Olive Borden
Acting • Born 1906-07-14 – Died 1947-10-01
Biography
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)
Filmography
47 credits
Gang War
Movie • 1928
Flowers
3 Bad Men
Movie • 1926
Lee Carlton
My Own Pal
Movie • 1926
Alice Deering
Sweet Daddy
Movie • 1924
Woman In Backseat
Why Men Work
Movie • 1924
The Royal Razz
Movie • 1924
Chloe, Love Is Calling You
Movie • 1934
Chloe
Fig Leaves
Movie • 1926
Eve Smith
Moonlight and Cactus
Movie • 1932
Woman
The Voice of Hollywood No. 1
Movie • 1929
The Monkey Talks
Movie • 1927
Olivette
Half Marriage
Movie • 1929
Judy Paige
Dance Hall
Movie • 1929
Gracie Nolan
Too Many Mammas
Movie • 1924
The Boss's Girlfriend
Yellow Fingers
Movie • 1926
Saina
The Social Lion
Movie • 1930
Gloria Staunton
The Mild West
Movie • 1933
Baby Doll
The Joy Girl
Movie • 1927
Jewel Courage
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Movie • 1925
The New Maid
Just a Good Guy
Movie • 1924
Slippery Sue
Gobs of Fun
Movie • 1933
Lulu
The Secret Studio
Movie • 1927
Rosemary Merton
Neck and Neck
Movie • 1924
The Inventors
Movie • 1934
Hotel Variety
Movie • 1933
Good Morning, Nurse
Movie • 1925
Nurse May Ward
Hello Sister
Movie • 1930
Vee Newell
Tell It to a Policeman
Movie • 1925
The Happy Warrior
Movie • 1925
Ima
Love In The Desert
Movie • 1929
Zarah
The Overland Limited
Movie • 1925
Ruth Dent
The Yankee Señor
Movie • 1926
Manuelita
Virgin Lips
Movie • 1928
Norma
The Eternal Woman
Movie • 1929
Anita
The Albany Night Boat
Movie • 1928
Georgie
The Country Beyond
Movie • 1926
Valencia
The Divorce Racket
Movie • 1932
Marie Douglas
Leave It to Me
Movie • 1933
Peavey
Stool Pigeon
Movie • 1928
Goldie
Wedding Rings
Movie • 1929
Eve Quinn
All Wet
Movie • 1924
Extra (uncredited)
Grounds for Divorce
Movie • 1925
Model
The Dressmaker from Paris
Movie • 1925
Mannequin
Sinners in Love
Movie • 1928
Ann Hardy
Pajamas
Movie • 1927
Angela Wade
Come to My House
Movie • 1927
Joan Century
Don't Park There
Movie • 1924
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