- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1896
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- May 3, 1989
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 i…
Filmography
movieThe Sacred Flame
1920 · Ray Palton
movieThe Hand Invisible
1919 · Helen Haynes
movieHitting the Trail
1918 · Annie
movieThe Road to France
1918 · Mollie
Tinsel
movieTinsel
1918 · Ruth Carmichael
movieLeap to Fame
1918 · Tootsie Brown
movieThe Purple Lily
1918 · Ruth Caldwell
movieThe Volunteer
1917 · Madge's Mother
movieThe Good for Nothing
1917 · Barbara Manning
The Dormant Power
movieThe Dormant Power
1917 · Metta
movieMoral Courage
1917 · Mary McClinton
movieThe Social Leper
1917
movieA Square Deal
1917 · Ruby Trailes
movieThe Men She Married
1916 · Edith Trainor
movieSally in Our Alley
1916 · Sally McGill
movieWho Killed Simon Baird
1916 · Helen Maitland
movieThe Birth of Character
1916
movieKennedy Square
1916 · Kate Seymour
movieA Circus Romance
1916 · Babette
movieA Daughter of the Sea
1915 · Margot
movieFor the Honor of the Crew
1915 · Viola Scott
Superstitious Sammy
movieSuperstitious Sammy
1915
movieMortmain
1915 · Bella Forsythe
movieWhen It Strikes Home
1915 · Muriel Worth
movieThe Decoy
1914 · Muriel Phelps
The Strike
movieThe Strike
1914 · Mary MacLaren
Her Awakening
movieHer Awakening
1914 · Helen Gray
Her First Lesson
movieHer First Lesson
1914
All's Well That Ends Well
movieAll's Well That Ends Well
1914 · Muriel Benson - the Widow's Daughter
A Circumstantial Nurse
movieA Circumstantial Nurse
1914 · Mary - Tom's Daughter
movieThe Law of Humanity
1913 · Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
The Farmer's Daughters
movieThe Farmer's Daughters
1913 · May
movieRobin Hood
1912 · Christabel
Oh, You Ragtime!
movieOh, You Ragtime!
1912 · The Typist
An Elevator Romance
movieAn Elevator Romance
1911