Olga Grey

Acting

Born November 10, 1896, New York City, New York, USA

Olga Grey (born Anushka Zacsek or Anna Zacsek, November 10, 1896 – April 25, 1973) was an American silent film actress, sometimes billed with the alternate spelling of her last name, Olga Gray. She was known for Intolerance (1916), A Bold Impersonation (1915) and His Lesson (1915). She later became an attorney under her original name, Anna Zacsek. In 1942 she was one of the defense attorneys in the "Sleepy Lagoon" trials, defending gang members Henry Leyvas, Victor Segobia, and Edward Grandpré. She was the only woman attorney in the courtroom for these trials.

Filmography

• 1920The Third Eye — Zaida Savoy
• 1919Modern Husbands — Cleo (as Olga Gray)
• 1919The Mayor of Filbert — Miss Greta Schwartz
• 1919Trixie from Broadway — Gertie Brown
• 1919When a Man Rides Alone — Beatriz de Taos
• 1917Fanatics — Lola Monroe
• 1917Jim Bludso — Gabrielle
• 1917The Ghost House — Alice Atwell
• 1917The Girl at Home — Diana Parish
• 1917The Woman God Forgot — Aztec Woman
• 1916A Wild Girl of the Sierras — Moll
• 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages — Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
• 1916Macbeth — Lady Agnes
• 1916Pathways of Life
• 1916Pillars of Society — Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
• 1915Double Trouble — Madame Leclaire
• 1915His Lesson — Dorothy Vernon
• 1915Old Mother Grey — Maude - Peter's Wife
• 1915The Birth of a Nation — Laura Keene (uncredited)
• 1915The Failure — Rose