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Olive Thomas

Olive Thomas

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 20, 1894
Died Sep 10, 1920 (25)
Birthplace Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 14, 2024
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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 a ... lso 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.

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The Flapper

The Flapper

1920

as Genevieve 'Ginger' King

Upstairs and Down

Upstairs and Down

1919

as Alice Chesterton

The Glorious Lady

The Glorious Lady

1919

as Ivis Benson

Prudence on Broadway

Prudence on Broadway

1919

as Prudence

Out Yonder

Out Yonder

1919

as Flotsam

Love's Prisoner

Love's Prisoner

1919

as Nancy, later Lady Clevela

Toton

Toton

1919

as Toton/ Yvonne

Indiscreet Corinne

Indiscreet Corinne

1917

as Corinne Chilvers

An Even Break

An Even Break

1917

as Claire Curtis

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1917

as Choir Member (Uncredited)

Beatrice Fairfax

Beatrice Fairfax

1916

as Rita Malone (#10 Playball)

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