Olive Thomas
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1894-10-20 (26 years old)
Deathday
1920-09-10
Place of Birth
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
Olive R. Duffy
Oliva R. Duffy
Oliveretta Elaine Duffy
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 ...
Acting
1920
as Genevieve 'Ginger' King
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1919
as Nancy, later Lady Clevela
1919
as Flotsam
1916
as Rita Malone (#10 Playball)
1919
as Ivis Benson
1919
as Alice Chesterton
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
1919
as Tessa Doyle
1917
as Claire Curtis
1917
as Madge Flower
1917
as Fritzi Carlyle
1917
as Corinne Chilvers
1918
as Betty Marshall
1919
as Doll
1920
as Mary
1917
as Fannie Brooks
1918
as Minnie Wells
1918
as Helen Thurston
1919
as Toton/ Yvonne
1919
as Prudence
1920
as Gloria Dawn
1920
as Nancy Sherwin
1920
as Kitty McCarthy
1917
as Choir Member (Uncredited)
Production
1920
as Writer
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