Acting · New York City, New York, USA · Born May 24, 1896
Muriel Hennrietta Ostriche (born May 24, 1896 – May 3, 1989) was an American silent film actress. Following tryouts with the Biograph and Pathe studios, Ostriche signed with Eclair for $5 per day. After a year and a half with Eclair, she joined Reliance for a higher salary. Following that experienced, she was signed by the Thanhouser Company based in New Rochelle, New York, and starred in 134 films in her career. Ostriche told author Michael G. Ankerich that A Daughter of the Sea (1915) was her best performance and her favorite film. In 1920, Ostriche was featured in advertising for Bonnie-B veils. She was living in Florida in the mid-1980s when author Q. David Bowers began researching a biography on Ostriche, which became Muriel Ostriche: Princess of Silent Films. He was shocked to discover that she was still living and a willing interview subject. She enjoyed a revival in her fame in the later portion of her life which she relished and because of this renewed interest, her own insights into her life are preserved today.
MovieThe Sacred Flame
1920
as Ray Palton
MovieThe Hand Invisible
1919
as Helen Haynes
MovieHitting the Trail
1918
as Annie
MovieThe Road to France
1918
as Mollie
Tinsel
1918
as Ruth Carmichael
MovieLeap to Fame
1918
as Tootsie Brown
MovieThe Purple Lily
1918
as Ruth Caldwell
MovieThe Volunteer
1917
as Madge's Mother
MovieThe Good for Nothing
1917
as Barbara Manning
The Dormant Power
1917
as Metta
MovieMoral Courage
1917
as Mary McClinton
MovieThe Social Leper
1917
MovieA Square Deal
1917
as Ruby Trailes
MovieThe Men She Married
1916
as Edith Trainor
MovieSally in Our Alley
1916
as Sally McGill
MovieWho Killed Simon Baird
1916
as Helen Maitland
MovieThe Birth of Character
1916
MovieKennedy Square
1916
as Kate Seymour
MovieA Circus Romance
1916
as Babette
MovieA Daughter of the Sea
1915
as Margot
MovieFor the Honor of the Crew
1915
as Viola Scott
Superstitious Sammy
1915
MovieMortmain
1915
as Bella Forsythe
MovieWhen It Strikes Home
1915
as Muriel Worth
MovieThe Decoy
1914
as Muriel Phelps
The Strike
1914
as Mary MacLaren
Her Awakening
1914
as Helen Gray
Her First Lesson
1914
All's Well That Ends Well
1914
as Muriel Benson - the Widow's Daughter
A Circumstantial Nurse
1914
as Mary - Tom's Daughter
MovieThe Law of Humanity
1913
as Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
The Farmer's Daughters
1913
as May
MovieRobin Hood
1912
as Christabel
Oh, You Ragtime!
1912
as The Typist
An Elevator Romance
1911
