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: ...