Petrova, Olga (1886–1977)

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Petrova, Olga (1886–1977)

English actress. Born Muriel Harding in England, 1886 (some sources cite 1884); died 1977.

Billed by studio publicists as the daughter of a Russian noble from Poland, played femmes fatales in Hollywood silents for Metro, including The Tigress (1914), The Soul Market (1916), The Undying Flame (1917), The Soul of a Magdalene (1917), Daughter of Destiny (1918) and Panther Woman (1918); produced and wrote several of her own films; after retiring from the screen (1918), returned to the stage, starring in many plays, including 3 that she had also written.

See also autobiography Butter with My Bread (1942).

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