 Pauline Curley's mother, Rose Curley, brought her into show business at the age of 4, at first on stage in vaudeville shows.In 1910 at 6 years old Rose brought Pauline to New York City to find her work in the newly established silent movie industry and on the stage, getting her bit parts in a variety of movies, as well as weekly stage performances in Uncle Tom's Cabin and Little Lord Fauntleroy for the Jack Packard Stock Company.In 1915 at 11 she appeared on stage in "Polygamy" at the Park Theatre in New York City.