Occupation Film actress Spouse Allan Dwan (m. 1915–1919) Role Film actress | Name Pauline Bush Years active 1910–24 | |
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Born May 22, 1886 ( 1886-05-22 ) Lincoln, Nebraska Died November 1, 1969, San Diego, California, United States Movies Discord and Harmony, The Star of the Sea Similar People Allan Dwan, Joseph De Grasse, James Cruze, Edwin August | ||
Pauline Elvira Bush (May 22, 1886 – November 1, 1969) was an American silent film actress. She was nicknamed "The Madonna of the Movies".
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Early years
Born in Wahoo, Nebraska, Bush was "brought up for the operatic stage and concert platform, [but] she preferred the stage." She studied at the University of Nebraska after attending a private school in Virginia. At Nebraska, she studied "music generally, and the piano in particular."
After she moved to Los Angeles, Bush studied expression and literature at the Cumnock Institution.
Career
Early in her career, Bush was active in stock theater at the Liberty Theaer in Oakland, California. Her film career began with the American Film Manufacturing Company. From 1910 to 1924, she appeared in some 250 movies, dozens of them featuring Lon Chaney.
She retired in 1916.
Personal life
Bush married director Allan Dwan in 1915. They divorced in 1919. In 1928, Dwan offered a lump sum settlement of $200,000 to Bush in lieu of continuing $26,000 annual support. The Associated Press cited a story in the New York American that said that Bush had "filed a claim for $100,000 back alimony."
Death
On November 1, 1969, Bush died of bronchitis and cancer in San Diego. She was 83.
Filmography
Actress
1924
The Enemy Sex as
Miss Snyder
1917
The Mask of Love (Short) as
Carlotta
1917
Mouth-Organ Jack (Short) as
The Eastern Girl
1917
The Man Who Saved the Day (Short) as
Ethel Warren
1917
The Old Sheriff (Short) as
Maud - Ben's Granddaughter
1917
Nature's Calling (Short) as
His Sweetheart
1917
Double Revenge (Short) as
His Pal
1917
John Bates' Secret (Short) as
His Daughter
1916
The Wall of Flame (Short) as
Pauline - the Factory Owner's Daughter
1916
Accusing Evidence (Short)
1915
Payment Received (Short) as
Agnes Brandon
1915
Betty's Bondage (Short) as
Betty
1915
Steady Company (Short) as
Nan Brenner
1915
Simple Polly (Short) as
Simple Polly
1915
A Mountain Melody (Short) as
Nancy Briggs
1915
The Struggle (Short) as
Pauline Castleman
1915
The Heart of Cerise (Short) as
Cerise Vignol aka Lestoq
1915
When Love Is Love (Short) as
Amy Wood
1915
The Stronger Mind (Short) as
The Girl
1915
An Idyll of the Hills (Short) as
Kate Graham
1915
Unlike Other Girls (Short) as
Polly Barnett
1915
The Girl of the Night (Short) as
Nance
1915
The Grind (Short) as
Jean Chesney
1915
A Man and His Money (Short) as
Helen Clay
1915
Maid of the Mist (Short) as
Pauline - the Maid
1915
The Desert Breed (Short) as
Jessie
1915
All for Peggy (Short) as
Peggy Baldwin
1915
Outside the Gates (Short) as
Sister Ursula
1915
Where the Forest Ends (Short) as
Rose
1915
Such Is Life (Short) as
Polly
1915
When the Gods Played a Badger Game (Short) as
Nan DeVere - A Chorus Girl
1915
The Threads of Fate (Short) as
The Wife
1915
The Measure of a Man (Short) as
Helen MacDermott
1915
A Small Town Girl (Short) as
Ruth
1915
The Star of the Sea (Short) as
Mary Ferrari - the Fisherman's Daughter
1915
The Sin of Olga Brandt (Short) as
Olga Brandt
1914
Her Escape (Short) as
Pauline Walsh
1914
A Night of Thrills (Short) as
Hazel
1914
The Lion, the Lamb, the Man (Short) as
Agnes Duane - the Woman
1914
