1901-09-09 ( 123 years old ) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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.
Movies
Bunco Squad
1950-09-01
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
1938-03-25
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Her Husband's Secretary
1937-02-26
King of Hockey
1936-12-19
Colleen
1936-03-21
Song of the Saddle
1936-02-28
Dangerous
1935-12-25
Becky Sharp
1935-06-28
Folies Bergère
1935-05-09
The White Cockatoo
1935-01-29
Lost in the Stratosphere
1934-11-14
Wonder Bar
1934-03-31
One Year Later
1933-08-24
By Appointment Only
1933-07-06
The Phantom Broadcast
1933-03-14
The son of the other
1932-03-04
Échec au roi
1930-12-27
Keep the Bomb
1930-11-15
We! We! Marie!
1930-10-28
The Thoroughbred
1930-08-09
The Green Specter
1930-05-07
In the Headlines
1929-08-31
The Gamblers
1929-06-29
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928-07-15
The Devil's Cage
1928-05-26
Dugan of the Dugouts
1928-04-15
The Girl He Didn't Buy
1928-04-14
The College Hero
1927-11-27
Ladies at Ease
1927-08-15
The Love of Sunya
1927-03-11
Driven from Home
1927-01-15
Christine of the Big Tops
1926-08-20
Flaming Waters
1925-12-13
The Splendid Road
1925-12-06
Rose of the World
1925-11-09
Compromise
1925-10-24
Satan in Sables
1925-10-14
The Great Sensation
1925-10-01
The Love Gamble
1925-09-11
Where Was I?
1925-08-24
Fighting Youth
1925-07-01
Passionate Youth
1925-06-28
Wine of Youth
1924-09-15
The Turmoil
1924-09-14
Pal o' Mine
1924-03-15
The Average Woman
1924-03-01
The Marriage Market
1923-10-25
Adam's Rib
1923-09-24
Children of Dust
1923-06-04
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1923-04-29
Manslaughter
1922-09-24
Sonny
1922-05-22
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