| Olive Logan | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 22, 1839 Elmira, New York |
| Died | April 27, 1909 |
| Occupation | Stage actress, writer |
| Parents | Cornelius Ambrosius Logan |
Olive Logan (April 22, 1839 – April 27, 1909) was an American actress and author, daughter of Cornelius Ambrosius Logan and Eliza Akeley.
She was born in Elmira, New York, and after being educated in Paris and London with a view to the stage, became an actress and subsequently a journalist and lecturer. Her acting career was short beginning with her debut at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1854 as 'Mrs. Bobtail' in Bobtail and Wagtail and ending in 1857 when she went to Europe. Olive was influenced by Artemis Ward to take up public speaking where she spoke on social and political topics. She returned briefly to the stage from 1864 until 1867. In 1864 she appeared at Wallack's Theatre in New York City in her own play of Eveleen. She corresponded for many periodicals and wrote, besides plays (including a metrical rendering of Coppée's La Pasant), a dramatization of Wilkie Collins's Armadale, and several books on theatrical matters, such as Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes (1870). Her novel Get Thee Behind Me Satan! was published in 1872 by Smith, Victor & Company of New York.[1]
Olive was married three times first in 1857 to Henry De Lille; they were divorced in 1869. Her second marriage was to William Wirt Sikes on December 19, 1871 and after his death in 1883 she married James O'Neill in 1892.
This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.