Pauline Moore

Pauline Moore

1914-06-14 – 2001-12-07 (age 87) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Biography

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Pauline Moore (June 17, 1914 โ€“ December 7, 2001) was an American actress known for her roles in Western and B movies during the 1930s and 1940s.

Moore was born Pauline Joless Love on June 17, 1914 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. After her father died during World War I, her mother remarried in 1925 and Moore took her stepfather's name. She began her career moving to Hollywood in the early 1930s, and also starred on Broadway and worked as a model.

From the late 1930s through the early 1940s, Moore made twenty four films for 20th Century Fox, with whom she was contracted. She later worked for Republic Pictures, starring in four Roy Rogers westerns, as well as the film King of the Texas Rangers in 1940, starring football great Sammy Baugh. Moore starred in three Charlie Chan films, starring alongside Cesar Romero, Allan Lane, and Kane Richmond. She also starred alongside Shirley Temple in the 1937 film Heidi, and alongside Henry Fonda in the 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln.

She was married to the cartoonist Jefferson Machamer from 1934 until his death in 1960. In the early 1940s she retired from acting, and became a mother of three children, but continued to act into the 1950s. From her first uncredited role in 1931 through to her last role in 1958 her career spanned a total of thirty films. She made a few television appearances in the 1950s, including a bit part in Spoilers of the Forrest in 1957 alongside Rod Cameron and Vera Ralston, but for the most part her acting career had ended, by her own choice. In 1962, she married Rev. Dodd Watkins, whose death in 1972 left her a widow for the second time. She died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2001, at a nursing home in Sequim, Washington.

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Known For

Frankenstein
Frankenstein

1931

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Heidi
Heidi

1937

as Elsa

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln

1939

as Ann Rutledge

Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Charlie Chan at the Olympics

1937

as Betty Adams

Colorado
Colorado

1940

as Lylah Sanford

The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid

1940

as Joby "Tildy" Madison

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

1939

as Lady Constance

Love Is News
Love Is News

1937

as Lois Westcott

Charlie Chan in Reno
Charlie Chan in Reno

1939

as Mary Whitman

Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly

1937

as Ruth Morris

Born Reckless
Born Reckless

1937

as Dorothy Collins

Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice

1938

as Elizabeth Charters

Passport Husband
Passport Husband

1938

as Mary Jane Clayton

King of the Texas Rangers
King of the Texas Rangers

1941

as Sally Crane

Double Cross
Double Cross

1941

as Ellen Bronson

The Trail Blazers
The Trail Blazers

1940

as Marcia Kelton

Young Buffalo Bill
Young Buffalo Bill

1940

as Tonia Regas

Days of Jesse James
Days of Jesse James

1939

as Mary Whittaker

The Arizona Wildcat
The Arizona Wildcat

1939

as Caroline Reed