Actors - Olive Borden

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Olive Borden (Sybil Tinkle) (July 14, 1906 - October 1, 1947) was an American actress in silent and early talking motion figures, known for her pitch black hair and overall beauty.

Career

She started as one of Mack Sennett's bathing beauties in 1924 and was soon signed to Fox, after being named a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1925. She also made movies for Columbia and Radio Pictures, often playing beautiful, sophisticated types. During this time she worked with some directors who would go on to achieve major fame, including John Ford, Howard Hawks and Leo McCarey.

By this point a major star, the nature of Borden's voice required a change in casting type by the advent of the 'talkies'. She made several movies in the early 1930s, playing a younger, more modern sort of character. Her last screen credit came in 1934.

Following her departure from Hollywood, Borden struggled greatly with both her personal and professional life, becoming involved in numerous failed love affairs, and suffering from substance abuse and stress. All of this contributed in her premature death in 1947 in a Los Angeles mission.

Namesake

Her birth name is often thought to have been Sybil Tinkle but research in the early nineties (including record searches as well as visits to surviving members of the Borden and Tinkle families) revealed that Sybil Tinkle was actually a woman from Texas who had a resemblance to Borden.

Tinkle moved to California and told her family that she had changed her name to Olive Borden. One contemporary newspaper article read, "Olive Borden's Brother Dies in Car Crash" when in actuality it was Tinkle's brother as Borden was an only child for most of her life.

The other controversial issue about her life is the year of her birth which is often said to be 1907 when in fact she was born in 1906 as is written on her grave stone which her mother was alive to verify.

Olive Borden has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

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