Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 10, 1896
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Anna Zacsek
- Anushka Zacsek
- Olga Gray
Olga Grey
Biography
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.
Known For - Movies
The Birth of a Nation
as Laura Keene (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
The Woman God Forgot
as Aztec Woman
Macbeth
as Lady Agnes
His Lesson
as Dorothy Vernon
Pillars of Society
as Madame Linda Dorf (as Olga Gray)
Double Trouble
as Madame Leclaire
The Failure
as Rose
The Third Eye
as Zaida Savoy
The Mayor of Filbert
as Miss Greta Schwartz