Muriel Ostriche
Acting • Born 1896-05-24 – Died 1989-05-03
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.
Filmography
35 credits
A Square Deal
Movie • 1917
Ruby Trailes
The Volunteer
Movie • 1917
Madge's Mother
Her Awakening
Movie • 1914
Helen Gray
For the Honor of the Crew
Movie • 1915
Viola Scott
Leap to Fame
Movie • 1918
Tootsie Brown
The Road to France
Movie • 1918
Mollie
When It Strikes Home
Movie • 1915
Muriel Worth
A Daughter of the Sea
Movie • 1915
Margot
Kennedy Square
Movie • 1916
Kate Seymour
A Circus Romance
Movie • 1916
Babette
Sally in Our Alley
Movie • 1916
Sally McGill
The Birth of Character
Movie • 1916
The Men She Married
Movie • 1916
Edith Trainor
Who Killed Simon Baird
Movie • 1916
Helen Maitland
The Social Leper
Movie • 1917
Oh, You Ragtime!
Movie • 1912
The Typist
The Decoy
Movie • 1914
Muriel Phelps
The Farmer's Daughters
Movie • 1913
May
The Dormant Power
Movie • 1917
Metta
Mortmain
Movie • 1915
Bella Forsythe
An Elevator Romance
Movie • 1911
The Sacred Flame
Movie • 1920
Ray Palton
Tinsel
Movie • 1918
Ruth Carmichael
Robin Hood
Movie • 1912
Christabel
Superstitious Sammy
Movie • 1915
The Strike
Movie • 1914
Mary MacLaren
Her First Lesson
Movie • 1914
A Circumstantial Nurse
Movie • 1914
Mary - Tom's Daughter
The Law of Humanity
Movie • 1913
Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
The Hand Invisible
Movie • 1919
Helen Haynes
Hitting the Trail
Movie • 1918
Annie
The Good for Nothing
Movie • 1917
Barbara Manning
Moral Courage
Movie • 1917
Mary McClinton
The Purple Lily
Movie • 1918
Ruth Caldwell
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1914
Muriel Benson - the Widow's Daughter