OLIVE CAREY
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth
31 January 1896
New York, New York, USA
Date of death
13 March 1988
Carpinteria, California, USA.
Sometimes Credited As:
Olive Fuller Golden / Olive Golden
Birth name
Olive Fuller Golden
Nickname
Goldie
Ollie
Spouse
Harry Carey (January 1920 - 21 September 1947) (his death) 2 children
Sister of actress Mignonne Golden.
Mother of Harry Carey Jr.
Sister of actress Ruth Fuller Golden.
Trivia
For her work in 1931's "Trader Horn, " for which she spent several weeks in primitive, dangerous and unhealthy conditions in East Africa, Carey was paid the grand sum of $300 by MGM, making her very angry. Upon returning to the U.S., she, along with the rest of the cast, was promptly fired by MGM, which had decided to shelf the picture. However, several weeks later the studio decided to try to save the film, and called back the original cast, all of whom were under contract to MGM--except Olive Carey. Told that she would be needed for five days and would be paid the standard $300 fee, Carey demanded a salary of $1000 a day. MGM eventually gave in, as they needed her to match the footage that had previously been shot in Africa, and paid what she asked. She told a friend that she would have normally done the reshoot for the regular contract fee, except that she saw a chance to get back at studio head Louis B. Mayer for "dumping me in the middle of Africa, paying me nothing, then bringing me back home and firing me, " a feat that won her the reputation of being one of the few people in Hollywood to beat Louis B. Mayer at his own game.
Salary
Trader Horn (1931) $5,300
Mini Biography
Olive Carey was born Olive Fuller Golden on January 31, 1896. Olive was 18 when she appeared in her first motion picture, a silent entitled, TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY. After she made A KNIGHT OF THE RANGE in 1916, she retired from films. In 1916, she married actor Harry Carey who was eighteen years older. They had two children, one of whom was Harry Carey, Jr. who was a very good actor in his own right. Olive briefly returned to the screen in 1931 in a film called TRADER HORN. After 1935's NAUGHTY MARIETTA Olive again stepped away from the cameras. But in 1947, her husband passed away and she, once more, stepped into films. This time her stay was a bit longer. Her first film following Harry's death was AIR HOSTESS in 1949. She continued to act in films off and on until the age of 70 when she appeared for the last time in 1966's BILLY THE KID VS. DRACULA. On March 13, 1988, Olive died in Carpinteria, California at the age of 92.
Denny Jackson
Filmography
Actress
1. Billy the Kid versus Dracula (1966) .... Dr. Henrietta Hull
2. "Alcoa Premiere"
- Jenny Ray (1963) TV Episode .... Grandmother
- Pattern of Guilt (1962) TV Episode .... Nettie Swanson
3. "Lawman"
... aka The Lawman (USA: alternative title)
- The Youngest (1962) TV Episode
4. "Have Gun - Will Travel"
- Lazarus (1962) TV Episode .... Old Woman
5. "Laramie"
- Deadly Is the Night (1961) TV Episode .... Ma Tolliver
6. Two Rode Together (1961) .... Mrs. Abby Frazer
7. "Dennis the Menace"
... aka Just Dennis (UK)
- Man of the House (1960) TV Episode .... Mrs. Rafferty
8. The Alamo (1960) .... Mrs. Dennison
9. Maisie (1960) (TV) .... Mrs. Clary
10. "Lock Up" (1959) TV Series .... Casey (1959-1961)
11. "Law of the Plainsman"
... aka The Westerners (USA: syndication title)
- The Innocents (1959) TV Episode .... Martha
12. "Tombstone Territory"
- Trail's End (1959) TV Episode .... Frieda Thompson
13. "Cimarron City"
- The Evil One (1959) TV Episode .... Widow Means
14. "The Rifleman"
- Shivaree (1959) TV Episode .... Ma Wilson
15. Teenage Idol (1958) (TV)
16. "The Restless Gun"
- The Peddlar (1958) TV Episode .... Osa Carpenter
- Duel at Lockwood (1957) TV Episode .... Grandmother
17. "Wagon Train"
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Jesse Cowan Story (1958) TV Episode .... Dorcas Beal
18. "Mr. Adams and Eve" (1957) TV Series .... Elsie (1957-58)
19. Run of the Arrow (1957) .... Mrs. O'Meara
... aka Hot Lead (USA: video title)
