Pauline Garon

From Wikipedia Pauline Garon September 9 1900 August 30 1965 was a Canadianborn American silent film feature film and stage actress She was associated with DW Griffith when she first came to Hollywood in 1920 Garons first important role came in 1921s The Power Within She also played the body double for Sylvia Breamer in Doubling for Romeo 1921 In 1923 she was hailed as Cecil B DeMilles big new discovery He cast her in only two films One was Adams Rib 1923 She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923 Even before her discovery Garon had been a steadily rising star She appeared opposite Owen Moore in Reported Missing 1922 Garon received much praise for her role in Henry Kings adaptation of Sonny 1922 film 1922 She had been chosen for this role by King after he saw her portray the role in the stage production on Broadway In 1922 she played with Richard Barthelmess in the First National Pictures release Sonny Her role as Florence Crosby brought her to the brink of stardom However the ingénue professed no real desire to be a celebrity Garon admitted that the thought of the responsibilities of being a star frightened her Garon was making at least five films a year after her popularity soared She was playing many lead roles in B movies and supporting roles in more glamorous films The 1920s was a wonderful decade for the actress She costarred with Gloria Swanson and John Boles in The Love of Sunya which opened the lavish Roxy Theatre in New York City on March 11 1927 By 1928 Garons career began to decline dramatically By the end She appeared mostly in French renditions of Paramount Pictures movies She was cast in less popular English films as well By the early 1930s Garon was given very small uncredited roles By 1934 she had vanished from film Garon played a bit part in How Green Was My Valley 1941 She was in two westerns Song Of The Saddle 1936 and The Cowboy and the Blonde 1941 Garon married three times She wed actor Lowell Sherman in February 1926 Shermans influence led Garon to refuse a longterm contract with Paramount In February 1928 Garon became a citizen of the United States She separated from Sherman in August 1927 In February 1940 she eloped with radio star and actor Clyde Harland John Alban to Yuma Arizona Garon and Alban divorced in 1942 She wed comedian Ross Forester and remained with him until she died Garon died at Patton State Hospital a psychiatric institution in San Bernardino California in 1965 The cause of death was a brain disorder She was 63 years old