About Olive Templeton
Lived 1883 – 1979 (aged 95). Olive Templeton was an actor.
Olive Templeton (October 19, 1883 – May 29, 1979) was an American stage, television, and film actress.
Olive Templeton was born Olive MacMackin, on October 19, 1883.
She made her stage debut in the 1899 touring production of Ibsen's Peer Gynt. She went on to appear in numerous stage productions and several silent films. In 1919, she married John L. Flannery, who died in 1937. After her marriage, she retired from the stage, but returned to acting in the 1940s. She appeared in productions of The Philadelphia Story (1946), Chekov's Uncle Vanya (1956), and alongside Ethel Merman in The Swan (1945) and Happy Hunting (1955).
Olive Templeton died on May 29, 1979 in New York City. His Sad Awakening (1915) An Innocent Thief'' (1915) Jack Kennard, Coward (1915)
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Who was Olive Templeton?
American actress
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Olive Templeton was born on 19 October 1883.
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Olive Templeton died on 29 May 1979 in New York City.
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Olive Templeton was an actor.
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