Olive Borden

Known for ActingBorn 1906-07-14Died 1947-10-01Richmond - Virginia - USA

Olive Borden was beautiful and talented but she became one of Hollywood's most tragic tales. She came to Hollywood in 1922 with her widowed mother. Olive started her career as a Mack Sennett bathing beauty and was named a Wampas baby star in 1925. She made eleven films at Fox studios where she earned $1,500 a week. Olive became a popular on screen vamp and her jet black hair was her trademark. She hired Jimmie Fiddler as her agent and was nicknamed "The Joy Girl". Olive lived a lavish lifestyle with limos, mansions, servants, and a dozen fur coats. In 1927 she left Fox after a salary dispute. She later worked for Columbia and RKO studios. Like many other silent stars she had a hard time making the transition to talkies. Her last film was made in 1934. There were two failed marriages and a broken engagement to actor George O'Brien. During World War 2 she worked as a nurse. By the age of 41 she was a penniless alcoholic. Her final years were spent in a Los Angeles mission. Sadly many of Olive Borden's silent films have been lost and this lovely star has been forgotten. Date of Death 1 October 1947, Los Angeles, California (stomach ailment)Read more

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The Inventors

The Albany Night Boat

Pajamas

The Yankee Señor

The Country Beyond

The Happy Warrior

The Overland Limited

Moonlight and Cactus

The Divorce Racket

My Own Pal

Sweet Daddy

Just a Good Guy

Wedding Rings

Sinners in Love

The Secret Studio

Come to My House

Yellow Fingers

Should Husbands Be Watched?

Good Morning, Nurse

Tell It to a Policeman

Grounds for Divorce

The Dressmaker from Paris

Why Men Work

The Social Lion

The Joy Girl

Don't Park There

The Mild West

Hotel Variety

Leave It to Me

The Eternal Woman

Stool Pigeon

The Royal Razz

3 Bad Men

Gang War

The Monkey Talks

Fig Leaves

Half Marriage

All Wet

Gobs of Fun

Dance Hall

Too Many Mammas

Chloe, Love Is Calling You

Virgin Lips

Hello Sister

Hollywood Studios

The Voice of Hollywood No. 1

Love In The Desert

Neck and Neck