Lights and Shadows (Short) as
Mother / Daughter - Eve
1914
Her Life's Story (Short) as
Carlotta
1914
Virtue Is Its Own Reward (Short) as
Annie Partlan
1914
The Pipes o' Pan (Short) as
Marian Arnold
1914
Richelieu as
Julie de Mortemar
1914
The Cross (Short)
1914
The Higher Law (Short) as
Lady Eleyne
1914
Her Bounty (Short) as
Ruth Braddon
1914
The Oubliette (Short) as
Philippa de Annonay
1914
The Hopes of Blind Alley (Short) as
Pauline - Jean's Granddaughter
1914
The Forbidden Room (Short) as
Gibson's Sister / Gibson's Niece
1914
The Unlawful Trade (Short) as
Amy Tate
1914
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (Short) as
The Orphan
1914
The End of the Feud (Short) as
June
1914
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (Short) as
The Woman
1914
The Embezzler (Short) as
John Spencer's Daughter
1914
The Menace to Carlotta (Short) as
Carlotta
1914
Discord and Harmony (Short) as
The Girl
1914
Remember Mary Magdalen (Short) as
The Woman
1914
The Honor of the Mounted (Short) as
Marie Laquox
1914
The Lie (Short) as
Mac's Daughter
1913
Bloodhounds of the North (Short) as
Embezzler's Daughter
1913
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (Short) as
Red Margaret
1913
Back to Life (Short) as
The Wife
1913
Forgotten Women (Short) as
The Sweetheart
1913
Jewels of Sacrifice (Short) as
The Mother
1913
The Restless Spirit (Short) as
The Wife
1913
When Death United (Short)
1913
Criminals (Short) as
Pauline - Wainwright's Daughter
1913
The Echo of a Song (Short) as
The Organist
1913
The Trap (Short) as
Jane
1913
The Wall of Money (Short) as
Pauline
1913
Travelers of the Road (Short) as
The Homesteader's Daughter
1913
The Gratitude of Wanda (Short)
1913
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (Short) as
Pauline
1913
The Harvest of Flame (Short) as
The Factory Owner's Ddaughter
1913
The Animal (Short) as
The Wife
1913
The Mystery of Tusa (Short) as
The Sheriff's Daughter
1913
Man's Duty (Short) as
Blind Girl
1913
Mental Suicide (Short) as
Pauline - An Invalid
1913
The Picket Guard (Short) as
Mary - The Sentry's Wife
1913
The Powder Flash of Death (Short) as
Bruce's Sweetheart
1913
A Tale of Death Valley (Short) as
Lillian Pierce
1913
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip (Short) as
Audience Member in Movie Theater
1913
The Guerilla Menace (Short) as
Pauline
1913
Women and War (Short) as
The Older Sister
1913
Unwritten Law of the West (Short) as
Mexican girl
1913
In Love and War (Short) as
David's Sweetheart
1913
The Spirit of the Flag (Short) as
American Schoolteacher
1913
The Wishing Seat (Short) as
Clarice - The Author
1913
Angel of the Canyons (Short) as
Pauline - The Angel of the Canyons
1913
Human Kindness (Short) as
Mabel
1913
The Ways of Fate (Short)
1913
An Eastern Flower (Short) as
The Eastern Girl
1913
Jocular Winds (Short) as
Mrs. Carlton's Daughter
1913
High and Low (Short) as
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
1913
Love Is Blind (Short) as
Lady Mayne's Niece
1913
The Cowboy Heir (Short) as
Betty - the Foreman's Daughter
1913
Women Left Alone (Short) as
The Man of the Sea's Wife
1913
The Silver-Plated Gun (Short)
1913
Their Masterpiece (Short) as
Mrs. Gainsworthy
1913
The Fraud That Failed (Short) as
Mabel Wren
1912
The Loneliness of Neglect (Short) as
Ralph's Wife
1912
The Girl of the Manor (Short) as
Marjorie Briscom
1912
The Recognition (Short) as
Ruth Masters - the Daughter
1912
The Power of Love (Short) as
Martha Blount - The Older Daughter
1912
Nell of the Pampas (Short) as
Nell Villiar
1912
Pals (Short) as
Kathleen Wells - Tom's Wife
