MURIEL OESTRICH American silent film actress. 1896 MAY 24 - 1989 MAY 3

 

MURIEL OESTRICH 

American silent film actress.

  1896 MAY 24 - 1989 MAY 3

Muriel Ostriche (born Muriel Henrietta Oestrich, 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^[1] 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.^[2]

In 1920, Ostriche was featured in advertising for Bonnie-B veils.^[3]

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.^[2]: 237

Selected filmography[edit]

• Robin Hood (1912)
• Rick's Redemption (1913)
• The House in the Tree (1913)
• The Ten of Spades (1914)
• The Amateur Detective (1914)
• When Fate Rebelled (1915)
• Check No. 130 (1915)
• Mortmain (1915)
• Kennedy Square (1916)
• The Men She Married (1916)
• The Dormant Power (1917)
• Moral Courage (1917)
• The Good for Nothing (1917)
• A Square Deal (1917)
• Youth (1917)
• The Volunteer (1917)
• The Purple Lily (1918)
• Hitting the Trail (1918)
• Tinsel (1918)
• Merely Players (1918)
• The Road to France (1918)