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- Birth nameLouise Olga Mary Lehmann
- Olga Lehmann was born on February 10, 1912 in Chile. She was a costume designer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Gamma People (1956) and The Lisbon Story (1946). She was married to Carl Richard Huson. She died on October 26, 2001 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, UK.
- SpouseCarl Richard Huson(October 13, 1939 - June 4, 1984) (his death, 1 child)
- She designed the now iconic poster Big Brother is Watching You for the 1956 film of George Orwell's "1984" using the face of her husband Carl Huson as a model for that of "Big Brother".
- Her son is Paul Huson.
- She was born in Catemu, Valparaíso, Chile, in 1912, the first of three children of Mary Grisel (Bissett) and Andrew William Lehmann, director of a mining company. Her father, born in Paris, was of German and French descent, while her mother was Scottish. Olga was educated by an English governess and then at an American college in Santiago. Olga's sister, Monica Lehmann, was the paternal grandmother of actress Rebecca Pidgeon. Olga's great-great-niece is thus actress Clara Mamet, Rebecca's daughter.
- Latterly she did television film work. Although she did not win, she had a string of Emmy nominations.
- Olga painted three portraits: of Sable Colby (Stephanie Beacham), Jason Colby (Charlton Heston) and Conny Colby Patterson (Barbara Stanwyck).
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