Muriel Ostriche
American actress
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Muriel Ostriche (born Muriel Henrietta Oestrich, May 24, 1896 – May 3, 1989) was an American silent film actress.
May 24, 1896
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| Born | Muriel Henrietta Oestrich May 24, 1896 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 1989 (aged 92) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. |
| Years active | 1912–1921 |
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. Next she was signed by the Thanhouser Company[1] based in New Rochelle, New York. She 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.[2]
In 1920, Ostriche was featured in advertising for Bonnie-B veils.[3]
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.[2]: 237
In 1913, she was photographed with other Thanhouser personnel on a Huguenots' Celebration float in New Rochelle.[4]
Selected filmography
- Robin Hood (1912)
- Rick's Redemption (1913)
- The House in the Tree (1913)
- The Ten of Spades (1914)
- The Amateur Detective (1914)
- When Fate Rebelled (1915)
- A Daughter of the Sea (1915)[5]
- Check No. 130 (1915)
- Mortmain (1915)
- Kennedy Square (1916)
- The Men She Married (1916)
- The Dormant Power (1917)
- Moral Courage (1917)
- The Good for Nothing (1917)
- A Square Deal (1917)
- Youth (1917)
- The Volunteer (1917)
- The Purple Lily (1918)
- Hitting the Trail (1918)
- Tinsel (1918)
- Merely Players (1918)
- The Road to France (1918)
