Mae Murray

Mae Murray is featured in the 1987 novel, Bootleg Skies(c) by Paul Berge (Performance Publications ISBN 0-9625859-0-4). Olga Petrova died in 1977 in Clearwater, Florida. In 1942, she published her autobiography, Butter With My Bread. During the 1920s, she wrote three plays and toured the country with a theater troop. Petrova left the film industry in 1918 but continued to act in Broadway productions.

During her seven years in film, Petrova appeared in more than two dozen films and wrote the script for several others. She went on to appear in a number of films for Solax Studios and was Metro Pictures first diva, usually given the role of a femme fatale. She was cast in her first silent film in 1912, a Russian production titled Ukhod velikovo startza (Departure of a Grand Old Man). Born Muriel Harding in Tur Brook, England, she moved to the United States where she became a star of vaudeville using the stage name Olga Petrova.

Olga Petrova born May 10, 1884 - died November 30, 1977, was an actress, screenwriter and playwright.