Muriel Ostriche
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.
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- 1920 · The Sacred Flame as Ray Palton
- 1919 · The Hand Invisible as Helen Haynes
- 1918 · Hitting the Trail as Annie
- 1918 · The Road to France as Mollie
- 1918 · Tinsel as Ruth Carmichael
- 1918 · Leap to Fame as Tootsie Brown
- 1917 · The Volunteer as Madge's Mother
- 1917 · The Good for Nothing as Barbara Manning
- 1917 · The Dormant Power as Metta
- 1917 · The Social Leper as
- 1917 · A Square Deal as Ruby Trailes
- 1916 · The Men She Married as Edith Trainor
- 1916 · Sally in Our Alley as Sally McGill
- 1916 · Who Killed Simon Baird as Helen Maitland
- 1916 · The Birth of Character as
- 1916 · Kennedy Square as Kate Seymour
- 1916 · A Circus Romance as Babette
- 1915 · A Daughter of the Sea as Margot
- 1915 · For the Honor of the Crew as Viola Scott
- 1915 · Superstitious Sammy as
- 1915 · Mortmain as Bella Forsythe
- 1915 · When It Strikes Home as Muriel Worth
- 1914 · The Decoy as Muriel Phelps
- 1914 · The Strike as Mary MacLaren
- 1914 · Her Awakening as Helen Gray
- 1914 · Her First Lesson as
- 1914 · A Circumstantial Nurse as Mary - Tom's Daughter
- 1913 · The Law of Humanity as Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
- 1913 · The Farmer's Daughters as May
- 1912 · Robin Hood as Christabel
- 1912 · Oh, You Ragtime! as The Typist
- 1911 · An Elevator Romance as