Olga Fabian

Olga Fabian (September 15, 1885 - December 1983)

Before she came to the United States, Fabian was popular in Germany, and she originated the role of Julie in Liliom, by Molnar. She had leading roles in productions of Shakespeare's plays, and she was a guest star in a variety of cities, including Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburg. In 1939, Sponsorship by unknown cousins in Chicago enabled them to immigrate, and they arrived with $30. Quaker friends helped Fabian's son to begin his American education. She had "a schoolbook knowledge of the English language" when she arrived in America.

Fabian's American stage debut occurred in Play with Fire. I Am a Camera, in which Fabian toured the United States in addition to being in the Broadway production, had her portraying Frau Schneider, a Nazi part that "demands 100 per cent acting from a woman who hates everything this Nazi-loving woman is." Behind Prison Walls (1943), My Pal Wolfe, They Live in Fear (1944), Voice in the Wind (1944), and Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945). Other TV shows on which she appeared included The Philco Television Playhouse, Omnibus, Campbell Soundstage, You Are There, Colonel Humphrey Flack, You'll Never Get Rich, Robert Montgomery Presents, The World of Mr. Sweeney, and Kraft Television Theatre.

Fabian also gave lectures and dramatic recitals for a variety of clubs and college groups,

Fabian was married in 1925 and divorced in 1931.