Olive Thomas
Known for Acting · 25 credits
- Born
- 1894-10-20
- Died
- 1920-09-10
- Place of birth
- Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known 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. 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.
Known For
Movies (25)
Everybody's Sweetheart
1920
as Mary
The Glorious Lady
1919
as Ivis Benson
Indiscreet Corinne
1917
as Corinne Chilvers
Sigrid Holmquist
2010
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Love's Prisoner
1919
as Nancy, later Lady Clevela
Youthful Folly
1920
as Nancy Sherwin
The Spite Bride
1919
as Tessa Doyle
Broadway Arizona
1917
as Fritzi Carlyle
A Girl Like That
1917
as Fannie Brooks
Prudence on Broadway
1919
as Prudence
Tom Sawyer
1917
as Choir Member (Uncredited)
Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Madcap Madge
1917
as Madge Flower
Toton
1919
as Toton/ Yvonne
An Even Break
1917
as Claire Curtis
Out Yonder
1919
as Flotsam
Beatrice Fairfax
1916
as Rita Malone (#10 Playball)
Heiress For a Day
1918
as Helen Thurston
The Flapper
1920
as Genevieve 'Ginger' King
Betty Takes a Hand
1918
as Betty Marshall
Limousine Life
1918
as Minnie Wells
Darling Mine
1920
as Kitty McCarthy
The Follies Girl
1919
as Doll
Footlights and Shadows
1920
as Gloria Dawn
Upstairs and Down
1919
as Alice Chesterton
About Olive Thomas
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, t… With 25 credits spanning from 1916 to 2010, Olive Thomas has appeared in 25 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Olive Thomas Movies
- Everybody's Sweetheart (1920) — as Mary
- The Glorious Lady (1919) — as Ivis Benson
- Indiscreet Corinne (1917) — as Corinne Chilvers
- Sigrid Holmquist (2010) — as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
- Love's Prisoner (1919) — as Nancy, later Lady Clevela
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