Olive Hasbrouck
Olive Hasbrouck | |
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| File:OliveHasbrouck1929.png Hasbrouck, from a 1929 advertisement | |
| Born | January 23, 1907 Lewiston, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | January 1, 1976 (aged 68) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Olive Whittier |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1924-1929 (film) |
| Relatives | Sol Hasbrouck (grandfather) Max Whittier (father-in-law) |
Olive Elizabeth Hasbrouck Whittier (January 23, 1907 – January 1, 1976) was an American film actress of the silent era.[1] She appeared in dozens of films, mostly Westerns, between 1924 and 1929.[2]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Hasbrouck was born in Lewiston, Idaho, the daughter of Van Wagenen Hasbrouck and Ladia Marguerite Pingree Hasbrouck. Her father was an attorney.[3] Her grandfather was Sol Hasbrouck, an Idaho pioneer and politician.[4] She and her mother moved from Boise to Hollywood for her health.[5] Hasbrouck attended Hollywood High School until she started getting film roles.[6]
Career
[edit | edit source]Hasbrouck began working in films as an extra at Universal City.[7] When she was 17, she won the lead female roles in Ridgeway of Montana (1924)[5] and in Big Timber (1924) opposite William Desmond.[8] By 1925 she was considered a star, leading the cast in Two Blocks Away.[6][9] She was a skilled rider,[10] athletic and willing to do stunts,[6] so most of her roles were in silent Westerns.[2][11] She also appeared in an early sound comedy[12] set at sea, Clear the Decks (1929) with Reginald Denny.[13] Louella Parsons described Hasbrouck as resembling Norma Talmadge.[14]
In January 1929, Hasbrouck signed with First National; she co-starred with Philippe de Lacy and Ken Maynard in The Royal Rider (1929), which turned out to be her last film.[15][16][17]
Later life
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Hasbrouck's younger brother died in an explosion in 1926.[18] She retired from the movie industry just as sound films were introduced,[19] when she married Nelson Paul Whittier (son of oil executive and real estate developer Max Whittier) in 1930.[20] They had children, Laddia[21] and Peter,[22] and lived on a cattle ranch in Yucaipa,[23] and in a penthouse in Westwood.[24] She died in 1976, at the age of 68, in San Diego.[25]
Partial filmography
[edit | edit source]- Big Timber (1924)
- Ridgeway of Montana (1924)
- The Call of Courage (1925)
- Hidden Loot (1925)
- The Cohens and Kellys (1926)
- The Interferin' Gent (1926)
- Rustlers' Ranch (1926)
- A Six Shootin' Romance (1926)
- The Border Sheriff (1926)
- A Regular Scout (1926)[26]
- The Two-Gun Man (1926)
- The Ridin' Rascal (1926)
- White Pebbles (1927)
- Set Free (1927)
- Ride 'em High (1927)
- Pals in Peril (1927)
- The Fighting Three (1927)
- The Obligin' Buckaroo (1927)
- The Ridin' Rowdy (1927)
- Tearin' Into Trouble (1927)
- The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
- The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927)
- Desperate Courage (1928)
- The Cowboy Cavalier (1928)
- The Charge of the Gauchos (1928)
- The Flyin' Cowboy (1928)
- Clear the Decks (1929)
- The Royal Rider (1929)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Katchmer, George A. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses (McFarland, 2009): 156.
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- ^ "Olive Hasbrouck Has Clever Role at Broadway Palace" Daily News (March 16, 1927): 16. via Newspapers.com
External links
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