Olga Edwardes(1917-2008)

Actress

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Olga Edwardes was born on 26 May 1917 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) and Sherlock Holmes (1951). She was married to Nicholas Davenport and Anthony Baerlein. She died on 1 July 2008 in Elstree, England, UK.

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Known for

A Christmas Carol (1951)

A Christmas Carol

8.1

Fred's Wife

1951

Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, and Claude Rains in Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

Caesar and Cleopatra

6.2

Cleopatra's Lady Attendant

1945

Alan Wheatley in Sherlock Holmes (1951)

Sherlock Holmes

7.1

TV Mini Series

Irene Adler

The Middle Watch

TV Movie

Fay Eaton

1948

Credits

Actress

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
- Vera
- 1955
Au Clair de la Lune
TV Movie
- Mademoiselle de Montpensier
- 1954
Black Orchid
6.0
- Christine Shaw
- 1953
A Christmas Carol
8.1
- Fred's Wife
- 1951
Sherlock Holmes
7.1
TV Mini Series
- Irene Adler
- 1951
The Six Men
5.3
- Christina
- 1951
October Horizon
TV Movie
- Sarah French
- 1950
The Angel with the Trumpet
6.2
- Monica Alt
- 1950
At the Villa Rose
TV Movie
- Celia Harland
- 1948
I Killed the Count
TV Movie
- Louise Rogers
- 1948
The Middle Watch
TV Movie
- Fay Eaton
- 1948
Lovers' Meeting or, a Handbook to Courting
TV Movie
- 1947
Caesar and Cleopatra
6.2
- Cleopatra's Lady Attendant
- 1945
Blackout
6.9
- Mrs. Abo
- 1940
The Parnell Commission
TV Movie
- Mrs. O'Shea
- 1939

Personal details

Born
- May 26, 1917
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Died
- July 1, 2008
- Elstree, England, UK
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Trivia
Under her married name of Olga Davenport, she became well known as a Modernist painter, whose works are still exhibited on public display in various venues, as well as gracing private collections all over the globe.

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