Podcast: Season 3, Episode 10

Source: Black Then

Coming up in the same "class" as greats like Bert Williams, George Walker, and Aida Overton Walker, Olga "Ollie" Burgoyne was one of the few African-American performers of the late 19th/early 20th-century stage to appear in at least one Hollywood film.

Hear more of her story in the latest episode of the Kindaris Pictures Podcast.

"Ollie Goes to Hollywood" (AnchorFM) This episode is also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more. Cited article: "Burgoyne with Paramount" - The Afro American (Feb. 14, 1931) - scroll up, then left

Sources: Bluesy Daye on Flicker, Wikipedia, Playbill, and TCM