Olga Grey

Olga Grey
From The Photo-Play Journal, 1916.
Born Anna Zacsek
November 10, 1896
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died April 25, 1973 (aged 76)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names Olga Gray
Occupation Actor
Years active 1915 - 1920

Olga Grey (born Anna Zacsek, November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973[1]) was an American silent film actress, sometimes billed with the alternate spelling of her last name, Olga Gray.[2]

Born in Budapest, Grey immigrated to the United States, and by her late teens was pursuing an acting career in Hollywood.

Her first film appearance was in the 1915 film His Lesson, in which she had the lead role. She would have twelve film roles that year, including a role (as the actress Laura Keene) in the now classic film The Birth of a Nation, starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, and directed by D. W. Griffith.

In 1916 she appeared in seven films, including the role of "Lady Agnes" in Macbeth. She would have another eleven roles between 1917 and 1920, with a steady decline of quality roles.

She left the business in 1920, and 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.[3] She was the only woman attorney in the courtroom for these trials.[4]

Anna Zacsek was residing in Los Angeles at the time of her death on April 25, 1973, aged 76.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1915The Birth of a NationLaura KeeneUncredited
1915The AbsenteeRuth Farwell / Justice
1915The FailureRose
1915Double TroubleMadame Leclaire
1916MacbethLady Agnes
1916A Wild Girl of the SierrasMoll
1916Pillars of SocietyMadame Linda Dorf
1916IntoleranceAdultress
1917The Little LiarFanny
1917Jim BludsoGabrielle
1917Love's LawJealousy
1917The Girl at HomeDiana Parish
1917The Ghost HouseAlice Atwell
1917The Woman God ForgotAztec woman
1917FanaticsLola Monroe
1919When a Man Rides AloneBeatriz de Taos
1919The Modern HusbandCleo
1919The Mayor of FilbertMiss Greta Schwartz
1919Trixie from BroadwayGertie Brown
1920The Third EyeZaida SavoySerial, (final film role)

References

  1. ↑ Social Security Death Index, listed as Anna Zacsek Accessed April 25, 2009
  2. ↑ "Olga Gray". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Eduardo Obregón Pagán, Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon: Zoot Suits, Race, and Riots in Wartime L. A. (University of North Carolina Press 2003): 77-87.
  4. ↑ Catherine Sue Ramirez, The Woman in the Zoot Suit: Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory (Duke University Press 2008): 99-100.

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