Pauline Garon

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1901-09-09

Deathday 1965-08-30 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As Marie Pauline Garon

Pauline Garon

Biography

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

Actor

1950
Bunco Squad

as Mary (uncredited)

1940
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

as Customer (uncredited)

1937
Shall We Dance

as (uncredited)

1937
Her Husband's Secretary

as Louise, Carol's Maid

1936
1936
Colleen

as Maid (uncredited)

1936
Song of the Saddle

as Settler's Wife (uncredited)

1935
Becky Sharp

as Fifine

1935
1935
The White Cockatoo

as Marianne

1934
1934
Wonder Bar

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

1933
1933
By Appointment Only

as Gwen Reid

1930
1930
The Green Specter

as Lady Violette

1929
In the Headlines

as Blondie

1929
The Gamblers

as Isabel Emerson

1928
1928
1928
The Girl He Didn't Buy

as Ruth Montaigne

1927
The College Hero

as Vivian Saunders

1927
1927
The Love of Sunya

as Anna Hagan

1926
1925
Flaming Waters

as Doris Laidlaw

1925
The Splendid Road

as Angel Allie

1925
Rose of the World

as Edith Rogers

1925
Compromise

as Nathalie

1925
Satan in Sables

as Colette Breton

1925
The Great Sensation

as Peggy Howell

1925
The Love Gamble

as Jennie Howard

1925
Where Was I?

as Claire

1925
Fighting Youth

as Jean Manley

1924
Wine of Youth

as Tish Tatum

1924
The Turmoil

as Edith Sheridan

1924
Pal o' Mine

as Babette Hermann

1924
The Average Woman

as Sally Whipple

1923
The Marriage Market

as Theodora Bland

1923
Adam's Rib

as Mathilda Ramsay

1923
Children of Dust

as Helen Raymond

1923
1922
Manslaughter

as (uncredited)

1922
Sonny

as Florence Crosby

Crew

1921