Olive Blakeney

Olive Blakeney

Nacimiento : 1903-08-21,

Muerte : 1959-10-21

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Olive Blakeney

Películas

¡Quiero vivir!
Corona Warden (uncredited)
Basada en hechos reales. Barbara Graham es una mujer de pésima reputación que frecuenta bares inmundos y que ha sido condenada por crímenes mezquinos. Dos conocidos suyos cometen un asesinato y, cuando los atrapan, empiezan a sospechar que Bárbara los ha delatado. Para vengarse, deciden inculparla y es condenada a muerte. La mañana del 3 de junio de 1955 entra en la cámara de gas de la penitenciaria de San Quintín (California). Duro alegato contra la pena de muerte.
The Green-Eyed Blonde
Miss Vandingham
Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (working under the pseudonym “Sally Stubblefield”) tells a rough-edged tale of life inside a 1950s women’s reformatory. Set in the Martha Washington School for Girls—an institute for wayward teenagers and unwed mothers—THE GREEN-EYED BLONDE tackles a range of topical social issues as the inmates band together to help out one of their own when she refuses to give up her child.
Three Brave Men
Victoria Scott
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
Sealed Verdict
Camilla Cameron
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Time Out Of Mind
Mrs. Fernald
The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.
La extraña mujer
Mrs. Hollis
Bangor, 1824. Gracias a su deslumbrante belleza, Jenny Hager manipula a los hombres a su antojo y es capaz de conseguir de ellos todo lo que se propone. Tras contraer matrimonio con un acaudalado comerciante, no tarda en seducir al hijo de su marido con el único fin de inducirlo al asesinato de su padre. Al mismo tiempo, se encapricha del prometido de su mejor amiga
Conflicto sentimental
Mrs. Deane (uncredited)
Imposibilitados para tener hijos, Julie (una actriz), y su marido, Bill (productor de Broadway), adoptan una niña huérfana. Pero Julie muere al poco tiempo y Bill debe ocuparse de la niña, con quien no le resulta nada fácil entenderse.
Que el cielo la juzgue
Mrs. Louise Robie (uncredited)
Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde), un joven escritor, conoce en un tren a Ellen (Gene Tierney), una bellísima mujer con la que se casa pocos días después. La vida parece sonreírles, pero Ellen es tan posesiva, sus celos son tan enfermizos que no está dispuesta a compartir a Richard con nadie; tanto amigos como familiares representan para ella una amenaza de la que intentará librarse.
Dakota
Mrs. Stowe
Un cowboy ayuda a los granjeros de trigo de Dakota contra los saqueadores de terrenos. Contará con la ayuda de la hija de un magnate ferroviario.
Nob Hill
Carruthers' Housekeeper
El propietario de un local de San Francisco intenta subir en la escala social. Inicia un romance con una chica bien situada que puede ayudarle a introducirse en la alta sociedad.
Noche en el alma
Clarissa 'Cissie' Bederaux
El doctor Hunt Bailey conoce a una extraña mujer durante un viaje en tren. Bailey, a pesar del halo de misterio que rodea a Alida Bederaux, queda prendado por su belleza y a través de un amigo logra entrar en su círculo privado. Alida es la esposa de Nick Bederaux, un conocido filántropo que al conocer la profesión de Bailey, le pedirá que demuestre que su mujer está loca. Pero cuando Bailey empieza a profundizar en el entramado pasado de los Bederaux, con varias muertes relacionadas con la familia, comienza a dudar sobre quien está realmente loco. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Port of 40 Thieves
Caroline Hubbard
A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an attorney prove her wrong.
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Mrs. Aldrich
Teenager Henry Aldrich and his pal Dizzy decide to try and earn extra money by starting a babysitting service.
The Road to Victory
Herself
Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made the world a better place. Edited down from The Shining Future (1944).
The Shining Future
Mrs. Ames
Documentary short film intended to drum up support for the Fifth War Loan Campaign. It shows a happy family in the future of 1960 enjoying the prosperity and advantages made possible by the successful prosecution of the war, and how the sacrifices of 1944 have made the world a better place.
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Mrs. Aldrich
High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarried teacher.
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Mrs. Aldrich
Henry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly proves to cause them no end of trouble.
