Pauline Garon

Marie Pauline Garon (September 9, 1900 – August 30, 1965) was a Canadian American silent film, feature film and stage actress.

Pauline Garon
Stars of the Photoplay, 1924
Born
Marie Pauline Garon

(1900-09-09)September 9, 1900
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedAugust 30, 1965(1965-08-30) (aged 64)
San Bernardino, California, U.S.
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress
Years active1920–1930
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1926; div. 1929)

Clyde Harland Alban
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(
m. 1940; div. 1942)

Ross Wilson Forester
(m. 1953–1964, his death)

Early life

Marie Pauline Garon was born in Montreal, Quebec on September 9, 1900, the daughter of Pierre and Victoria Garon. She was of French and Irish descent. Her father first worked for the Canadian postal department, then worked at an insurance agency, where he managed to gain enough money to send his youngest child (out of eleven children) to the Couvent Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart Convent) in Montreal, one of the most prestigious schools in the city. Garon attended this school for seven years. She was the first graduate of the institution to perform in the theater. Garon did not learn English until she was ten years old. Around age 20, Garon ran away to New York City where she began work on Broadway. She made her film debut in Remodeling Her Husband as a body double for Dorothy Gish.

Film career

She was associated with D.W. Griffith when she first came to Hollywood in 1920. Garon's first important role came in 1921's The Power Within. She also played the body double for Sylvia Breamer in Doubling for Romeo (1921).

Garon, 1923

In 1923, she was hailed as Cecil B. DeMille's big new discovery. He cast her in only two films. One was Adam's 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 King's adaptation of Sonny. She had been chosen for this role by King after he saw her portray the role in the stage production on Broadway. She co-starred with Richard Barthelmess in the First National Pictures release.[1]

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. She co-starred with Gloria Swanson and John Boles in The Love of Sunya (1927).

By 1928, Garon's career began to decline dramatically. 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 small uncredited roles. By 1934, she had vanished from film. Garon played a bit part in How Green Was My Valley (1941) and appeared briefly in two westerns, Song of the Saddle (1936) and The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941).[1]

Marriages

While filming The Average Woman in 1924 rumors began to spread that Garon had become engaged to Gene Sarazen, the professional golfer. In March 1924 she issued a complete denial of the rumors.[2]

Garon married three times. She wed Lowell Sherman in February 1926. Sherman's influence led Garon to refuse a long-term 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 Alban, to Yuma, Arizona. Garon and Alban divorced in 1942. She married Ross Forrester, widower of actress Marion Aye, in May 1953 and remained with him until he died.[1]

Death

Garon died at Patton State Hospital, a psychiatric institution in San Bernardino, California, in 1965, ten days before her 65th birthday. The cause of death was a brain disorder. Garon's health had been precarious for some time. She collapsed at the 20th Century Fox studios in June 1952.

Selected filmography
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gollark: > Collectivization will take place naturally as soon as state coercion is over, the workers themselveswill own their workplaces as the capitalists will no longer have any control over them. This iswhat happened during the Spanish Revolution of 1936, during which workers and farmers seized andmanaged the means of production collectively. For those capitalists who had a good attitude towardsworkers before the revolution, there was also a place - they joined the horizontal labor collectivesUm. This seems optimistic.
gollark: > "Legally anyone can start their own business. Just launch a company!”. These words oftenmentioned by the fans of capitalism are very easy to counter, because they have a huge flaw. Namely,if everyone started a company, who would work for all these companiesThis is a bizarre objection. At the somewhat extreme end, stuff *could* probably still work fine if the majority of people were contracted out for work instead of acting as employees directly.
gollark: The hierarchical direct democracy thing it describes doesn't seem like a very complete or effective coordination mechanism, and it seems like it could easily create unfreedom.

References
  1. Pauline Garon on IMDb
  2. "Greenroom Jottings". Motion Picture Magazine. March 1924. p. 108. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  • Charleston Gazette, Movie Star Granted Citizenship Papers, Wednesday, February 22, 1928, p. 24.
  • Englewood Economist, Petite Pauline Garon Reaches Fame Rapidly, October 10, 1923, p. 6.
  • Hayward Daily Review, Actress Gets Divorce Decree, April 22, 1942, p. 2.
  • Lethbridge Herald, Behind The Scenes In Hollywood, June 9, 1952, p. 9.
  • Lincoln Star, Film Features From The Cinema World, Sunday, May 13, 1923, p. 31.
  • Lincoln Star, Film Features From The Cinema World, September 16, 1923, p. 40.
  • Los Angeles Times, One..In..A..Million, July 9, 1922, p. 32.
  • Los Angeles Times, To Honor Actress, July 16, 1922, p. 35.
  • New York Times, Pauline Garon Wed in Yuma, February 21, 1940, p. 21.
  • Washington Post, World's Greatest Golfer, October 16, 1932, p. SM3.
  • Washington Post, Sarazen's Ears Nicer Than Valentino's, Agents Told Gene, But He Wised Up In Time, May 4, 1950, p. 17.
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