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.

Known For

The Road to France

The Purple Lily

Leap to Fame

The Volunteer

The Good for Nothing

Mortmain

Who Killed Simon Baird

When It Strikes Home

All Movies (35)

• The Sacred Flame1920 · as Ray Palton
• The Hand Invisible1919 · as Helen Haynes
• Hitting the Trail1918 · as Annie
• The Road to France1918 · as Mollie
• Tinsel1918 · as Ruth Carmichael
• Leap to Fame1918 · as Tootsie Brown
• The Purple Lily1918 · as Ruth Caldwell
• The Volunteer1917 · as Madge's Mother
• The Good for Nothing1917 · as Barbara Manning
• The Dormant Power1917 · as Metta
• Moral Courage1917 · as Mary McClinton
• The Social Leper1917
• A Square Deal1917 · as Ruby Trailes
• The Men She Married1916 · as Edith Trainor
• Sally in Our Alley1916 · as Sally McGill
• Who Killed Simon Baird1916 · as Helen Maitland
• The Birth of Character1916
• Kennedy Square1916 · as Kate Seymour
• A Circus Romance1916 · as Babette
• A Daughter of the Sea1915 · as Margot
• For the Honor of the Crew1915 · as Viola Scott
• Superstitious Sammy1915
• Mortmain1915 · as Bella Forsythe
• When It Strikes Home1915 · as Muriel Worth
• The Decoy1914 · as Muriel Phelps
• The Strike1914 · as Mary MacLaren
• Her Awakening1914 · as Helen Gray
• Her First Lesson1914
• All's Well That Ends Well1914 · as Muriel Benson - the Widow's Daughter
• A Circumstantial Nurse1914 · as Mary - Tom's Daughter
• The Law of Humanity1913 · as Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
• The Farmer's Daughters1913 · as May
• Robin Hood1912 · as Christabel
• Oh, You Ragtime!1912 · as The Typist
• An Elevator Romance1911