Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1920 — OLIVE THOMAS, MOTION PICTURE STAR, IS DEAD [ARTICLE]

OLIVE THOMAS, MOTION PICTURE STAR, IS DEAD

nm IM — — ,■ ~ Paris, Sept. 10.—Olive Thomas, formerly widely known on the American musical comedy stage and for several years a motion picturestar, died at 11 o'clock today in the' American Hospital at Neuiily. Sh% was taken to that institution last Sunday suffering from the effects of a poisonous solution swallowed early that day my mistake, according to Dr. Joseph Choate, the American physician in charge of the case. Recently Miss Thomas, who Came to Europe with her husband,. Jack Pickford several weeks ago, had suffered from nervous depression, it was said. First aid was promptly given her by Mr. Pickford'when he returned Sunday to the hotel and found ‘ his wife in a serious condition . and every possible effort was .3$ the hospital td * eottetdwUrt the effects of the poison, but witnHer real name was Olive Elain Duffy. She was frwehty-tvro years old, having been born October 20, 1898, at Charleroi, Pa. After attending high school in Pittsburg, she began work in a department store there. A friend from New York, attracted by her beauty and voice, induced her to go to New York in 19T8 to study music. '' Soon she attracted notice of theatrical men, and was' placed in the cast of the “Midnight Frolic" in 1914, appearing as “The Cannon Girl.” The next season she waa in both the “Follies” and the “Frolic,” and later posed for magazine covers by noted artists. In 1917 Miss Thomas left the stage to enter the motion picture field 'in California, the same year marrying jack Pickford, motion picture actor. i*f> .rfaf ijljrj »ift*