Olga Petrova
Olga Petrova ( born Muriel Hardin ; born May 10, 1884 in Liverpool , † November 30, 1977 in Clearwater , Florida ) was an English actress , screenwriter and playwright .
Life
Born Muriel Harding in England , she moved to the United States at a young age and became a star by the stage name Olga Petrova. Petrova began her career in vaudeville before switching to film. Petrova usually played the role of a femme fatale in a number of films for Solax Studios and Metro Pictures . Most of her films are no longer available today. She also wrote numerous scripts.
In the 1920s she wrote three plays and toured the country with a theater company. In 1923 she wrote the drama and also starred in the play Hurricane , which became a huge hit in New York . The play was also staged in Los Angeles and performed with great success until late 1925.
In 1942, she published her autobiography entitled Butter With My Bread .
She died in 1977 at the age of 93. In 1960 she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Filmography (selection)
- 1912: Departure of a Grand Old Man
- 1914: The Tigress
- 1915: The Heart of a Painted Woman
- 1915: The Vampire
- 1915: The Bludgeon
- 1915: My Madonna
- 1916: What Will People Say?
- 1916: The Soul Market
- 1916: Playing with Fire
- 1916: The Scarlet Woman
- 1916: The Eternal Question
- 1916: extravagance
- 1916: The Black Butterfly
- 1917: Bridges Burned
- 1917: The Secret of Eve
- 1917: The Waiting Soul
- 1917: The Soul of Magdalen
- 1917: The Undying Flame
- 1917: Law of the Land
- 1917: To the Death
- 1917: The Silence Sellers
- 1917: Exile
- 1917: More Truth Than Poetry
- 1917: Daughter of Destiny
- 1918: The Light Within
- 1918: The Life Mask
- 1918: Tempered Seed
- 1918: The Panther Woman
- 1928: Kira Kiralina
Web links
- Olga Petrova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Olga Petrova in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Olga Petrova : Newspaper article in the Los Angeles Times , accessed March 27, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Butter With My Bread. Retrieved March 27, 2014 from amazon.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrova, Olga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hardin, Muriel (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English actress, screenwriter and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool , England , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1977 |
| Place of death | Clearwater , Florida , United States |