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Olga Grey is a Actor American born on 10 november 1896 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Olga Grey (November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973) was an American silent film actress.
Anna "Anushka" Zacsek, a Budapest native, immigrated to the United States, and by her late teens was pursuing an acting career in Hollywood.
Her first film appearance was in the 1915 film His Lesson, in which she had the lead role. She would have twelve film roles that year, including a role in the now classic film The Birth of a Nation, starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and directed by D. W. Griffith.
In 1916 she appeared in seven films, including the role of "Lady Agnes" in Macbeth. She would have another eleven roles between 1917 and 1920, with a steady decline of quality roles.
She left the business in 1920, and became an attorney under her original name, Anna Zacsek. In 1942 she was one of the defense attorneys in the "Sleepy Lagoon" trials, defending gang members Henry Leyvas, Victor Segobia, and Edward Grandpré. She was the only woman attorney in the courtroom for these trials.
Anna Zacsek was residing in Los Angeles at the time of her death on April 25, 1973, aged 76.
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Olga Grey
Birth name Anna Zacsek
Nationality USA
Birth 10 november 1896 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 25 april 1973 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 10 november 1896 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 25 april 1973 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Anna "Anushka" Zacsek, a Budapest native, immigrated to the United States, and by her late teens was pursuing an acting career in Hollywood.
Her first film appearance was in the 1915 film His Lesson, in which she had the lead role. She would have twelve film roles that year, including a role in the now classic film The Birth of a Nation, starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and directed by D. W. Griffith.
In 1916 she appeared in seven films, including the role of "Lady Agnes" in Macbeth. She would have another eleven roles between 1917 and 1920, with a steady decline of quality roles.
She left the business in 1920, and became an attorney under her original name, Anna Zacsek. In 1942 she was one of the defense attorneys in the "Sleepy Lagoon" trials, defending gang members Henry Leyvas, Victor Segobia, and Edward Grandpré. She was the only woman attorney in the courtroom for these trials.
Anna Zacsek was residing in Los Angeles at the time of her death on April 25, 1973, aged 76.
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The Third Eye (1920)
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Warner Oland, Eileen Percy, Jack Mower, Olga Grey
Roles Zaida Savoy
Rating49%
As described in a film publication, Curtis Steele (Oland), a society man at a film studio, has been pursuing actress Rita Moreland (Percy) and confronts her at the studio with the intention of making love to her. She repulses him and during the struggle shoots him. Steele staggers forward and collapses. She is terrified as she thought that the revolver had been loaded with blanks. As she bends over him, he leaps to his feet and with a sneering remark leaves. Later that night Rita is informed that Steele was found at the studio shot through the heart, and that there is a film showing Steel chasing her and then her shooting him. The serial then develops around Rita, her sweetheart, a villain, and the mystery of who killed Steele, who made the film, and attempts to obtain the film.
The Woman God Forgot (1917)
, 1hDirected by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Wallace Reid, Raymond Hatton, Geraldine Farrar, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Kosloff, Walter Long
Roles Aztec Woman
Rating61%
As described in a film magazine, Moctezuma (Hatton), the Aztec king, resents the intrusion of the Spanish who have come to convert the Aztecs to Christianity. As Tecza (Farrar), daughter of the king, loves Alvarado (Reid), one of the Spanish captains, she allows the Spanish soldiers to enter the palace. After a terrific battle, she is the only surviving Aztec and the Spanish allow her to depart in peace. Alvarado then comes wooing the last of the Aztecs and wins her.
Jim Bludso (1917)
Directed by Tod Browning, Wilfred Lucas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Wilfred Lucas, Olga Grey, Sam De Grasse, Monte Blue, Winifred Westover, Lillian Langdon
Roles Gabrielle
Engineer Jim Bludso and his sidekick, Banty Tim, return to Gilgal, Illinois after the end of the American Civil War. Upon arrival, they discover that Jim's wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man and abandoned their son. Kate Taggart, the daughter of a storekeeper in town, takes pity on Jim and they develop a fondness for one another. Gabrielle, now dumped, returns and Jim forgives her and resumes their married life. Meanwhile, a flood is coming, and Ben Merrill—constructor of Gilgal's levee—knows the structure won't hold against the tide, so he willfully causes it to fail and plans to blame the resulting catastrophe on Jim and Banty Tim. Gabrielle is mortally wounded in the flood, and her dying words implicate Merrill and identify him as the man who wooed her away from her family. Jim is on board the boat Prairie Bell when this news reaches him, as is Merrill; they get into a fight, and Prairie Bell bursts into flames and explodes. Jim is rescued and returns to Gilgal to marry Kate.
The Ghost House (1917)
, 50minutesDirected by William C. de Mille
Origin USA
Actors Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Olga Grey, James Neill, Eugene Pallette, Horace B. Carpenter
Roles Alice Atwell
Rating66%
As described in a film magazine, Lois Atwell (Huff) and her widowed sister Alice (Grey), with no money left to pay their rent, go to live in a house left to them by their uncle which is known to be haunted. The same evening Ted Rawson (Pickford) is sent to spend the night in the haunted house as part of his college hazing. When the women hear someone breaking into the house they think he is a burglar and Lois holds Ted captive at the point of a gun. A real thief is also hiding in the house and when he sees the women trailing in their white gowns, he thinks they are ghosts and departs hastily. Although Lois doubts that Ted is a real housebreaker, she treats him as one until he can explain who he is and the police catch the actual criminal.
, 2h43Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about capital punishment, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Vera Lewis, Ralph Lewis, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Fred Turner, Gino Corrado
Roles Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
Rating76%
Quatre époques sont présentées en alternance pour dénoncer l'intolérance : la répression des grèves, le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, la Passion du Christ et Babylone. De la Babylone antique au début du XX siècle, une illustration métaphorique de la cruauté et de la férocité de l'homme envers son prochain.
Macbeth (1916)
Directed by Erich von Stroheim, John Emerson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Constance Collier, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken, Ralph Lewis, Mary Alden
Roles Lady Agnes
Rating65%
Lord Macbeth rencontre trois sorcières qui prédisent qu'il sera roi d'Écosse. Lorsque le roi Duncan visite le château de Macbeth, Lady Macbeth convainc son mari de le tuer. Envahi par la culpabilité, et apeuré que l'autre prédiction des sorcières (que Banquo engendre des rois) se réalise, Macbeth tue Banquo. Finalement Lady Macbeth se tuera et Macbeth sera tué par Macduff.
Pillars of Society (1916)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Actors Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Edna Mae Wilson, George Beranger, Josephine Crowell, Olga Grey
Roles Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
Rating57%
Pillars of Society (1916)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Edna Mae Wilson, George Beranger, Josephine Crowell, Olga Grey
Roles Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
Rating57%
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
, 2h37Directed by Monte Blue, Jack Conway, Erich von Stroheim, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Joseph Henabery, George Siegmann, Donald Crisp, Allan Dwan, D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke, Raoul Walsh, Elmer Clifton, Christy Cabanne, Tom Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann
Roles Laura Keene
Rating61%
The film follows two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans—abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman, based on the Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, his two sons and his daughter Elsie—and the Southern Camerons, a family including two daughters, Margaret and Flora, and three sons, most notably Ben.
Double Trouble (1915)
, 50minutesDirected by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Margery Wilson, Richard Cummings, Olga Grey, Gladys Brockwell, Monroe Salisbury
Roles Madame Leclaire
Rating52%