Ollie Kirkby Explained

Ollie Kirkby
Birth Name:	Olive Kirby
Birth Date:	September 26, 1886
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Date:	October 7, 1964 (age 78)
Death Place:	Glendale, California, U.S.
Othername:	Ollie Kirby Olive Kirby
Occupation:	Actress
Yearsactive:	1914–1926
Spouse:	George Larkin

Ollie Kirkby (September 26, 1886 – October 7, 1964) was an American stage, screen, and vaudeville actress.

Biography

She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1886 and died in 1964 at Glendale, California.^{[1] [2]} Her entire career, from 1914 to 1925, was dedicated to making short films or film serials. She was known for the dimple on her shoulder and often photographed showing that distinguishing feature.^[3]

Kirkby began working in films with Kalem in 1912. After two years there, she worked for Favorite Players Company for a year and then returned to Kalem.^[4]

She married actor George Larkin in 1918. He died in 1946.

In addition to her acting career, she also wrote scripts with her husband, including Bulldog Courage (1922) and The Pell Street Mystery (1924).^[5]

Selected filmography

• The Parasite (1912)
• The Girl and the Gangster (1913) – short
• The Wiles of a Siren (1914) – short
• The Potter and the Clay (1914) – short
• The Key to Yesterday (1914)
• The Last Chapter (1914)
• The Girl Detective (1915) – episodes 16 & 17
• The Trap Door (1915) – short
• The Voice from the Taxi (1915) – short
• The Tattooed Hand (1915) – short
• The Clairvoyant Swindlers (1915) – short
• Scotty Weed's Alibi (1915) – short
• The Closed Door (1915) – short
• The Figure in Black (1915) – short
• The Money Leeches (1915) – short
• The Vanishing Vases (1915) – short
• The Accomplice (1915) – short
• The Frame-Up (1915) – short
• The Straight and Narrow Path (1915) – short
• The Strangler's Cord (1915) – short
• Mysteries of the Grand Hotel (1915) – short
• The Disappearing Necklace (1915) – short
• The Secret Code (1915) – short
• The Riddle of the Rings (1915) – short
• The Substituted Jewel (1915) – short
• The Barnstormers (1915) – short
• The False Clue (1915) – short
• The Wolf's Prey (1915) – short
• The Man on Watch (1915) – short
• The Man in Irons (1915) – short
• Stingaree (1915)
• The Social Pirates (1916)^[6]
• Black Magic (1916) – short
• The Code Letter (1916) – short
• The Missing Heiress (1916) – short
• The Pencil Clue (1916) – short
• Grant, Police Reporter (1916) – short
• The Man from Yukon (1916) – short
• The Rogue's Pawn (1916) – short
• The House of Three Deuces (1916) – short
• The Tango Cavalier (1923)
• The Apache Dancer (1923) as Babette^[7]
• Stop at Nothing (1924 film) as Slick Sadie alias Ted Norton^[7]
• Deeds of Daring (1924)^[7]
• Yankee Madness (1924)
• The Right Man (1925)
• Getting 'Em Right (1925)
• Never Too Late (1925)

External links

• • article Ollie Kirkby: The Home Girl Feb. 1917 by Cecelia Mount - Motion Picture Magazine page 41

Notes and References

1. Who Was Who on the Screen by Evelyn Mack Truitt 3rd Edit., p. 404 c.1983; (source has date of death as October 7, 1965)
2. Silent Film Necrology 2nd Edit., p. 288 c.2001; (source has date of death as October 7, 1964)
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=InvNAAAAMAAJ&dq=Zoe%20Barnett&pg=PA99 "Ollie Kirkby"
4. (untitled brief) . Motography . May 22, 1915 . XIII . 21 . 842 . March 3, 2022.
5. Web site: Finding Aid for the George Larkin Papers, ca. 1915–1946. Online Archive of California.
6. Web site: The Social Pirates (1916). https://web.archive.org/web/20220303033012/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a69ab51. dead. March 3, 2022.
7. Web site: Ollie Kirby . BFI . British Film Institute . March 3, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303020429/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9ef6e3f3 . March 3, 2022.