Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources state 1884 or 1885), the only child of Richard O. and Loretta C. Libbey. Her father worked as a yardmaster for the Old Colony Railroad before becoming a salesman. Her parents separated when she was a toddler and Frederick was raised primarily by her mother to whom she remained close for the remainder of her life (her parents divorced around 1897). As a girl, she was fascinated with show business, and determined early to place her goals in the direction of the theater. She studied acting, singing and dancing at Miss Blanchard's Finishing School in Boston where she later graduated.]

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Monday, July 05, 2021. 10:06. AM.
Pauline Frederick - Actress.
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1. Profile :


*Frederick in 1918

Born Pauline Beatrice Libbey, August 12, 1883, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Died September 19, 1938 (aged 55), Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Resting place Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery

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Nationality American

Education Miss Blachard's Finishing School

Occupation Actress

Years active 1902–1937

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Spouse(s)

1. Frank Mills Andrews  -  ?(m. 1909; div. 1913)?

2. Willard Mack             -  ?(m. 1917; div. 1920)?

3. Dr. C.A. Rutherford   -  ?(m. 1922; div. 1925)?

4. Hugh C. Leighton       -  ?(m. 1930; annulled 1930)?

5. Joseph A. Marmon     -  ?(m. 1934; died 

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2. Introduction :



Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey, August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress.

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3. Early life :



Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources state 1884 or 1885), the only child of Richard O. and Loretta C. Libbey. Her father worked as a yardmaster for the Old Colony Railroad before becoming a salesman. Her parents separated when she was a toddler and Frederick was raised primarily by her mother to whom she remained close for the remainder of her life (her parents divorced around 1897). As a girl, she was fascinated with show business, and determined early to place her goals in the direction of the theater. She studied acting, singing and dancing at Miss Blanchard's Finishing School in Boston where she later graduated.


Her father, however, discouraged her ambitions to be an actress and encouraged her to become an elocution teacher. After pursuing a career as an actress, her father disinherited her (he died in 1922). Due to her father's attitude towards her acting career, Pauline adopted the surname "Frederick" as her stage name.[4] She legally changed her name to Pauline Frederick in 1908.

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4. Career :


*Pauline Frederick as Potiphar's wife from the play Joseph and His Brethren (1910).

She made her stage debut at the age of 17 as a chorus girl in the farce The Rogers Brothers at Harvard, but was fired shortly thereafter. She won other small roles on the stage before being discovered by illustrator Harrison Fisher who called her "the purest American beauty." With Fisher's help, she landed more substantial stage roles. Nicknamed "The Girl with the Topaz Eyes", Fredrick was cast in the lead roles in the touring productions of The Little Gray Lady and The Girl in White in 1906. She briefly retired from acting after her first marriage in 1909, but returned to the stage in January 1913 in Joseph and His Brethren.


A well-known stage star, Frederick was already in her 30s when she made her film debut in 1915 as Donna Roma in The Eternal City. In March 1927, she received some of her better reviews when she appeared in the play Madame X in London. Frederick was able to make a successful transition to "talkies" in 1929, and was cast as Joan Crawford's mother in This Modern Age (1931). Frederick did not like acting in sound films and returned to Broadway in 1932 in When the Bough Breaks. She would continue the remainder of her career appearing in films and also touring in stage productions in the United States, Europe and Australia.

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Personal life :


Frederick's personal life was beset with marital and financial problems. Despite having reportedly made a million dollars for her work in silent films, Frederick filed for bankruptcy in 1933.


Frederick was married five times. In 1909, she married architect Frank Mills Andrews. Frederick then briefly retired from acting after their daughter Pauline was born in 1910, but returned upon divorcing Andrews in 1913. She married her second husband, playwright Willard Mack, on September 27, 1917. They divorced in August 1920. Her third husband was Dr. Charles A. Rutherford, a physician, whom she married in Santa Ana, California in 1922. Frederick filed for divorce in December 1924. Their divorce was finalized on January 6, 1925.


It was around this time that the then 43-year-old first met the much younger Clark Gable, then a struggling actor, with whom she allegedly had a two-year affair.

Frederick married her fourth husband, millionaire hotel and Interstate News Company owner Hugh Chisholm Leighton (1878-1942) on April 20, 1930 in New York City. Leighton had the marriage annulled in December 1930 claiming that he was Frederick's husband "in name only".



Frederick's fifth marriage, in January 1934, was to an ailing United States Army colonel, Joseph A. Marmon, commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment. They remained married until Marmon's death on December 4, 1934.

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Death :



On January 17, 1936, Frederick underwent emergency surgery on her abdomen. Her health steadily declined, which limited her ability to work. She was dealt a further blow when her mother died in 1937.