1912
Jack's Word (Short) as
Jack's Sweetheart
1912
An Idyl of Hawaii (Short) as
Native Girl
1912
The Would-Be Heir (Short) as
Ethel Rivers
1912
The Thief's Wife (Short) as
The Thief's Wife
1912
The Intrusion at Lompoc (Short) as
The Innkeeper's Daughter
1912
God's Unfortunates (Short) as
Mabel Green
1912
Maiden and Men (Short) as
The Maiden
1912
The Wanderer (Short) as
The Ranchman's Daughter
1912
One, Two, Three (Short)
1912
The Wooers of Mountain Kate (Short) as
Mountain Kate
1912
The Best Man Wins (Short) as
The Heiress
1912
The New Cowpuncher (Short) as
The Rancher's Daughter
1912
The Promise (Short) as
The Cowgirl
1912
The Lost Watch (Short) as
Mrs. Smith
1912
Father's Favorite (Short)
1912
Their Hero Son (Short)
1912
The Foreclosure (Short) as
Jessie
1912
Geronimo's Last Raid (Short) as
Pauline Wilkins
1912
The Vengeance That Failed (Short) as
Claribel Wilbur - the Ranger's sweetheart
1912
The Dawn of Passion (Short) as
Jenny Whippleton
1912
The Stranger at Coyote (Short) as
Jessie Williams
1912
The Marked Gun (Short) as
The outlaw's daughter
1912
The Greaser and the Weakling (Short) as
Mabel Burgess - Johnny's Sweetheart
1912
The Will of James Waldron (Short) as
Mary Waldron
1912
The Jealous Rage (Short) as
Margie Cooler
1912
The Land of Death (Short) as
Anna
1912
The Outlaw Colony (Short) as
Grace Vanever
1912
The Bad Man and the Ranger (Short) as
Rosalyn Perkins
1912
The Girl and the Gun (Short) as
Pauline
1912
The Meddlers (Short) as
Mrs. Huxley
1912
A Life for a Kiss (Short) as
The Mountain Girl
1912
It Pays to Wait (Short) as
Mabel Hoover
1912
The Canyon Dweller (Short) as
Margie Brannon
1912
The Tell-Tale Shells (Short) as
The Wife
1912
The Vanishing Race (Short) as
Madge Blaine - Cowgirl
1912
Under False Pretenses (Short) as
Pauline Burgess - the Country Girl
1912
The Marauders (Short)
1912
The Weaker Brother (Short)
1912
For the Good of Her Men (Short) as
Mabel Jessup
1912
Cupid Through Padlocks (Short) as
Langfall's First Daughter
1912
The Brand (Short) as
Jim's Wife
1912
The Reward of Valor (Short) as
Marguerite Ward - Charley's Sweetheart
1912
The Thread of Life (Short) as
The Invalid
1912
The Haters (Short) as
The Nurse
1912
The Other Wise Man (Short) as
Miss Blackwell
1912
The End of the Feud (Short) as
Margaret Perriwell
1912
The Pensioners (Short) as
Madge - Will's Sweetheart
1912
Her Mountain Home (Short) as
Marguerite Hadley
1912
Driftwood (Short) as
The Wife
1912
The Range Detective (Short) as
Clara Williams
1912
The Distant Relative (Short) as
Marguerite Alcott - Bob's Sweetheart
1912
The Coward (Short) as
The Sheriff's Wife
1912
The Ranchman's Marathon (Short) as
Polly Daniels
1912
The Agitator (Short) as
The Rancher's Daughter
1912
The Maid and the Man (Short) as
Pearl - The Parlor Maid
1912
Fidelity (Short) as
The Faithful Wife
1912
The Tramp's Gratitude (Short) as
The Foreman's Wife
1912
A Bad Investment (Short) as
Maud Brooks
1912
After School (Short) as
Jane Terrell
1912
From the Four Hundred to the Herd (Short) as
Clarice Weybrook
1912
The Land Baron of San Tee (Short) as
Clara Blair
1912
Society and Chaps (Short) as
Bessie Evans
1912
An Innocent Grafter (Short) as
Jack's Sweetheart
1912
Where Broadway Meets the Mountains (Short) as
The City Girl
1912
The Real Estate Fraud (Short) as
Mabel Mittler
1912
Love and Lemons (Short) as
Clara Merton
1912
The Mormon (Short) as
The Young Mormon's Sweetheart
1912
Objections Overruled (Short) as
Dare-Devil Anne
1912
Justice of the Sage (Short) as
Bessie - the Ranchman's Daughter
1912
The Relentless Law (Short) as
Mrs. Jim Dawson
1912
