Muriel Ostriche
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1896-05-24
Day of Death
1989-05-03 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Acting
(1920)
The Sacred Flame
as Ray Palton
(1919)
The Hand Invisible
as Helen Haynes
(1918)
Hitting the Trail
as Annie
(1918)
Leap to Fame
as Tootsie Brown
(1918)
The Road to France
as Mollie
(1918)
Tinsel
as Ruth Carmichael
(1917)
A Square Deal
as Ruby Trailes
(1917)
The Volunteer
as Madge's Mother
(1917)
The Dormant Power
as Metta
(1917)
The Good for Nothing
as Barbara Manning
(1917)
(1917)
Moral Courage
as Mary McClinton
(1916)
Who Killed Simon Baird
as Helen Maitland
(1916)
Kennedy Square
as Kate Seymour
(1916)
A Circus Romance
as Babette
(1916)
The Men She Married
as Edith Trainor
(1916)
Sally in Our Alley
as Sally McGill
(1916)
(1915)
A Daughter of the Sea
as Margot
(1915)
When It Strikes Home
as Muriel Worth
(1915)
For the Honor of the Crew
as Viola Scott
(1915)
Mortmain
as Bella Forsythe
(1915)
(1914)
The Strike
as Mary MacLaren
(1914)
The Decoy
as Muriel Phelps
(1914)
(1914)
A Circumstantial Nurse
as Mary - Tom's Daughter
(1914)
Her Awakening
as Helen Gray
(1913)
The Farmer's Daughters
as May
(1913)
The Law of Humanity
as Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
(1912)
Robin Hood
as Christabel
(1912)
Oh, You Ragtime!
as The Typist
(1911)