Trivia
Olive wearing her lucky ring




~ Olive always wore a pink and green pansy ring. The ring was made out of her father's stickpin and she considered it her good luck charm.


~ The notorious murderer Lizzie Borden was one of Olive's distant relatives


~ In 1944 Olive was given an Army citation for bravery when she helped turn over an enemy ammunition truck.
Olive and George O'Brien in Three Bad Men




~ Three Bad Men was Olive's favorite film. She liked dramatic movies better than comedies.


~ Olive made her New York stage debut on December 20, 1930. She had the lead role in a play called "The Devil Is A Lady".
Olive in a scene from The Joy Girl




~ She was called "the joy girl of the silver screen". Olive got this nickname after starring in the popular 1927 film The Joy Girl.


~ When Olive was cast in the 1925 film The Dressmaker In Paris she only owned one dress.
Olive playing the piano




~ Olive could speak French and she knew how to play the piano.


~ When Olive was a child she attended Sacred Heart Catholic grade school in Norfolk, Virginia. She was one of the first students to attend the school when it opened in 1920.
Olive wearing her special shoes




~ She wore a size 2 shoe. Olive's feet were so small she had to have special shoes made.


~ Olive had a Swedish maid named Margaret Johnson.




Olive showing off her slender figure




~ She weighed 105 pounds. In her final years Olive gained 30 pounds due to her alcoholism and other illnesses.


~ Olive collected dolls from all over the world.
Olive in Half Marriage




~ Olive took voice lessons from Mrs. Paul Sloane to prepare for talking pictures. Her first talkie was the 1929 drama
Half Marriage.


~ Columnist Jimmie Fiddler was Olive's first press agent. He said she was "unforgettable for the perfect beauty of her figure".
Olive when she was a WAMPAS baby star




~ In 1925 Olive was named one of the 13 WAMPAS (Western Association Of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby Stars. The other baby stars included June Marlowe and Betty Arlen.


~ Olive did not know how to swim. She used a stunt double for her swimming scenes in the 1934 film Chloe, Love Is Calling.




Olive in one of her many fur coats




~ She owned fourteen fur coats in 1927. When Olive started having financial problems she had to sell all of them.


~ In August 1926 Olive underwent an emergency appendectomy in San Francisco. She returned to work five weeks later.
A signed photo of Olive similar to the one she had when she died




~ When Olive died she was broke. The only possessions she had were a scrapbook of clippings and a photo of herself that was signed "Sincerely yours, Olive Borden".


~ Olive was close friends with Anita Stewart, June Clyde, and Cornelius Keefe.
The beautiful Natalie Joyce




~ Actress Natalie Joyce was Olive's cousin. She and Natalie worked together in the 1929 melodrama Dance Hall.


~ Olive was five feet, four inches tall and had brown eyes.
Olive and Jack Pickford in Gang War




~ Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, was shown with Olive's 1928 film Gang War.


~ Olive's friends called her "Ollie".
Olive in her convertible




~ In July 1927 Olive bought a custom built Lincoln car with a convertible top. It was the only one of it's kind on the West coast.


~ One of Olive's hobbies was playing golf.