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Which silent-film star was portrayed in The Perils of Pauline?
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The 1947 film The Perils of Pauline, directed by George Marshall, was a biopic that portrayed the life of the famous silent-film star Pearl White.1
While the film shares its name with the original 1914 serial in which White starred, the 1947 production featured actress Betty Hutton in the role of White, depicting her career as a pioneer of the suspenseful "chapter story" genre.21