Olive Borden was beautiful and talented but she became one of  Hollywood's most tragic tales. She came to Hollywood in 1922 with her  widowed mother. Olive started her career as a Mack Sennett bathing  beauty and was named a Wampas baby star in 1925. She made eleven films  at Fox studios where she earned $1,500 a week. Olive became a popular on  screen vamp and her jet black hair was her trademark. She hired Jimmie  Fiddler as her agent and was nicknamed "The Joy Girl". Olive lived a  lavish lifestyle with limos, mansions, servants, and a dozen fur coats.  In 1927 she left Fox after a salary dispute. She later worked for  Columbia and RKO studios. Like many other silent stars she had a hard  time making the transition to talkies. Her last film was made in 1934.  There were two failed marriages and a broken engagement to actor George  O'Brien. During World War 2 she worked as a nurse. By the age of 41 she  was a penniless alcoholic. Her final years were spent in a Los Angeles  mission. Sadly many of Olive Borden's silent films have been lost and  this lovely star has been forgotten.

Date of Death  1 October  1947, Los Angeles, California   (stomach ailment)