I think the kind of career I've had, something would have had to be sacrificed.

More of her work is available in the talkie era such as This Modern Age with Joan Crawford the excellent whodunnit The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) and the color film Ramona (1936). Frederick generally played an angry matriarch. The wreck was said to have impaired her ability to have children.

Pauline Frederick (August 12 1883 — September 19 1938) was a leading Broadway actress who later became known for her motion picture work.