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Full Name
  
Olive Blakeney

Children
  
Betty Lou Nedell

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Olive Blakeney

Years active
  
1933-1959


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Born
  
August 21, 1899 (
1899-08-21
)

Died
  
October 21, 1959, Los Angeles, California, United States

Spouse
  
Bernard Nedell (m. ?–1959)

Movies
  
That Uncertain Feeling, Henry Aldrich Haunts a, Henry and Dizzy, Sealed Verdict, Henry Aldrich Plays Cu

Similar People
  
Jimmy Lydon, Ernst Lubitsch, Herbert Wilcox, Lewis Allen, George Cukor

Olive Blakeney (21 August 1899 – 21 October 1959) was an American actress.

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Career

She studied at a dramatic school. Played as a super in visiting stage shows at one dollar a performance. Played in many London stock companies. She became known on the London and American stage. She made her screen debut in England in 1932.

Married to Bernard Nedell, mother of Betty Lou Nedell and mother-in-law of Jimmy Lydon who played her son in all but the first of the Henry Aldrich films.

Partial filmography

  • Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
  • Give Her a Ring (1934)
  • Leave It to Blanche (1934)
  • Hello, Sweetheart (1935)
  • Three Maxims (1936)
  • Two's Company (1936)
  • Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
  • Gangway (1937)
  • Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
  • That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
  • Aerial Gunner (1943)
  • Dakota (1945)
  • Time Out of Mind (1947)
  • Sealed Verdict (1948)
  • Three Brave Men (1956)
  • References

    Olive Blakeney Wikipedia