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Olive Ann Alcorn
Olive Ann Alcorn
	Alcorn c. 1925
Born	March 10, 1900; Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1972 (aged 71); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Dancer, model, silent film actress
Spouses	; Louis H. Scherer (m. 1921; div. 1925) ; Harry Singer (m. 1928)

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Olive Ann Alcorn (March 10, 1900 – January 8, 1972)^[1] was an American dancer, model, and silent film actress of the 1910s and 1920s. She is better remembered today for the numerous nude photographs of her from the era than for her film work.

Life

Olive Ann was born in Stillwater, Minnesota. She graduated from the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, and was a member of the Denishawn Players which toured across the nation putting on performances in theaters and auditoriums.

After 1928 little is known about Olive Ann Alcorn, though it is believed she continued her involvement in dance. She married twice. Her first husband was Louis H. Scherer (divorced 1925) and her second husband was Harry Singer (married May 22, 1928).

She died in Los Angeles, California in 1972 after being diagnosed with anal cancer. She was cremated at Roosevelt Cemetery in Gardena. Her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off Santa Monica.^[2]

Works

She appeared in her first film Sunnyside in 1919, a film short that starred Charlie Chaplin. She then appeared the same year in the two silent films The Long Arm of Mannister, which starred Henry B. Walthall and Helene Chadwick, and For a Woman's Honor.

In 1923 she appeared in "The Illustrators Show", a collection of one-act plays. She modeled, mostly nude, between 1919 and 1925 for Chatiau Art Studios, and she later appeared uncredited in two more films in 1925. Those productions were The Phantom of the Opera and Up the Ladder. Most of her nude modeling was utilized in the illustration Alta Art Studies Volume I, published by Alta Studios in San Francisco, California and photographed by Xan (Alexander) J. Stark.

References

^ "Stillwater native Olive Ann Alcorn appeared with Chaplin, Lon Chaney in silent movies". Press Publications. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
^ Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

Olive Ann Alcorn at silentera.com
Silent Film Star: Olive Ann Alcorn at Noir and Chick Flicks
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) at www.lonchaney.org

External links

Olive Ann Alcorn at IMDb
Olive Ann Alcorn at the Internet Broadway Database
Alta Art Studies, San Francisco: Alta Studios at the Historical Ziegfeld Group (photographs)

[1] "Stillwater native Olive Ann Alcorn appeared with Chaplin, Lon Chaney in silent movies". Press Publications. Retrieved October 20, 2017.

