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Olga Grey

Acting Born Nov 10, 1896 New York City, New York, USA 20 credits

Biography

Olga Grey (born Anushka Zacsek or Anna Zacsek, November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973) was an American silent film actress, sometimes billed with the alternate spelling of her last name, Olga Gray. She was known for Intolerance (1916), A Bold Impersonation (1915) and His Lesson (1915).

She later 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.

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Known for

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

as Laura Keene (uncredited)
Film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)

Full filmography

  • The Birth of a Nation (1915) as Laura Keene (uncredited)
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
  • Fanatics (1917) as Lola Monroe
  • The Third Eye (1920) as Zaida Savoy
  • The Ghost House (1917) as Alice Atwell
  • When a Man Rides Alone (1919) as Beatriz de Taos
  • A Wild Girl of the Sierras (1916) as Moll
  • The Woman God Forgot (1917) as Aztec Woman
  • The Girl at Home (1917) as Diana Parish
  • Trixie from Broadway (1919) as Gertie Brown
  • Double Trouble (1915) as Madame Leclaire
  • Macbeth (1916) as Lady Agnes
  • His Lesson (1915) as Dorothy Vernon
  • Pathways of Life (1916)
  • Modern Husbands (1919) as Cleo (as Olga Gray)
  • Jim Bludso (1917) as Gabrielle
  • Pillars of Society (1916) as Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
  • Old Mother Grey (1915) as Maude - Peter's Wife
  • The Mayor of Filbert (1919) as Miss Greta Schwartz
  • The Failure (1915) as Rose