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Olive Blakeney is a Actor American born on 19 august 1894 at Newport (USA)

Olive Blakeney

Olive Blakeney
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Birth name Olive Blakeney
Nationality USA
Birth 19 august 1894 at Newport (USA)
Death 21 october 1959 (at 65 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Olive Blakeney (21 August 1899 – 21 October 1959) was an American actress.

Biography

Épouse (jusqu'à son décès) de l'acteur américain Bernard Nedell (1893-1972), Olive Blakeney l'accompagne vers la fin des années 1920 en Angleterre, où elle fait carrière au théâtre jusqu'à la fin des années 1930. Ainsi, elle joue notamment à Londres, dans des pièces et comédies musicales, dont Gay Divorce en 1933-1934, sur une musique de Cole Porter, avec Claire Luce et Fred Astaire (ce dernier reprendra son rôle dans l'adaptation au cinéma de 1934).

Au cinéma, elle apparaît d'abord dans douze films britanniques, sortis entre 1933 et 1937.
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Usually with

Jimmy Lydon
Jimmy Lydon
(10 films)
Charles Smith
Charles Smith
(8 films)
John Litel
John Litel
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Olive Blakeney (38 films)

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Actress

Aerial Gunner, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Chester Morris, Richard Arlen, Jimmy Lydon, Ralph Sanford, Amelita Ward, Dick Purcell
Roles Mrs. Lunt
Rating55% 2.757292.757292.757292.757292.75729
Policeman Jon Davis (Richard Arlen) informs "Foxy" Pattis (Chester Morris) at his shooting gallery, that his criminal father has died. Foxy blames all policemen, feeling they harassed him all his life and were responsible for his death. Both men enlist in the United States Army Air Forces where Foxy becomes the instructor at an aerial gunnery school. He makes life miserable for Jon, now a "Flying Sergeant" student, trying to force the former policeman to resign.
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Diana Lynn, Frances Gifford
Roles Mrs. Aldrich
Rating64% 3.2331753.2331753.2331753.2331753.233175
Henry Aldrich becomes the most sought after guy in town when he win a date with movie star.
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House, 1h13
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Jackie Moran, Lucien Littlefield
Roles Alice Aldrich
Rating62% 3.142473.142473.142473.142473.14247
Henry Aldrich swallows a serum by accident and ends up in a "haunted" house.
Two-Faced Woman, 1h30
Directed by George Cukor, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Ruth Gordon, Robert Sterling
Roles Phyllis (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1004053.1004053.1004053.1004053.100405
A fashion magazine editor (Douglas) marries a ski instructor (Garbo) on impulse, but she soon learns he expects her to be a dutiful wife, and not the independent woman he seemed to marry her for. They separate and he returns to New York City, where he takes up again with a playwright, (Bennett), with whom he was involved prior to marriage.
Random Harvest, 2h5
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Roles M Barnes
Rating78% 3.9448053.9448053.9448053.9448053.944805
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
Billy the Kid, 1h34
Directed by Frank Borzage, David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter, Mary Howard, Gene Lockhart, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles Myra Patterson
Rating56% 2.8470852.8470852.8470852.8470852.847085
The year is 1880 and William Bonney (Robert Taylor) is already a famous gunslinger, known as "Billy the Kid". In Lincoln, New Mexico, Billy helps his friend Pedro Gonzales (Frank Puglia) escape from jail, where he was put by mean sheriff Cass McAndrews (Cy Kendall).
That Uncertain Feeling, 1h24
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Harry Davenport, Olive Blakeney, Sig Ruman
Roles Margie Stallings
Rating65% 3.2972353.2972353.2972353.2972353.297235
At the suggestion of one of her friends, Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) visits psychoanalyst Dr. Vengard (Alan Mowbray) for her intermittent hiccups, which appear when she gets nervous or irritated. He soon has her questioning her previously happy marriage to her business executive husband Larry (Melvyn Douglas).
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day, 1h23
Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Red Skelton, Alma Kruger, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Mrs. Worth
Rating62% 3.146513.146513.146513.146513.14651
Dr. James Kildare (Lew Ayres) is finally marrying nurse Mary Lamont (Laraine Day) and everyone at Blair General Hospital in New York is preparing for the wedding. The wedding renders mixed feelings for James' mentor, the wheelchair-bound Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), who realizes his protégé will have less time for him.
Third Finger, Left Hand, 1h36
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Walburn, Lee Bowman, Bonita Granville, Felix Bressart
Roles Louise
Rating67% 3.3951353.3951353.3951353.3951353.395135
New York magazine editor Margot Sherwood "Merrick" (Myrna Loy) invents a husband (who is conveniently away in remote corners of the world) mainly to safeguard her job. The magazine publisher's jealous wife has had the last two women in her position fired after mere months. It also comes in handy keeping aggressive men at bay, as Margot is determined to succeed in her career. Magazine photographer August Winkel (Felix Bressart) helps by writing letters supposedly from Tony Merrick.