[2] Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson

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-[[File:Olive Ann Alcorn - Feb 4 1922 NPG.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Alcorn noting that her costume for a 1922 revue in San Francisco only weighed three ounces.]]
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-'''Olive Ann Alcorn''' (March 10, 1900 &ndash; January 8, 1975) was an [[United States of America|American]] dancer, model, and [[silent film]] [[film actress|actress]] of the 1910s and 1920s. She is better remembered today for the numerous nude photographs of her from the era than for her film work.
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+| birth_place        = [[Stillwater, Minnesota]], U.S.
+| death_date         = {{death date and age |mf=yes|1972|01|08|1900|03|10}}
+| death_place        = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
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+* {{marriage|Louis H. Scherer|1921|1925|end=div}}
+* {{marriage|Harry Singer|1928}}
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+'''Olive Ann Alcorn''' (March 10, 1900 &ndash; January 8, 1972)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/news/article_1b5bf6ca-dc9e-5f9f-816a-b115ad6cf4d0.html|title=Stillwater native Olive Ann Alcorn appeared with Chaplin, Lon Chaney in silent movies|work=Press Publications|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en}}</ref> was an American dancer, [[Model (art)|model]], and [[silent film]] [[film actress|actress]] of the 1910s and 1920s. She is better remembered today for the numerous nude photographs of her from the era than for her film work.
-==Biography==
+==Life==
 Olive Ann was born in [[Stillwater, Minnesota]]. She graduated from the [[Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts]], and was a member of the Denishawn Players which toured across the nation putting on performances in theaters and auditoriums.
+After 1928 little is known about Olive Ann Alcorn, though it is believed she continued her involvement in dance. She married twice. Her first husband was Louis H. Scherer (divorced 1925) and her second husband was Harry Singer (married May 22, 1928).
-She appeared in her first film ''[[Sunnyside (film)|Sunnyside]]'' in 1919, a film short, which starred [[Charlie Chaplin]]. That same year she appeared in the silent films ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010380/ The Long Arm of Mannister]'' which starred [[Henry B. Walthall]] and [[Helene Chadwick]] followed by ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010139/ For a Woman's Honor]''.
+She died in [[Los Angeles, California]] in 1972 after being diagnosed with [[anal cancer]]. She was cremated at Roosevelt Cemetery in [[Gardena, California|Gardena]]. Her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off [[Santa Monica]].<ref>Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14000 Famous Persons by Scott Wilson</ref>
-In 1923 she appeared in "The Illustrators Show", a collection of one-act plays. She modeled, mostly nude, between 1919 and 1925 for Chatiau Art Studios, and later appeared uncredited in two 1925 films. Those were ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' and ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016478/ Up the Ladder]''. Most of her nude modeling was utilized in the illustration [http://billyjane.tumblr.com/post/880218327/olive-ann-alcorn-in-the-early-1920s-she-posed Alta Art Studies Volume I], published by Alta Studios in [[San Francisco, California]] and photographed by [[Xan (Alexander) J. Stark of Alta Studios San Francisco]].
+==Works==
-After 1928 little is known about Olive Ann Alcorn, though it is believed she continued her involvement in dance. She married twice, her first husband being Louis H. Scherer (divorced 1925) and her second husband being Harry Singer (married May 22, 1928). She died in [[Los Angeles, California]] in 1975.
+She appeared in her first film ''[[Sunnyside (1919 film)|Sunnyside]]'' in 1919, a film short that starred [[Charlie Chaplin]]. She then appeared the same year in the two silent films ''The Long Arm of Mannister'', which starred [[Henry B. Walthall]] and [[Helene Chadwick]], and ''[[For a Woman's Honor]]''.
+In 1923 she appeared in "The Illustrators Show", a collection of one-act plays. She modeled, mostly nude, between 1919 and 1925 for Chatiau Art Studios, and she later appeared uncredited in two more films in 1925. Those productions were ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)|The Phantom of the Opera]]'' and ''[[Up the Ladder]]''. Most of her nude modeling was utilized in the illustration Alta Art Studies Volume I, published by Alta Studios in [[San Francisco, California]] and photographed by [[Xan (Alexander) J. Stark]].
+[[File:Olive Ann Alcorn by Witzel.jpg|thumb|Alcorn in the 1920s.]]
 ==References==
+<references />
 * [http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Alcorn-OliveAnn.html Olive Ann Alcorn] at silentera.com
 * [http://dawnschickflicks.blogspot.com/2011/05/silent-film-star-olive-ann-alcorn.html Silent Film Star: Olive Ann Alcorn] at Noir and Chick Flicks
-* [http://www.lonchaney.org/filmography/141.html The Phantom of the Opera 1925]
+* [http://www.lonchaney.org/filmography/141.html ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925)] at www.lonchaney.org
-* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0017286/ IMDB filmography]
 ==External links==
 {{commons category|Olive Ann Alcorn}}
+*{{IMDb name|0017286}}
+*{{IBDB name|29522|name=Olive Ann Alcorn}}
 *[http://historicalzg.piwigo.com/index?/category/275-san_francisco_alta_studios_vlad ''Alta Art Studies'', San Francisco: Alta Studios] at the Historical Ziegfeld Group (photographs)
+{{authority control}}
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 [[Category:American silent film actresses]]
 [[Category:Actresses from Minnesota]]
-[[Category:American female models]]
+[[Category:Female models from Minnesota]]
 [[Category:American female dancers]]
 [[Category:1900 births]]
 [[Category:1975 deaths]]
 [[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
+[[Category:Deaths from anal cancer]]
+[[Category:20th-century American dancers]]
+[[Category:Deaths from cancer in California]]
+[[Category:Dancers from Minnesota]]