People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Sigrid Holmquist as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage) | 2010-10-08 |
Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World as Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-01 |
Everybody's Sweetheart as Mary | 1920-10-04 |
Darling Mine as Kitty McCarthy | 1920-08-16 |
The Flapper as Genevieve 'Ginger' King | 1920-05-10 |
Youthful Folly as Nancy Sherwin | 1920-03-08 |
Footlights and Shadows as Gloria Dawn | 1920-02-14 |
Out Yonder as Flotsam | 1919-12-21 |
The Glorious Lady as Ivis Benson | 1919-10-19 |
The Spite Bride as Tessa Doyle | 1919-09-21 |
Prudence on Broadway as Prudence | 1919-07-06 |
Upstairs and Down as Alice Chesterton | 1919-06-08 |
Love's Prisoner as Nancy, later Lady Clevela | 1919-06-07 |
The Follies Girl as Doll | 1919-04-27 |
Toton as Toton/ Yvonne | 1919-03-30 |
Heiress For a Day as Helen Thurston | 1918-03-03 |
Limousine Life as Minnie Wells | 1918-02-03 |
Betty Takes a Hand as Betty Marshall | 1918-01-06 |
Tom Sawyer as Choir Member (Uncredited) | 1917-12-10 |
Indiscreet Corinne as Corinne Chilvers | 1917-11-11 |
Broadway Arizona as Fritzi Carlyle | 1917-09-30 |
An Even Break as Claire Curtis | 1917-08-05 |
Madcap Madge as Madge Flower | 1917-06-24 |
A Girl Like That as Fannie Brooks | 1917-01-18 |
Beatrice Fairfax as Rita Malone (#10 Playball) | 1916-08-07 |