Muriel Ostriche: Muriel Ostriche. Actress: The Moral Deadline. Silent-film actress Muriel Ostriche was born in New York City on March 24, 1896. As a young girl she planned on becoming a schoolteacher, but that career fell by the wayside when, while still a high-school student, she was stopped on the street by director Christy Cabanne, who asked her to take a screen test at American Biograph studios, where he was working. She...
Known For: The Moral Deadline (Barbara Van Vliets), Feathertop (Polly Gookin), Her Awakening (Helen Gray), The Raven (Lenore)