Olive Sturgess
Olive Sturgess | |
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| Born | Olive Dora Sturgess October 8, 1933 Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
Olive Sturgess (born October 8, 1933) is a Canadian former actress who worked in films, television shows, and theatre in the 1950s and 1960s. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sturgess. Leonard hosted his own radio show. She came to Hollywood in 1954.[1]
Sturgess was signed to Universal Studios in her early 20s. She had a supporting role the comedy film The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956), which was the ninth installment of Universal Pictures's Ma and Pa Kettle series. She played Ma's daughter Nancy Kettle. In Roger Corman's comedy horror film The Raven (1963), she played Estelle Craven.[2] She appeared in the Western film Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965) as Bonnie Young.[3]
Personal life[]
Sturgess' cousin was English actress Joan Benham.[4] Sturgess was married to musician Dale Anderson.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Beauty Joins Beasts in Film". The Daily News. April 26, 1963. p. 6. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Actress Enters Films with Creeps, Shrieks". The Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1963. p. 74. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "An Interview With Olive Sturgess". Western Clippings. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Weaver, Tom (December 11, 2009). I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews with 23 Veterans of Horror and Sci-Fi Films and Television. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452682 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Potts 'n' pans". The Province. December 19, 1964. p. 55. Retrieved October 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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