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Pauline Garon

Born
September 9, 1901
Died
August 30, 1965
From Wikipedia Pauline Garon (September 9, 1900 – August 30, 1965) was a Canadian-born American silent film, feature film and stage actress. She was associated with D.W. Griffith when she first came to Hollywood in 1920. Garon's first important role came in 1921's The Power Within. She also played the body double for Sylvia Breamer in Doubling for Romeo (1921). In 1923, she was hailed as Cecil B. DeMille's big new discovery. He cast her in only two films. One was Adam's Rib (1923). She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. Even before her "discovery", Garon had been a steadily rising star. She appeared opposite Owen Moore in Reported Missing (1922). Garon received much praise for her role in Henry King's adaptation of Sonny (1922 film) (1922). She had been chosen for this role by King after he saw her portray the role in the stage production on Broadway. In 1922 she played with Richard Barthelmess in the First National Pictures release, Sonny. Her role as Florence Crosby brought her to the brink of stardom. However the ingénue professed no real desire to be a celebrity. Garon admitted that the thought of the responsibilities of being a star frightened her. Garon was making at least five films a year after her popularity soared. She was playing many lead roles in B movies and supporting roles in more glamorous films. The 1920s was a wonderful decade for the actress. She co-starred with Gloria Swanson and John Boles in The Love of Sunya which opened the lavish Roxy Theatre in New York City on March 11, 1927. By 1928 Garon's career began to decline dramatically. By the end, She appeared mostly in French renditions of Paramount Pictures movies. She was cast in less popular English films as well. By the early 1930s, Garon was given very small uncredited roles. By 1934 she had vanished from film. Garon played a bit part in How Green Was My Valley (1941). She was in two westerns, Song Of The Saddle (1936) and The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941). Garon married three times. She wed actor Lowell Sherman in February 1926. Sherman's influence led Garon to refuse a long-term contract with Paramount. In February 1928 Garon became a citizen of the United States. She separated from Sherman in August 1927. In February 1940 she eloped with radio star and actor, Clyde Harland John Alban, to Yuma, Arizona. Garon and Alban divorced in 1942. She wed comedian Ross Forester and remained with him until she died. Garon died at Patton State Hospital, a psychiatric institution in San Bernardino, California, in 1965. The cause of death was a brain disorder. She was 63 years old.
Known For
Becky Sharp
(1935)
Fifine
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
Customer (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
(1937)
(uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Sonny
(1922)
Florence Crosby
Manslaughter
(1922)
(uncredited)
Adam's Rib
(1923)
Mathilda Ramsay
The Marriage Market
(1923)
Theodora Bland
You Can't Fool Your Wife
(1923)
Vera Redell
Wine of Youth
(1924)
Tish Tatum
The Average Woman
(1924)
Sally Whipple
Pal o' Mine
(1924)
Babette Hermann
The Turmoil
(1924)
Edith Sheridan
Where Was I?
(1925)
Claire
Fighting Youth
(1925)
Jean Manley
The Love Gamble
(1925)
Jennie Howard
The Great Sensation
(1925)
Peggy Howell
Rose of the World
(1925)
Edith Rogers
Satan in Sables
(1925)
Colette Breton
The Splendid Road
(1925)
Angel Allie
Compromise
(1925)
Nathalie
Flaming Waters
(1925)
Doris Laidlaw
Passionate Youth
(1925)
Christine of the Big Tops
(1926)
Christine
The Love of Sunya
(1927)
Anna Hagan
The College Hero
(1927)
Vivian Saunders
Ladies at Ease
(1927)
Polly
Driven from Home
(1927)
The Girl He Didn't Buy
(1928)
Ruth Montaigne
The Devil's Cage
(1928)
Eloise
Dugan of the Dugouts
(1928)
Betty
Riley of the Rainbow Division
(1928)
Gertie Bowers
The Gamblers
(1929)
Isabel Emerson
The Thoroughbred
(1930)
Margie
We! We! Marie!
(1930)
The Green Specter
(1930)
Lady Violette
Keep the Bomb
(1930)
The son of the other
(1932)
By Appointment Only
(1933)
Gwen Reid
One Year Later
(1933)
Vera
The Phantom Broadcast
(1933)
Nancy
Wonder Bar
(1934)
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Lost in the Stratosphere
(1934)
Hilda Garon
The White Cockatoo
(1935)
Marianne
Folies Bergère
(1935)
Lulu
Becky Sharp
(1935)
Fifine
Dangerous
(1935)
Colleen
(1936)
Maid (uncredited)
King of Hockey
(1936)
Marie
Song of the Saddle
(1936)
Settler's Wife (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary
(1937)
Louise, Carol's Maid
Shall We Dance
(1937)
(uncredited)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
(1938)
Customer (uncredited)
Lillian Russell
(1940)
Extra
Bunco Squad
(1950)
Mary (uncredited)
Crew
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