The Winning of La Mesa (Short) as
La Mesa, the Barmaid
1911
The Last Notch (Short)
1911
The Smoke of the .45 (Short) as
The Older Sister
1911
The Angel of Paradise Ranch (Short) as
The Ranchman's Daughter
1911
The Sheriff's Sisters (Short) as
Edith Howard
1911
Jolly Bill of the Rocking R (Short) as
Miranda
1911
The Test (Short) as
Ethel Dawson
1911
The Way of the West (Short) as
Miss Newton
1911
The Eastern Cowboy (Short) as
Belle Bruce
1911
The Mexican (Short) as
Dolores
1911
The Three Shell Game (Short) as
Clara Weston
1911
The Water War (Short) as
Miss Dolan - Ed's Sweetheart
1911
The Stronger Man (Short) as
Bessie
1911
The Trail of the Eucalyptus (Short) as
Elsie Caxton
1911
The Horse Thief's Bigamy (Short) as
Mary Mc Curdy - The Outlaw's Second Wife
1911
The Lonely Range (Short) as
Lucille Crawford
1911
Three Daughters of the West (Short) as
Bessie Darrow
1911
The Cowboy and the Outlaw (Short)
1911
The Land Thieves (Short) as
Margaret Wilson - the Homesteader's Daughter
1911
The Miner's Wife (Short) as
The Miner's Wife
1911
The Love of the West (Short) as
Alice
1911
The Rustler Sheriff (Short) as
Maud Walton
1911
The Circular Fence (Short) as
Elsie Elliott
1911
The Claim Jumper (Short) as
Ella
1911
The Gun Man (Short) as
Edna Curtis
1911
The Mother of the Ranch (Short) as
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed)
1911
Three Million Dollars (Short) as
Estella
1911
The Cowboy and the Artist (Short) as
Clarice Winslow
1911
Auntie and the Cowboys (Short) as
Daisy Miller
1911
The Blotted Brand (Short) as
Bessie Hitchcock
1911
The Brand of Fear (Short) as
Mildred Clayton
1911
The Poisoned Flume (Short) as
Hazel Kendall
1911
The Ranch Girl (Short) as
Alice
1911
Cattle, Gold and Oil (Short) as
Mrs. Harrington
1911
The Cattle Rustler's End (Short) as
Fannie Harden
1911
The Parting of the Trails (Short) as
Nellie Rivers
1911
The Cattle Thief's Brand (Short) as
Mrs. Mason
1911
The Cowboy's Deliverance (Short) as
Mrs. Brody
1911
The Ranchman's Nerve (Short) as
Lottie Peters
1911
The Outlaw's Trail (Short) as
Bonnie Winters
1911
Cupid in Chaps (Short)
1911
The Ranch Chicken (Short)
1911
The Schoolm'am of Snake (Short)(unconfirmed)
1911
The Call of the Open Range (Short) as
Mamie Marvin
1911
A Western Waif (Short) as
Gertrude Maley
1911
The Actress and the Cowboys (Short)
1911
The Sky Pilot's Intemperance (Short) as
Mrs. Doolittle
1911
The Hermit's Gold (Short) as
Clara Palmer
1911
The Broncho Buster's Bride (Short) as
Mrs. Brandt
1911
The Yiddisher Cowboy (Short)
1911
Law and Order on Bar L Ranch (Short)
1911
The Cowboy's Ruse (Short) as
Nellie Norris
1911
The Witch of the Range (Short) as
Anna Taylor
1911
$5000 Reward, Dead or Alive (Short) as
Madie Howard
1911
The Elopement on Double L Ranch (Short) as
Molly Walker
1911
The Sage-Brush Phrenologist (Short)
1911
The Sheepman's Daughter (Short) as
The sheepman's daughter
1911
Rattlesnakes and Gunpowder (Short) as
The hotel-keeper's daughter
1911
The Ranch Tenor (Short) as
Widow Smith
1911
A Daughter of Liberty (Short)
1911
A Trooper's Heart (Short)
1911
A Western Dream (Short)
1911
Branding a Bad Man (Short)(unconfirmed)
1911
A Cowboy's Sacrifice (Short) as
Edith Ross
1911
The Sheriff's Captive (Short) as
Nell Hawkins
1911
The Opium Smuggler (Short) as
Bonnie Watson
1911
A California Love Story (Short) as
Pequita
1911
The Boss of Lucky Ranch (Short)
1911
Strategy (Short)(unconfirmed)
1910
The Hand of Uncle Sam (Short) as
Mrs. Frank Smith
Self
1914
The Great Universal Mystery (Short documentary) as
Self
References
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