Olga Petrova

Olga Petrova
Olga Petrova circa 1917
Born	Muriel Harding (1884-05-10)May 10, 1884 UK
Died	November 30, 1977(1977-11-30) (aged 93) Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, screenwriter, playwright
Years active	1911–1928
Spouse(s)	Louis Willoughby (19??-1968; his death) Dr. John Stewart Dillon (physician) (19??-19??; divorced)

Olga Petrova (May 10, 1884 – November 30, 1977) was an American actress, screenwriter and playwright. Born as Muriel Harding in England, she moved to the United States and became a star of vaudeville using the stage name Olga Petrova. Petrova starred in a number of films for Solax Studios and was Metro Pictures first diva, usually given the role of a femme fatale. During her seven years in film, Petrova appeared in more than two dozen films and wrote the script for several others. Most of her films are now lost.

Petrova left the film industry in 1918 but continued to act in Broadway productions. During the 1920s, she wrote three plays and toured the country with a theater troupe. In 1942, she published her autobiography, Butter With My Bread. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Olga Petrova died in 1977 in Clearwater, Florida, aged 93. She had no children.

Filmography

The Eternal Question (1916)

Daughter of Destiny (1917)

• Departure of a Grand Old Man (1912)
• The Tigress (1914)
• The Heart of a Painted Woman (1915)
• The Vampire (1915)
• The Bludgeon (1915)
• My Madonna (1915)
• What Will People Say? (1916)
• The Soul Market (1916)
• Playing with Fire (1916)
• The Scarlet Woman (1916)
• The Eternal Question (1916)
• Extravagance (1916)
• The Black Butterfly (1916)
• Bridges Burned (1917)
• The Secret of Eve (1917)
• The Waiting Soul (1917)
• The Soul of Magdalen (1917)
• The Undying Flame (1917)
• Law of the Land (1917)
• To the Death (1917)
• The Silence Sellers (1917)
• Exile (1917)
• More Truth Than Poetry (1917)
• Daughter of Destiny (1917)
• The Light Within (1918)
• The Life Mask (1918)
• Tempered Seed (1918)
• The Panther Woman (1918)
• Kira Kiralina (1928)

External links

• Olga Petrova at the Internet Broadway Database
• Olga Petrova at the Internet Movie Database
• Images of Olga Petrova, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
• portrait gallery(University of Washington, Sayre collection)

Olga Petrova presents a Knox Riding Hat, 1915

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