Olga Grey

Born: 1896-11-10 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1973-04-25

Known For: Acting

Biography

Olga Grey (born Anushka Zacsek or Anna Zacsek, November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973) was an American silent film actress, sometimes billed with the alternate spelling of her last name, Olga Gray. She was known for Intolerance (1916), A Bold Impersonation (1915) and His Lesson (1915). She later became an attorney under her original name, Anna Zacsek. In 1942 she was one of the defense attorneys in the "Sleepy Lagoon" trials, defending gang members Henry Leyvas, Victor Segobia, and Edward Grandpré. She was the only woman attorney in the courtroom for these trials.

Filmography

1920

The Third Eye as Zaida Savoy

1919

Trixie from Broadway as Gertie Brown
When a Man Rides Alone as Beatriz de Taos
Modern Husbands as Cleo (as Olga Gray)
The Mayor of Filbert as Miss Greta Schwartz

1917

Fanatics as Lola Monroe
The Ghost House as Alice Atwell
The Woman God Forgot as Aztec Woman
Jim Bludso as Gabrielle
The Girl at Home as Diana Parish

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
A Wild Girl of the Sierras as Moll
Macbeth as Lady Agnes
Pillars of Society as Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
Pathways of Life

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Laura Keene (uncredited)
His Lesson as Dorothy Vernon
Old Mother Grey as Maude - Peter's Wife
Double Trouble as Madame Leclaire
The Failure as Rose