Olive Frances Wyndham Meysenberg (June 16, 1886 – November 24, 1971) was an American actress on stage and in silent films.
Early life Meysenburg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Who's Who in the Theatre (Pittman 1922): 893–894. the daughter of E. A. von Meysenburg, a German diplomat, and Oral Josephine Wyndham. Her older sister Janet Beecher was also an actress."A Home-Grown Comedienne" Cosmopolitan (November 1914): 808–809. The sisters were related to Harriet Beecher Stowe on their mother's side.
Her father's work as a vice-consul for Germany led to her growing up in Chicago.
Career
Wyndham's stage credits included roles in The Ruling Power (1904), She Stoops to Conquer (1905), Sir Anthony (1906), The Aero Club (1907), The Man From Home (1908),"Olive Wyndham, An Actress Devoid of Affectation" Star Tribune (June 10, 1908): 4. via Newspapers.com Blue Grass (1908),"Bad Realism and Good" Munsey's Magazine (1909): 554. The Cottage in the Air (1909), The School for Scandal (1909), Sister Beatrice (1910), The Thunderbolt (1910), Nobody's Daughter (1911), The Only Son (1911), Chains (1912), Oliver Twist (1912),W. P. Eaton, "Some Recent Worthwhile Plays" American Magazine (June 1912): 238. What Happened to Mary (1913),Ann Randolph, "Olive Wyndham: Her Art and Herself" The National Magazine (October 1913): 157–160. Countess Julia (1913), The Last Resort (1914), Children of Earth (1915),Louis V. DeFoe, "The Puzzle of the Prize Play" The Green Book Magazine (April 1915): 645. The Greatest Nation (1916), The Sweetmeat Game (1916),"Chinese Play at Palace" New York Times (November 21, 1916): 9. The Knife (1917),"Tense Melodrama by Eugene Walter" New York Times (April 13, 1917): 11. Nothing But Lies (1918), A Voice in the Dark (1919),"Republic: A Voice in the Dark" Theatre Magazine (September 1919): 181. The Green Goddess (1921), The Charlatan (1922), Thin Ice (1922), The Steam Roller (1924), Dinner at Eight (1932). In 1927, she was acting in Massachusetts, including in Cradle Snatchers with her sister Janet Beecher.
In 1906 Wyndham was in the summer stock cast at the Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado.
Wyndham appeared in two silent films, Your Girl and Mine, a 1914 suffrage film backed by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, and Fighting Bob (1915)."Make Reel Appeal" People's Voice (January 7, 1915): 3. via Newspapers.com Her striking fashion choices were a matter of press interest, as in the 1907 headline "Olive Wyndham's Hat Biggest in United States"."Olive Wyndham's Hat Biggest in United States" Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (October 7, 1907): 5. via Newspapers.com
Personal life Olive Wyndham was engaged to marry lawyer Walter Kirkpatrick Brice in 1915,"W. K. Brice to Wed Actress" New York Times (July 3, 1915): 16. but the engagement was broken a few months later."Brice-Wyndham Betrothal Broken" New York Times (October 20, 1915): 11. She married mining engineer Andrew White Newberry in 1925."Olive Wyndham a Bride" New York Times (May 15, 1925): 22. After they divorced, she married a second time to Lucien Hamilton Tyng in 1933."Lucien Tyng Weds Olive F. Wyndham" New York Times (October 17, 1933): 25. She was married a third time to the New Thought metaphysician and writer Harry Gaze (1878–1959) who died in a car accident en route to a speaking engagement at the Hollywood Church of Religious Science. She died in Santa Monica, California in 1971, aged 85 years.
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