Olive Thomas

Personal Info

Birthday

October 20, 1894

Day of Death

1920-09-10

(25 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Olive R. Duffy

Oliva R. Duffy

Oliveretta Elaine Duffy

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.

Known For

Sigrid Holmquist

The Flapper

Madcap Madge

Out Yonder

Tom Sawyer

Limousine Life

The Spite Bride

Toton

Filmography

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