Olga Dickie

Olga Helen Fowler Dickie (28 August 1900 – 7 March 1988)^[1] was a British and later Australian actress best known for her numerous film roles, especially in the horror and suspense genre, and radio announcer.

Life and career

Dickie was born in India, to Scottish parents, on 28 August 1900. After living in Britain, and working as radio announcer, she subsequently appeared in British productions and was best known for her role in the English version of Dracula in 1958. She emigrated to Australia, where she had roles in TV series and television films, including A Country Practice, Return to Eden and The Flying Doctors, and in film such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and a 1987 adaptation of Neville Shute's The Far County.

Dickie died on 7 March 1992, aged 87, in Sydney, Australia.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Dracula as Gerda (1958) - Gerda
• The Spaniard's Curse (1958) - Hannah
• Invitation to Murder (1959) - Cary Slagg, Andrade's nurse
• Two-Way Stretch (1960) - Woman in Pub (uncredited)
• Cone of Silence (1960) - Miss Wright (uncredited)
• The House in Marsh Road (1960) - Hotel Proprietress (uncredited)
• The Boys (1962) - Mrs. Coulter (uncredited)
• The Kiss of the Vampire (1962) - Woman at Graveyard (uncredited)
• The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) - Housekeeper (uncredited)
• Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) - Mrs. Fitzhubert

Selected television

• The Three Hostages (1952)
• The Flying Doctors (1990)

References

External links

• Olga Dickie on IMDb