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
Alice Aldrich
Henry Aldrich and his high-school pals investigate a local haunted house.
Henry Aldrich Swings It
Mrs. Aldrich
Teenager Henry Aldrich decides to take matters into his own hands when his high school principal forbids the student band from playing swing music.
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Mrs. Aldrich
Teenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star. The sixth entry in the "Henry Aldrich" series of eleven films.
Aerial Gunner
Mrs. Lunt
Dos antiguos rivales se enfrentan durante el entrenamiento básico y luchan por la misma mujer.
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Alice Aldrich
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of mysterious fires. A mild, timid little fellow named Nero Smith shows up to tip off Henry as to the time and place of the next conflagration. Henry prints the story-and is immediately accused of being the firebug himself!
Henry and Dizzy
Alice Aldrich
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the replacement cash the boat's owner demands. The catch: Henry only has two days to come up with the funds, or the boat's angry owner will turn him over to the police.
Glamour Boy
Miss Treat
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living in Hollywood. He gets back into the movie business when he overhears a conversation between producers discussing their newest prodigy. Cooper butts in and suggests the producers remake Skippy (a real-life 1931 film that made young Cooper a star). The bigwigs like the idea and then hire Cooper to become the boy's acting coach. Once back on the backlot, Cooper finds both trouble and romance while helping the young boy adjust to life as a movie star.
Billy el niño
Myra Patterson
Durante un tiempo, Billy el Niño vivió pacificamente trabajando en el rancho de un civilizado y generoso colono inglés, partidario de mantener la ley y el orden sin necesidad de recurrir a la violencia. Pero, cuando el ranchero es asesinado por los pistoleros del cacique del pueblo, Billy decide vengarlo.
Lo que piensan las mujeres
Margie Stallings
Larry Baker (Melvyn Douglas), un agente de seguros que ama su trabajo y la vida hogareña, ignora, sin embargo, que su esposa Jill (Merle Oberon) se siente deprimida y abandonada, porque él no suele mostrarse ni cariñoso ni apasionado con ella. Cuando, para tratar el asunto, decide visitar a un psiquiatra, conoce en la sala de espera a un excéntrico pianista llamado Alexander Sebastian (Burguess Meredith).
Third Finger, Left Hand
Louise
Margot (Myrna Loy), la editora de una glamurosa revista femenina, para evitar el continuo asedio de sus colegas masculinos y la cólera de sus celosas esposas, decide ponerse un anillo de oro en el tercer dedo de la mano izquierda, haciendo ver que está casada. Todo se complica cuando el artista Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas), harto de sus continuos fracasos con Margot, decide fingir ante todo el mundo ser su marido, que se creía desaparecido hace mucho tiempo.
Gangway
Nedda Beaumont
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.
Don't Get Me Wrong
Frankie
Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone. It was made at Teddington Studios with sets designed by Peter Proud. Unlike several of Miller's Teddington films which are now lost, this still survives. Miller plays a fairground performer who meets a professor who claims to have invented a cheap substitute for petrol. They team up and persuade a millionaire to finance them to develop and market the product, while unsavoury elements are keen to steal the formula and try all means to get their hands on it, involving slapstick chases and double-crosses. It then turns out that the miracle fluid is diluted coconut oil, and the genius professor is an escaped lunatic. The millionaire finds himself taking the brunt of the disappointment.
Excuse My Glove
Aunt Fanny Stafford
A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.
The Three Maxims
Mrs. Winston
The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the small time, the threesome finally get their big chance in Paris, at which point Mac realizes he's in love with Pat.
Come Out of the Pantry
Mrs. Beach-Howard
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Give Her a Ring
A telephonist falls for her employer.
Her Imaginary Lover
Polly
A New York socialite Celia invents an aristocratic English fiancé named Lord Michael Ware to deflect the tedious attention of would-be suitors. Celia travels to London to claim an inheritance...and meets an aristocratic Englishman called Lord Michael Ware. The imaginary romance becomes real.