Pearl White Biography

Pearl White biography

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NAME: Pearl Fay White
OCCUPATION: Film Actress
BIRTH DATE: March 04, 1889
DEATH DATE: August 04, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH: Green Ridge, Missouri

PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Nickname: Stunt Queen
AKA: Miss Mazee

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Pearl White was an American silent film actress best known for her role in The Perils of Pauline, in which she did her own stunt work.

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American silent film actress Pearl White's place in film history is important for the evolution of cinema and women's role in it. White is best known for her role in the serial The Perils of Pauline, for which she did her own stunt work until repeated injuries forced her to use a stunt double instead. She retired to France in 1923 and died there 15 years later.