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- Brown-haired, articulate American character actress who became a prolific performer on both sides of the Atlantic. Schooled in her native Kentucky she subsequently attended drama classes. Having relocated to London, she soon found steady employment in repertory theatre and eventually made her motion picture debut in the comedy Her Imaginary Lover (1933). Along with her in the cast was future husband, actor Bernard Nedell. Signed under long-term contract by Warner Brothers/First National, Olive was then given star billing in other romantic farces made at Teddington Studios, including Leave It to Blanche (1934) (title role) and Mr. What's-His-Name? (1935) . Upon her return to the U.S., she continued to commute between stage (including Broadway) and screen but found meatier parts harder to come by. After spending years top cast as genteel socialites in British second features, it was now down to minor roles in, admittedly, A-grade productions like Two-Faced Woman (1941), Random Harvest (1942) and Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Before long, however, Olive secured a regular niche as Alice Aldrich (mother to Henry, played by Jimmy Lydon -- whose mother-in-law she was in real life) in Paramount's popular Aldrich Family series. As to her remaining career: that was spent playing an assortment of housekeepers and dowagers, from 1952 almost entirely as a guest in early TV anthology dramas.
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Wilhelm von Kaufmann was born on 16 May 1888 in Berlin, Germany. He was a producer and production manager, known for Liebe im Kuhstall (1928), Kammermusik (1925) and Mother Love (1929). He was married to Henny Porten. He died on 21 October 1959.- Actor
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Composer, songwriter ("Floatin' Down to Cotton Town") and author, educated in high school and then a contract writer for a Chicago music company. During WWI he served as a second lieutenant in the American infantry. Coming to New York, he was associated with Fred Fisher and other music publishers, and wrote special material for Eva Tanguay and Trixie Fraganza, also working in advertising for newspapers, radio and television. He wrote the Broadway stage score for "Keep Kool", and performed in vaudeville over a four year period. Joining ASCAP in 1943, his other popular-song compositions include "Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight", "When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues", "Mysterious Blues", "The Annie Laurie Blues" and "The Girl at the End of the Bar".