Olive Thomas Net Worth is
$3 Million

Mini Biography

Oliva R. Duffy was created on Oct 20, 1894, in Charleroi, Pa. Ollie, as she was recognized to relatives and buddies, did not have got a lot of a years as a child. Life in commercial Pittsburgh was depressing and grim, using its smoky factories and hard living. Olive’s dad passed away while she was still youthful, forcing her to keep school to greatly help gain her maintain. In Apr 1911 at age 16 she wedded Bernard Krug Thomas in McKees Rock and roll, PA. During this time period she reportedly worked well as a product sales clerk. The relationship was an unsatisfied one and after 24 months Olive submitted for divorce. She quickly moved to NY and remained with family members while again employed in a division shop. In 1914 she clarified a newspaper advertisement and received the name of “THE MOST AMAZING Girl in NEW YORK”. The competition was run from the famous commercial designer Howard Chandler Christy. After earning, Thomas modeled for designer Harrison Fisher and finally landed around the cover from the Sunday Evening Post. Either on the suggestion or her personal brazen strategy, Thomas impressed Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and instantly went to function in his famous Ziegfeld Follies. Thomas would turn into a Follies preferred, employed in The Midnight Frolic aswell as many from the revues. Stunningly beautiful, she soon discovered herself becoming pursued by several very rich and powerful males who frequented the follies. Thomas received costly presents from her admirers, with gossips that this German Ambassador experienced provided her a $10,000 string of pearls. Her beauty would result in a seated with famed Peruvian designer Alberto Vargas. Thomas’ access into films is usually slightly sketchy, since it can be hard to track when or as to why it just happened. Her initial agreement was with International Film Business as the primary female in the studio’s Harry Fox films, though this under no circumstances led to any actual movies. Her performing debut was a little yet key function in an bout of Beatrice Fairfax (1916). Oddly, she after that produced one film for Famous Players-Lasky before putting your signature on with Triangle Images to produce a string of light comedies just like those of Mabel Normand and Mary Pickford. Several films do well, including Madcap Madge (1917), A WOMAN LIKE THIS (1917), Broadway Az (1917) and Indiscreet Corinne (1917). Thomas met Jack port Pickford, sibling of Mary, in 1916 even though dancing in Nat Goodwin’s Cafe on the Santa Monica Pier. The partnership was rocky but extremely passionate. Thomas and Pickford stated to have wedded in 1916, though they didn’t announce the “relationship” until 1917 when Thomas had been a film superstar in her very own right. Strangely enough, lately found marriage information prove the few didn’t marry until 1918. In 1918 Thomas agreed upon with Selznick Images, where her star grew. During her Triangle times she had performed teenager types, leading to visitors to term her a “baby vamp”. Selznick capitalized upon this picture, which would ultimately give way towards the flapper, Thomas becoming the first ever to portray a flapper in The Flapper (1920). It had been so effective that Thomas’ follow-up movies followed an identical pattern, including Younger Folly (1920) and Everybody’s Sweetheart (1920). Thomas had by no means been completely accepted from the Pickford family members, with Mary resenting her. Nevertheless, Lottie Pickford befriended her. Regardless of the stormy romantic relationship, Olive and Jack port wedded in 1918. In 1919 they started proceedings to look at her nephew, as his mom had passed on (a common practice at that time). Thomas adored kids and could not really wait to be always a mother. Making what’s regarded as a last-ditch effort to repair her relationship with Jack port, she and Pickford continued a “further honeymoon vacation” in August 1920. While in Paris that they had a weighty night of taking in and partying, time for the resort at 3:00 a.m. Pickford going for bed, and Thomas had written a notice to her mom. After concocting what she believed was a sleeping potion (sleeping medication at that time is at a powder type, to be blended with a liquid for intake) and needs to beverage it, Thomas screamed violently. Pickford went in to discover what was incorrect and found that she got misinterpreted the French brands and drank a remedy of mercury bichloride rather (which, when blended in that style, was utilized as bathroom cleaner). She was instantly rushed to a medical center. Blinded and struggling to talk because of burnt vocal chords, it had been hard on her behalf to talk to the French law enforcement, who had been investigating the event. Regardless, the police remaining satisfied the function was a major accident. Thomas passed on the next day, with her spouse and brother-in-law Owen Moore at her part. She was 25. Thomas’ loss of life was the initial big superstar scandal, as well as the initial death of the star in the elevation of her popularity and youngsters (only 1 other main film celebrity had died unexpectedly in the elevation of fame, older people comedian John Bunny in 1915). Gossips swirled she experienced wiped out herself, or was poisoned with a crazed American captain or murdered by Pickford himself. After an autopsy and an American and People from france investigation, her loss of life was ruled unintentional. Thomas was buried in NY in a little mausoleum designated “Pickford”. Although relationship have been rocky most agree she was the like of Jack’s lifestyle, so much in order that he was thought to possess contemplated suicide upon time for America. Two relationships afterwards (both to Ziegfeld young ladies), Jack port was thought to contact out for Olive within the midst of his drunken stupors. Olive’s last film, Everybody’s Sweetheart (1920), premiered after her loss of life. Her name lives on, steeped in her scandal, improved by fabrications in Hollywood Babylon. Amazingly, today a lot of her movies can be found (about 12 comprehensive plus some in fragments), though they possess much less of however been released on Dvd and blu-ray or house video. In 2005 a documentary, “Everybody’s Sweetheart” premiered, along with “The Flapper”.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Olive Thomas
Date Of Birth	October 20, 1894
Died	September 10, 1920, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Place Of Birth	Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession	Actor, Pin-up model, Singer
Nationality	American
Spouse	Jack Pickford, Bernard Krug Thomas
Parents	James Duffy, Rena Duffy
Siblings	Harriet Duffy, James Duffy, William Duffy
Movies	The Flapper, Everybody's Sweetheart, Love's Prisoner, The Glorious Lady, Upstairs and Down, A Girl Like That, An Even Break, Youthful Folly, Tom Sawyer, Prudence on Broadway