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Olive Thomas (1894–1920)

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Oliva R. Duffy was born on October 20, 1894, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Ollie, as she was known to family and friends, did not have much of a childhood. Life in industrial Pittsburgh was depressing and grim, with its smoky factories and hard living. Olive's father died while she was still young, forcing her to leave school to help earn her keep... See full bio »

Born:

Olive Elaine Duffy
in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA

Died:

(age 25) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
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1920 Everybody's Sweetheart
Mary
 
1920 Darling Mine
Kitty McCarthy
 
1920 The Flapper
Genevieve King
 
1920 Youthful Folly
Nancy Sherwin
 
1920 Footlights and Shadows
Gloria Dawn
 
1919 Out Yonder
Flotsam
 
1919 The Glorious Lady
Ivis Benson
 
1919 The Spite Bride
Tessa Doyle
 
1919 Prudence on Broadway
Prudence
 
1919 Love's Prisoner
Nancy, later Lady Cleveland
 
1919 Upstairs and Down
Alice Chesterton
 
1919 The Follies Girl
Doll
 
1919 Toton the Apache
Toton/Yvonne
 
1918 Heiress for a Day
Helen Thurston
 
1918 Limousine Life
Minnie Wills
 
1918 Betty Takes a Hand
Betty Marshall
 
1917 Tom Sawyer
Choir Member (uncredited)
 
1917 Indiscreet Corinne
Corinne Chilvers
 
1917 Broadway Arizona
Fritzi Carlyle
 
1917 An Even Break
Claire Curtis
 
1917 Madcap Madge
Betty
 
1917 A Girl Like That
Fannie Brooks
 
1916 Beatrice Fairfax Episode 10: Playball
Rita Malone
 
1916 Beatrice Fairfax
Rita Malone (#10 Playball)
 
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1920 Youthful Folly (story)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2007 City Confidential (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Olive Thomas: Everybody's Sweetheart (documentary)
Herself
 
1980 Hollywood
Herself
 

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Personal Quote:

Life's too short and fate too funny to get upstage, Today they may be showering us with roses on Broadway and tomorrow some fool director who used to be a waiter may be rejecting us as atmosphere in a five reel five cent feature... See more »

Trivia:

Found poisoned in her room after consuming mercury bichloride tablets dissolved in alcohol. The circumstances around this event were mysterious but were officially determined to be accidental. She died five days later in the American Hospital in Neuilly. See more »

Trademark:

Playing teenage types, first as a baby vamp and later as a flapper See more »

Nickname:

Ollie See more »

Star Sign:

Libra