Olga Dickie

Olga Helen Fowler Dickie (28 August 1900 – 7 March 1992)[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.

Olga Dickie
Born
Olga Helen Fowler Dickie

(1900-08-28)28 August 1900
Mariani, Assam, British India (now India)
Died7 March 1992(1992-03-07) (aged 91)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress, radio announcer
Spouse(s)Patrick Susands (1927-?), (1942-1982, his death)

Life and career

Dickie was born in British India, to Scottish parents, on 28 August 1900. After living in the UK, and working as a radio announcer, she subsequently appeared in British film productions in cameo type roles from 1949 until 1964 and was best known for her role as Gerda in the English version of Dracula starring Sir Christopher Lee in 1958. She emigrated to Australia, where she had roles in TV series and television films from the 1970s onwards, 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 was married to British actor Patrick Susands in 1927 and divorced, she married Erik Ernest Swann from 1942 until his death in 1982; she died on 7 March 1992, aged 91, in Sydney, Australia.[2]

Selected filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1958DraculaGerda
1958The Spaniard's CurseHannah
1959Invitation to MurderCary Slagg, Andrade's nurse
1960Two-Way StretchWoman in PubUncredited
1960Cone of SilenceMiss WrightUncredited
1960The House in Marsh RoadHotel ProprietressUncredited
1962The BoysMrs. CoulterUncredited
1962The Kiss of the VampireWoman at GraveyardUncredited
1964The Curse of the Mummy's TombHousekeeperUncredited
1975Picnic at Hanging RockMrs. Fitzhubert
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1952The Three HostagesMadame Breda4 episodes
1990The Flying DoctorsMrs. Lightburn1 episode, (final appearance)
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gollark: I... don't think you can "amplify" stuff that way?
gollark: You would need to somehow protect yourself against all the wavelengths of laser it uses.
gollark: 500W is a lot, but not *that* much.
gollark: You realise that the tattoo removal one was something like 1*M*W pulsed or something ridiculous like that?

References
  1. Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (10 January 2014). "The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography". McFarland and Co – via Google Books.
  2. "Olga Dickie". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
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