Pauline Bush (actress)
American actress (1886–1969)
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Pauline Elvira Bush (May 22, 1886 – November 1, 1969) was an American silent film actress. She was nicknamed "The Madonna of the Movies".[1]
Pauline Bush | |
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Bush, 1915 | |
| Born | May 22, 1886 Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1969 (aged 83) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film actress |
| Years active | 1910–1924 |
| Spouse | |
Early years
Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, Bush was "brought up for the operatic stage and concert platform, [but] she preferred the stage."[2] She studied at the University of Nebraska after attending a private school in Virginia.[3] At Nebraska, she studied "music generally, and the piano in particular."[4]
After she moved to Los Angeles, Bush studied expression and literature at the Cumnock Institution.[4]
Career
Early in her career, Bush was active in stock theater at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California.[4] Her film career began with the American Film Manufacturing Company.[2] From 1910 to 1924, she appeared in some 250 movies, dozens of them featuring Lon Chaney.
She retired in 1916.[3]
Personal life
Bush married director Allan Dwan in 1915. They divorced in 1919.[3] In 1928, Dwan offered a lump sum settlement of $200,000 to Bush in lieu of continuing $26,000 annual support. The Associated Press cited a story in the New York American that said that Bush had "filed a claim for $100,000 back alimony."[5]
Death
On November 1, 1969, Bush died of bronchitis and cancer in San Diego. She was 83.[6]
Selected filmography
- The Hand of Uncle Sam (1910)
- Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
- Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
- "The Thief's Wife" (1913)
- Back to Life (1913)
- The Gratitude of Wanda (1913)
- The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (1913)
- A Night of Thrills (1914)
- The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (1914)
- Lights and Shadows (1914)
- Her Life's Story (1914)
- Virtue Is Its Own Reward (1914)
- The Pipes o' Pan (1914)
- Richelieu (1914)
- The Higher Law (1914)
- Her Bounty (1914)
- The Oubliette (1914)
- The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
- The Forbidden Room (1914)
- The Unlawful Trade (1914)
- The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
- The End of the Feud (1914)
- The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
- The Embezzler (1914)
- The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
- Discord and Harmony (1914)
- Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
- The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
- The Lie (1914)
- Steady Company (1915)
- An Idyll of the Hills (1915)
- The Girl of the Night (1915)
- The Grind
- Maid of the Mist (1915)
- The Desert Breed (1915)
- All for Peggy (1915)
- Outside the Gates (1915)
- Where the Forest Ends (1915)
- Such Is Life (1915)
- When the Gods Played a Badger Game (1915)
- The Threads of Fate (1915)
- The Measure of a Man (1915)
- A Small Town Girl (1915)
- The Star of the Sea (1915)
- The Sin of Olga Brandt (1915)
- The Mask of Love (1917)
- The Enemy Sex (1924)
