Olga Petrova(1884-1977)
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
British born Olga Petrova was born Muriel Harding on
10th May 1884 in England. She first made her film debut in Russia
playing the role of Sofja Andreevna in Yakov Protazanov's 'Departure of
a Grand Old Man' in 1912, she arrived in America around 1913 to appear
on vaudeville and in the dramatic Broadway theatres. She starred in her
first US film as Stella in Alice Guy's drama 'The Tigress' in 1914.
Olga became a highly popular diva through the 1910s starring in move
than two dozen movies until her last starring role as Patience Sparhawk
in Ralph Ince's 'The Panther Woman' co-starring Rockliffe Fellows in
1918, she also wrote several scripts. After Petrova left the movie
business in 1918 she continued to star on Broadway during the 1920s.
She wrote three plays and toured the country with a theatre troupe. She
published her autobiograph in 1942 and has a star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame. She died in 1977 age 93. She had no children.