On September 16, 1938, Frederick suffered an asthma attack. She suffered a second, fatal asthma attack on September 19, 1938 while she was recuperating at her aunt's home in Beverly Hills. According to her wishes, a private funeral was held on September 23 in Hollywood, after which she was buried at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.



For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Pauline Frederick has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Filmography :



Ashes of Embers (1916)


The Woman on the Index (1919)

Year Title Role Notes



1915 The Eternal City Donna Roma Lost film

1915 Sold Helen Lost film

1915 Zaza ZaZa Lost film

1915 Bella Donna Bella Donna (Ruby Chepstow) Lost film

1915 Lydia Gilmore Lydia Gilmore Lost film


1916 The Spider Valerie St. Cyr/Joan Marche Lost film

1916 Audrey Audrey Lost film

1916 The Moment Before Madge A 35mm nitrate copy of the film is housed at the Cineteca Nazionale film archive in Rome.[26] The print is missing one sequence described as "the opening scene before the flashback."[27]

1916 The World's Great Snare Myra Lost film

1916 The Woman in the Case Margaret Rolfe

1916 Ashes of Embers Laura Ward/Agnes Ward Lost film

1916 Nanette of the Wilds Nanette Gauntier Lost film


1917 The Slave Market Ramona Lost film

1917 Sapho Sapho, aka Fanny Lagrand Lost film

1917 Sleeping Fires Zelma Bryce Lost film

1917 Her Better Self Vivian Tyler Lost film

1917 The Love That Lives Molly McGill

1917 Double Crossed Eleanor Stratton Lost film

1917 The Hungry Heart Courtney Vaughan Lost film


1918 Mrs. Dane's Defense Felicia Hindemarsh Lost film

1918 Madame Jealousy Madame Jealousy Lost film

1918 La Tosca Floria Tosca Lost film

1918 Resurrection Katusha Lost film

1918 Her Final Reckoning Marsa Lost film

1918 Fedora Princess Fedora Lost film

1918 Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand Miss Liberty Loan Short film

1918 A Daughter of the Old South Dolores Jardine Lost film


1919 Out of the Shadow Ruth Minchin Lost film

1919 The Woman on the Index Sylvia Martin Lost film

1919 Paid in Full Emma Brooks Lost film....final Famous Players-Lasky/ Paramount feature

1919 One Week of Life Mrs. Sherwood & Marion Roche Lost film

1919 The Fear Woman Helen Winthrop Lost film

1919 The Peace of Roaring River Madge Nelson Lost film

1919 Bonds of Love Una Sayre Lost film

1919 The Loves of Letty Letty Shell



1920 The Paliser Case Cassy Cara Lost film

1920 The Woman in Room 13 Laura Bruce Lost film

1920 Madame X Jacqueline Floriot

1920 A Slave of Vanity Iris Bellamy Lost film ...First Robertson-Cole release



1921 The Mistress of Shenstone Lady Myra Ingleby extant; abridged or incomplete

1921 Roads of Destiny Dolly Jordan Lennon Lost film ...Final Goldwyn Pictures release

1921 Salvage Bernice Ridgeway/Kate Martin Lost film

1921 The Sting of the Lash Dorothy Keith Lost film

1921 The Lure of Jade Sara Vincent Lost film



1922 The Woman Breed

1922 Two Kinds of Women Judith Sanford Lost film

1922 The Glory of Clementina Clementina Wing Lost film


1924 Let Not Man Put Asunder Petrina Faneuil Lost film

1924 Married Flirts Nellie Wayne Lost film

1924 Three Women Mrs. Mabel Wilton



1925 Smouldering Fires Jane Vale

1926 Her Honor, the Governor Adele Fenway

1926 Devil's Island Jeannette Picto

1926 Josselyn's Wife Lillian Josselyn Lost film


1927 Mumsie Mumsie Lost film

1927 The Nest Mrs. Hamilton

1928 On Trial Joan Trask Lost film

1929 Evidence Myra Stanhope Lost film

1929 The Sacred Flame Mrs. Taylor - the Mother Lost film


1930 Terra Melophon Magazin Nr. 1 Die Zofe Episode: "Was Ziehe ich an, Bevor ich mich anziehe"

1931 This Modern Age Diane "Di" Winters

1932 Wayward Mrs. Eleanor Frost

1932 The Phantom of Crestwood Faith Andes

1932 Self Defense Katy Devoux



1934 Social Register Mrs. Breene

1935 My Marriage Mrs. DeWitt Tyler II

1936 Ramona Señora Moreno

1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto Madame Chung

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