Olive Elizabeth Hasbrouck Whittier (January 23, 1907 – January 1, 1976) was an American film actress of the silent era.[1] She appeared in dozens of films, mostly Westerns, between 1924 and 1929.[2]
Early life
Hasbrouck was born in Lewiston, Idaho, the daughter of Van Wagenen Hasbrouck and Ladia Marguerite Pingree Hasbrouck. Her father was an attorney.[3] Her grandfather was Sol Hasbrouck, an Idaho pioneer and politician.[4] She and her mother moved from Boise to Hollywood for her health.[5] Hasbrouck attended Hollywood High School until she started getting film roles.[6]
Olive Hasbrouck (right) on the poster for The Two-Gun Man (1926)
Hasbrouck's younger brother died in an explosion in 1926.[18] She retired from the movie industry just as sound films were introduced,[19] when she married Nelson Paul Whittier (son of oil executive and real estate developer Max Whittier) in 1930.[20] They had children, Laddia[21] and Peter,[22] and lived on a cattle ranch in Yucaipa,[23] and in a penthouse in Westwood.[24] She died in 1976, at the age of 68, in San Diego.[25]
You are visitor 01402503 — GeezerVison does not store the pages you look up. Best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.7 or Internet Explorer 6 at 800×600. No cookies required.
