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Olga Agnew (1899 – 18 August 1987) was an Australian child actress, who starred in multiple plays and one movie from 1912 to 1920.
Agnew performed predominately in shows directed by Beaumont Smith, including the theatrical adaption of Seven Little Australians (1914-15) and the silent film Our Friends, the Hayseeds (1917), and other productions such as The Sign of the Cross (1916-19), The Silence of Dean Maitland (1918) and Oliver Twist (1920). By 1917 Agnew had become one of Australia's biggest child actors, and at this time was also doing shows in New Zealand.
Agnew at that point 21 years of age, performed her final show Oliver Twist on October 16, 1920, a month after her father's death from tuberculosis, Agnew retired from acting not long after.
Agnew would spend the next 50 years working various jobs around the Sydney area before permanently retiring around 1970, she never married and had no children.
Agnew died on August 18, 1987, and was cremated at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens in Sydney.
Stage work
- Seven Little Australians (1914)
- The Sign of the Cross (1916-19)
- The Silence of Dean Maitland (1918)
- Oliver Twist (1920)
Filmography
- Our Friends, the Hayseeds (1917)