Birthday
1896/05/24
Day of death
1989/05/03 (93 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Moxie Girl, Muriel Henrietta Oestrich
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...Read more
(1917) A Square Deal
as Ruby Trailes
(1917) The Volunteer
as Madge's Mother
(1914) Her Awakening
as Helen Gray
(1915) For the Honor of the Crew
as Viola Scott
(1918) Leap to Fame
as Tootsie Brown
(1918) The Road to France
as Mollie
(1915) When It Strikes Home
as Muriel Worth
(1915) A Daughter of the Sea
as Margot
(1916) Kennedy Square
as Kate Seymour
(1916) A Circus Romance
as Babette
(1916) Sally in Our Alley
as Sally McGill
(1916) The Birth of Character
as ---
(1916) The Men She Married
as Edith Trainor
(1916) Who Killed Simon Baird
as Helen Maitland
(1917) The Social Leper
as ---
(1912) Oh, You Ragtime!
as The Typist
(1914) The Decoy
as Muriel Phelps
(1913) The Farmer's Daughters
as May
(1917) The Dormant Power
as Metta
(1915) Mortmain
as Bella Forsythe
(1911) An Elevator Romance
as ---
(1920) The Sacred Flame
as Ray Palton
(1918) Tinsel
as Ruth Carmichael
(1912) Robin Hood
as Christabel
(1915) Superstitious Sammy
as ---
(1914) The Strike
as Mary MacLaren
(1914) Her First Lesson
as ---
(1914) A Circumstantial Nurse
as Mary - Tom's Daughter
(1913) The Law of Humanity
as Mary Coogan, Pat's Wife
(1919) The Hand Invisible
as Helen Haynes
(1918) Hitting the Trail
as Annie
(1917) The Good for Nothing
as Barbara Manning
(1917) Moral Courage
as Mary McClinton