Olive Thomas
Born
20 October 1894 (131)
Place of Birth
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Olive R. Duffy, Oliva R. 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....
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.
Filmography (25)
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2003
Everybody's Sweetheart
1920
Darling Mine
1920
The Flapper
1920
Youthful Folly
1920
Footlights and Shadows
1920
Out Yonder
1919
The Glorious Lady
1919
The Spite Bride
1919
Prudence on Broadway
1919
Upstairs and Down
1919
Love's Prisoner
1919
The Follies Girl
1919
Toton
1919
Heiress For a Day
1918
Limousine Life
1918
Betty Takes a Hand
1918
Tom Sawyer
1917
Indiscreet Corinne
1917
Broadway Arizona
1917
An Even Break
1917
Madcap Madge
1917
A Girl Like That
1917
Beatrice Fairfax
1916