20. Night Passage (1957) .... Miss Vittles
21. "Tales of Wells Fargo"
- Jesse James (1957) TV Episode .... Maw Samuel
22. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) .... Mrs. Clanton
23. The Wings of Eagles (1957) (uncredited) .... Bridy O'Faolain
24. "On Trial"
... aka The Joseph Cotten Show (USA: new title)
... aka The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (new title)
- Death in the Snow (1956) TV Episode .... Mrs. Gerber
25. Pillars of the Sky (1956) .... Mrs. Anne Avery
... aka The Tomahawk and the Cross (UK)
26. "The Millionaire"
... aka If You Had a Million
- The Story of Tod Burke (1956) TV Episode .... Agnes Burke
27. The Searchers (1956) .... Mrs. Jorgensen
28. "Red Ryder" (1956) TV Series .... Dutches #2
29. "Screen Directors Playhouse"
- The Bush Roper (1955) TV Episode .... Grandma Jenny
30. I Died a Thousand Times (1955) .... Ma Goodhue
31. The Cobweb (1955) .... Mrs. O'Brien
32. Rogue Cop (1954) .... Selma
33. Affair with a Stranger (1953) .... Cynthia Craig
34. "Dragnet"
... aka Badge 714 (USA: syndication title)
- The Big Ray (1953) TV Episode
35. Face to Face (1952) .... Laura Lee ('The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky')
36. Monkey Business (1952) (uncredited) .... Johnny's Mother
... aka Be Your Age
... aka Howard Hawks' Monkey Business (USA: complete title)
37. On Dangerous Ground (1952) .... Mrs. Brent
38. The Whip Hand (1951) .... Mabel Turner
39. Air Hostess (1949) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
40. Naughty Marietta (1935) (uncredited) .... Madame Renavant
41. Border Devils (1932) (as Olive Fuller Golden) .... Ethel Denham
42. The Vanishing Legion (1931) (as Olive Fuller Golden) .... Miss Lewis
43. Trader Horn (1931) (as Olive Golden) .... Edith Trent
44. The Yellow Pawn (1916)
45. The Devil's Own (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
46. A Woman's Eyes (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
47. Love's Lariat (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden) .... Goldie Le Croix
48. For the Love of a Girl (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
49. The Committee on Credentials (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
50. As in a Dream (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden) .... Evelyn Wilson
51. The Wedding Guest (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
52. The Passing of Hell's Crown (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
53. The Night Riders (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
54. Stampede in the Night (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
55. A Knight of the Range (1916) .... Bess Dawson
56. Across the Rio Grande (1916) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
57. Manna (1915) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
58. The Frame-Up (1915/I) (as Olive Fuller Golden) .... Nell Harter
59. The Millionaire Paupers (1915) (as Olive Golden)
60. Dr. Mason's Temptation (1915) (as Olive Golden)
61. Just Jim (1915) (as Olive Golden) .... Undetermined Role
62. In the Grasp of the Law (1915) (as Olive Golden)
... aka In the Grip of the Law (USA)
63. The Source of Happiness (1915) (as Olive Golden)
64. Little Mr. Fixer (1915) (as Olive Golden)
... aka Billy's Cupidity (USA)
65. When the Spider Tore Loose (1915) (as Olive Golden)
66. To Redeem an Oath (1915) (as Olive Golden)
67. Such Is Life (1915) .... Olive Trent
68. When the Gods Played a Badger Game (1915) (as Olive Golden)
... aka The Girl Who Couldn't Go Wrong
69. The Decision (1914) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
... aka The Little Blonde Lady (USA)
70. Tess of the Storm Country (1914) (as Olive Golden) .... Teola Graves
71. The Sorrowful Shore (1913) (as Olive Fuller Golden) .... The Orphan
72. The Perfidy of Mary (1913) (unconfirmed) .... Maid
73. The Vintage of Fate (1912) (as Olive Golden)
Writer
1. Just Kids (1913/II) (as Olive Fuller Golden)
Herself
1. "Hollywood" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Herself
... aka Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title)
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