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Olive Borden
Richmond - Virginia - USA
Olive Borden was beautiful and talented but she became one of Hollywood's most tragic tales. She came to Hollywood in 1922 with her widowed mother. Olive started her career as a…
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Olive Borden was beautiful and talented but she became one of Hollywood's most tragic tales. She came to Hollywood in 1922 with her widowed mother. Olive started her career as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty and was named a Wampas baby star in 1925. She made eleven films at Fox studios where she earned $1,500 a week. Olive became a popular on screen vamp and her jet black hair was her trademark. She hired Jimmie Fiddler as her agent and was nicknamed "The Joy Girl". Olive lived a lavish lifestyle with limos, mansions, servants, and a dozen fur coats. In 1927 she left Fox after a salary dispute. She later worked for Columbia and RKO studios. Like many other silent stars she had a hard time making the transition to talkies. Her last film was made in 1934. There were two failed marriages and a broken engagement to actor George O'Brien. During World War 2 she worked as a nurse. By the age of 41 she was a penniless alcoholic. Her final years were spent in a Los Angeles mission. Sadly many of Olive Borden's silent films have been lost and this lovely star has been forgotten. Date of Death 1 October 1947, Los Angeles, California (stomach ailment)
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1934
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Movie Chloe
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1934
The Inventors
Movie
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1933
The Mild West
Movie Baby Doll
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1933
Gobs of Fun
Movie Lulu
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1933
Leave It to Me
Movie Peavey
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1933
Hotel Variety
Movie
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1932
The Divorce Racket
Movie Marie Douglas
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1932
Moonlight and Cactus
Movie Woman
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1930
The Social Lion
Movie Gloria Staunton
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1930
Hello Sister
Movie Vee Newell
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1930
Hollywood Studios
Movie
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1929
Wedding Rings
Movie Eve Quinn
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1929
Dance Hall
Movie Gracie Nolan
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1929
Half Marriage
Movie Judy Paige
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1929
The Eternal Woman
Movie Anita
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1929
Love In The Desert
Movie Zarah
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1928
Sinners in Love
Movie Ann Hardy
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1928
Stool Pigeon
Movie Goldie
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1928
Gang War
Movie Flowers
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1928
Virgin Lips
Movie Norma
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1928
The Albany Night Boat
Movie Georgie
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1927
Come to My House
Movie Joan Century
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1927
Pajamas
Movie Angela Wade
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1927
The Joy Girl
Movie Jewel Courage
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1927
The Secret Studio
Movie Rosemary Merton
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1927
The Monkey Talks
Movie Olivette
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1926
The Country Beyond
Movie Valencia
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1926
3 Bad Men
Movie Lee Carlton
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1926
Fig Leaves
Movie Eve Smith
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1926
Yellow Fingers
Movie Saina
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1926
My Own Pal
Movie Alice Deering
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1926
The Yankee Señor
Movie Manuelita
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1925
Grounds for Divorce
Movie Model
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1925
The Overland Limited
Movie Ruth Dent
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1925
The Happy Warrior
Movie Ima
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1925
Good Morning, Nurse
Movie Nurse May Ward
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1925
Tell It to a Policeman
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1925
The Dressmaker from Paris
Movie Mannequin
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1925
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Movie The New Maid
