Olga Dickie

Olga Helen Fowler Dickie (28 August 1900 – 7 March 1992) was a British character actress and radio announcer best known for film roles, primarily in the horror and suspense genres

In her later years she worked as a character actress in Australia, notable for roles in film and television.

Early life Dickie was born in the British India (now India) in 1900.

Career

After living in the UK, and working as a radio announcer, she subsequently appeared in British film productions in cameo type roles from 1949 until 1964 and was best known for her role as Gerda in the English version of Dracula starring Sir Christopher Lee in 1958.

She emigrated to Australia, where in her latter years she had guest roles in TV series and television films from the 1970s onwards, including A Country Practice, Return to Eden and The Flying Doctors, and in film such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and a 1987 adaptation of Neville Shute's The Far County.

Personal life Dickie was married to British actor Patrick Susands in 1927 and divorced, she married Erik Ernest Swann from 1942 until his death in 1982; she died on 7 March 1992, aged 91, in Sydney, Australia.

Selected filmography