circus Romance
Babette
A Daughter of the Sea
Margot
For the Honor of the Crew
Viola Scott
Superstitious Sammy
Mortmain
Bella Forsythe
When It Strikes Home
Muriel Worth
The Decoy
Muriel Phelps
The Strike
Mary MacLaren
Her Awakening
Helen Gray
Her First Lesson
All's Well That Ends Well
Muriel Benson - the Widow's Daughter
A Circumstantial Nurse
Mary - Tom's Daughter
The Law of Humanity
Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
The Farmer's Daughters
May
Robin Hood
Christabel
Oh, You Ragtime!
The Typist
An Elevator Romance