Olga Edwardes

Known for Acting

Johannesburg, South Africa

Biography

Olga Florence Edwardes Davenport (c. 1915 – 23 July 2008) was a South African-born British actress and artist.

Known For (9 credits)

4.9

Movie

Black Orchid

1953

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.

7.4

Movie

Scrooge

1951

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.

5.8

Movie

The Six Men

1951

The ‘Six Men’ are a gang of six criminals that Scotland Yard is unable to pin a charge against even though they are positive of the identities.

6.3

Movie

The Angel with the Trumpet

1950

Sad tale of a woman who marries the man her family wishes her to wed, not Wooland, the man she truly loves. Years after her lover's suicide, Herlie joins him before the Gestapo can get to her because of her Jewish ancestry.

6.1

Movie

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

6.9

Movie

Contraband

1940

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.

7.0

Movie

Over She Goes

1937

Three friends plan to marry their sweethearts, but when the former fiancée of one of them shows up threatening breach of promise because she's after his aristocratic title, they must think on their toes and resurrect his dead uncle, leading to comedic chaos.

6.0

Movie

The Dominant Sex

1937

A mature comedy based on the hit stage play in which a loving but strained marriage is put to the test!

4.0

Movie

The Amateur Gentleman

1936

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.