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Olive Thomas

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
25

Gender
Female

Birthday
October 20, 1894 (131 years old)

Place of Birth
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA

Olive Thomas

Biography

Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy;[1] October 20, 1894 – September 10, 1920) was an American silent-film actress, art model, and photo model.

Thomas began her career as an illustrator's model in 1914, and moved on to the Ziegfeld Follies the following year. During her time as a Ziegfeld girl, she also appeared in the more risqué show The Midnight Frolic. In 1916, she began a successful career in silent films and would appear in more than 20 features over the course of her four-year film career. That year she also married actor Jack Pickford, the younger brother of fellow silent-film star Mary Pickford.

On September 10, 1920, Thomas died in Paris five days after ingesting her husband's syphilis medication, mercury dichloride, that brought on acute nephritis. Although her death was ruled accidental, news of her hospitalization and subsequent death were the subject of speculation in the press. Thomas' death has been cited as one of the early scandals in Hollywood that was heavily publicized.

Known For

Acting

2010Sigrid Holmquistas Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2003Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the Worldas Self (archive footage)
1920Everybody's Sweetheartas Mary
1920Darling Mineas Kitty McCarthy
1920The Flapperas Genevieve 'Ginger' King
1920Youthful Follyas Nancy Sherwin
1920Footlights and Shadowsas Gloria Dawn
1919Out Yonderas Flotsam
1919The Glorious Ladyas Ivis Benson
1919The Spite Brideas Tessa Doyle
1919Prudence on Broadwayas Prudence
1919Upstairs and Downas Alice Chesterton
1919Love's Prisoneras Nancy, later Lady Clevela
1919The Follies Girlas Doll
1919Totonas Toton/ Yvonne
1918Heiress For a Dayas Helen Thurston
1918Limousine Lifeas Minnie Wells
1918Betty Takes a Handas Betty Marshall
1917Tom Sawyeras Choir Member (Uncredited)
1917Indiscreet Corinneas Corinne Chilvers
1917Broadway Arizonaas Fritzi Carlyle
1917An Even Breakas Claire Curtis
1917Madcap Madgeas Madge Flower
1917A Girl Like Thatas Fannie Brooks
1916Beatrice Fairfaxas Rita Malone (#10 Playball)

Production

1920Youthful Folly...Writer