Olga Lindo

Personal Info

Birthday

July 13, 1899

Day of Death

1968-05-07

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England

Also Known As

Olga Helena Frances Lindo

Olga Lindo

Biography

Olga Helena Frances Lindo was born in London at the end of the Victorian era to Frank and Marion (née Wakeford) Lindo. She had one brother Reginald David Marion Lindo (1900-72).

Her father was a well-known actor-manager and author. It was no surprise then when Olga made her stage debut aged just fourteen in The Sleeping Beauty Re-Awakened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London's Covent Garden. She joined her father's touring company taking on a wide range of roles.

Known For

Maigret

Sunday-Night Play

Sapphire

David Copperfield

Obsession

I See a Dark Stranger

Dr. Crippen

An Inspector Calls

Filmography

1963
Dr. Crippen
as Mrs. Clara Arditti
1962
Out of the Fog
as Mrs. Mallon
1959
Sapphire
as Mrs. Harris
Make Mine a Million
as Mrs. Burgess
1957
Woman in a Dressing Gown
as Manageress
1956
Yield to the Night
as Senior Matron Hill
The Extra Day
as Mrs. Bliss
1955
Raising a Riot
as Aunt Maud
1954
An Inspector Calls
as Mrs. Sybil Birling
1950
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
as Olive Tavy
1949
Obsession
as Mrs. Humphries
Train of Events
as Mrs. Bailey
1948
Things Happen at Night
as Hilda Prescott
1947
The Phantom Shot
as Mrs. Robson
1946
Bedelia
as Mrs. Bennett
I See a Dark Stranger
as Mrs Edwards
Night Boat to Dublin
as Mrs. Coleman
1944
Time Flies
as Queen Elizabeth
1943
When We Are Married
as Maria Helliwell
1940
Return to Yesterday
as Grace Sambourne
The Stars Look Down
as Mrs. Sunley
1938
Luck of the Navy
as Mrs. Rance
What Men Live By
as Martha
1937
A Romance in Flanders
as Madame Vlandermaere
1935
Dark World
as Eleanor
The Last Journey
as Mrs. Holt
The Case of Gabriel Perry
as Mrs. Perry
Royal Cavalcade
as Tourist
1931
The Shadow Between
as Nell Baker