Olive Thomas

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA

Birthday: October 20, 1894

Deathday: September 10, 1920

Adult: No

Gender: Female

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Known For:

The Flapper
Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Love's Prisoner
Out Yonder
Beatrice Fairfax
The Glorious Lady
Upstairs and Down
Sigrid Holmquist
The Spite Bride
An Even Break
Madcap Madge
Broadway Arizona
Indiscreet Corinne
Betty Takes a Hand
The Follies Girl
Everybody's Sweetheart
Toton
Darling Mine
A Girl Like That
Limousine Life
Youthful Folly
Heiress For a Day
Prudence on Broadway
Footlights and Shadows
Tom Sawyer