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Actor Born: September 9, 1904 in Montreal, Canada Death: August 27, 1965 in Patton, CA Biography:Said to have been a protégée of "Lillian Gish", blonde "Pauline Garon" had done some chorus work and appeared in vaudeville prior to becoming a stand-in for Lillian's sister Dorothy. She starred opposite "Richard Barthelmess" in "Henry King"'s beautiful "Sonny" (1922) and was awarded a contract by Cecil B. DeMille, who publicized her as "The DeMille Blonde." Garon was cute and personable, but Demille found her somewhat lacking in the acting department and was rumored to have made her watch endless screenings of "Gloria Swanson" films. Something must have rubbed off and Garon was indeed very much à la Swanson in "Adam's Rib" (1923), lolling about on a tiger skin as "Anna Q. Nilsson"'s wanton daughter and looking extremely fetching while doing so. "King Vidor" then used her to maximum effect in "Wine of Youth" (1923), in which she played a sexually experimental, gin-loving debutante who wakes up fully... Full Biography
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