Olive Thomas
Birthday
1894/10/20
Day of death
1920/09/10 (25 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
Olive R. Duffy, Oliva R. Duffy, Oliveretta Elaine Duffy
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....Read more
Acting
(1920) The Flapper
as Genevieve 'Ginger' King
(2003) Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
as Self (archive footage)
(1919) Love's Prisoner
as Nancy, later Lady Clevela
(1919) Out Yonder
as Flotsam
(1916) Beatrice Fairfax
as Rita Malone (#10 Playball)
(1919) The Glorious Lady
as Ivis Benson
(1919) Upstairs and Down
as Alice Chesterton
(2010) Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
(1919) The Spite Bride
as Tessa Doyle
(1917) An Even Break
as Claire Curtis
(1917) Madcap Madge
as Madge Flower
(1917) Broadway Arizona
as Fritzi Carlyle
(1917) Indiscreet Corinne
as Corinne Chilvers
(1918) Betty Takes a Hand
as Betty Marshall
(1919) The Follies Girl
as Doll
(1920) Everybody's Sweetheart
as Mary
(1919) Toton
as Toton/ Yvonne
(1920) Darling Mine
as Kitty McCarthy
(1917) A Girl Like That
as Fannie Brooks
(1918) Limousine Life
as Minnie Wells
(1920) Youthful Folly
as Nancy Sherwin
(1918) Heiress For a Day
as Helen Thurston
(1919) Prudence on Broadway
as Prudence
(1920) Footlights and Shadows
as Gloria Dawn
(1917) Tom Sawyer
as Choir Member (Uncredited)