Doris Pawn

Born: 1894-12-28

From Wikipedia Doris Pawn (December 29, 1894 – March 30, 1988) was an American actress who appeared in films of the silent era. Director Sydney Ayres coveted Pawn as a leading lady early in her screen career. In 1916 she appeared in her first Fox Film feature, Blue Blood and Red, directed by Raoul Walsh. Studios were impressed with her personal charm and ability to act naturally. She was especially gifted in the art of pantomime. In addition to Fox, Pawn made movies with Universal, Goldwyn, and Paramount Pictures. She returned to Fox in 1921 for the making of Shame. She starred alongside John Gilbert and Anna May Wong. Her final films were two dramas, Fools and Riches and The Hero, along with a western, The Buster. Each of these productions was released in 1923. Pawn was first married to director Rex Ingram, but they divorced in the early 1920s. In 1917, she was injured on location in Mexico; a group of extras seized control of her car at gunpoint and told her they were taking her back to Mexico with them. As they were nearing the border, her co-star, George Walsh, passed the party in his auto. He sensed the situation, taking out his gun and threatening to kill the men if they did not stop. They fled from Pawn's car and quickly dispersed. Doris Pawn died in La Jolla, California in 1988, aged 93.


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Guile of Women

as Annie
Released: 1921-01-01

A naive young Swede is repeatedly victimized by predatory women. When finally he meets a young...

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One Clear Call

as Phyllis Howard
Released: 1922-05-20

An outcast who runs a road house of ill repute leads his mother to believe him dead. His only...

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The Penalty

as Barbary Nell
Released: 1920-08-15

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated...

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What Happened To Rosa?

as Gwen
Released: 1920-12-08

A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish...

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The Spirit of '76

as Madeline Brant
Released: 1917-01-01

Catherine Montour, a striking half-breed Indian princess, and mistress of King George III...

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The City of Dim Faces

as Marcell Matthews
Released: 1918-07-15

Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang...

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Fightin' Mad

as Eileen Graham
Released: 1921-11-20

Returning to his father's cattle ranch after the excitement of serving in combat overseas, Bud...

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The Millionaire

as Marion Culbreth
Released: 1921-11-14

Jack Norman is an office clerk who falls in love with co-worker Kate Blair, a stenographer. He...

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Cheated Hearts

as Kitty Van Ness
Released: 1921-12-12

Barry Gordon, the older son of a Virginia colonel, inherits a taste for alcohol--a habit that...

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Li Ting Lang

as Marion Halstead
Released: 1920-07-24

In a day and age when interracial marriages were considered taboo, film star Sessue Hayakawa...

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The Strange Boarder

as Florry Hinch
Released: 1920-04-01

Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is...

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Little Eve Edgarton

as Miss Van Eaton
Released: 1916-08-21

Eve Edgarton decides to devote her life solely to her love of botany, but unexpectedly falls in...

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The Buster

as Charlotte Rowland
Released: 1923-02-18

In an attempt to try and tame young city girl Charlotte Rowland, Bill Coryell, a young rancher,...

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Shame

as Winifred Wellington
Released: 1921-07-31

William Fielding, a young widower, is living in Shanghai with his little boy, David. A young...

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