Personal Info
Olive R. Duffy
Oliva R. Duffy
Oliveretta Elaine Duffy
Olive Thomas
Acting
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…
Filmography
Movies
Sigrid Holmquist
as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
as Self (archive footage)
The Flapper
as Genevieve 'Ginger' King
Darling Mine
as Kitty McCarthy
Everybody's Sweetheart
as Mary
Youthful Folly
as Nancy Sherwin
Footlights and Shadows
as Gloria Dawn
Toton
as Toton/ Yvonne
Prudence on Broadway
as Prudence
The Spite Bride
as Tessa Doyle