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'''Olga Celeste''' (April 3, 1888 – August 31, 1969) trained big cats, such as leopards, pumas, and tigers, for performance in circuses, vaudeville and film. She also worked with elephants and bears on occasion and circa 1932 was said to have handled animals for 1,000 films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film-Lovers' Annual (1932) - Lantern |url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/filmloversannual00dean_0035 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref> |
'''Olga Celeste''' (April 3, 1888 – August 31, 1969) trained big cats, such as leopards, pumas, and tigers, for performance in circuses, vaudeville and film. She also worked with elephants and bears on occasion and circa 1932 was said to have handled animals for 1,000 films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film-Lovers' Annual (1932) - Lantern |url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/filmloversannual00dean_0035 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref> |
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According to [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]], she ran away from home at age 14 or 15 and joined [[Big Otto's Circus]], then operating in Chicago's Riverside Park (possibly [[Riverview Park]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Christeson |first=Frances Mary |url=http://archive.org/details/wildanimalactors00chri |title=Wild animal actors |last2=Christeson |first2=Helen Mae |date= |publisher=Albert Whitman & Co. |others=Introduction by Frank Buck, decorated by Kay Little |year=1935 |location=Chicago |pages=intro (Riverside Park), 78 (Aloha Park) |language=en-us |oclc=1158336875}}</ref> After Big Otto's operation was acquired by film producer [[William Selig]], she was associated with the [[Selig Zoo]] in Los Angeles (later Luna Park Zoo) for many years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olga Celeste and a leopard, California Zoological Gardens, Los Angeles, 1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections |url=https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002j7x5g |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=digital.library.ucla.edu}}</ref> She worked as a stunt double for [[Kathlyn Williams]] in Selig's groundbreaking [[Serial film|serial]] ''[[The Adventures of Kathlyn]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motion picture news (Jan-Feb 1919) - Lantern |url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpicturenew19moti_3_1199 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref> In 1923 Mlle. Celeste took her leopard act to [[Aloha Park]] in Hawaii.<ref name=":0" /> In 1938 she was the leopard trainer for ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kitchen |first=In The Vintage |title=olga celeste |url=https://inthevintagekitchen.com/tag/olga-celeste/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=In the Vintage Kitchen: Where History Comes To Eat |language=en}}</ref> She was married at one time to [[Charles B. Murphy]],<ref>"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, ''FamilySearch (''<nowiki>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-VMZ</nowiki> : 24 December 2021), Charles Bernard Murphy, 1917-1918.</ref> an actor and animal trainer who served as the head of the [[Universal City Zoo]] in the late 1920s. |
According to [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]], she ran away from home at age 14 or 15 and joined [[Big Otto's Circus]], then operating in Chicago's Riverside Park (possibly [[Riverview Park]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Christeson |first=Frances Mary |url=http://archive.org/details/wildanimalactors00chri |title=Wild animal actors |last2=Christeson |first2=Helen Mae |date= |publisher=Albert Whitman & Co. |others=Introduction by Frank Buck, decorated by Kay Little |year=1935 |location=Chicago |pages=intro (Riverside Park), 78 (Aloha Park) |language=en-us |oclc=1158336875}}</ref> After Big Otto's operation was acquired by film producer [[William Selig]], she was associated with the [[Selig Zoo]] in Los Angeles (later Luna Park Zoo) for many years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olga Celeste and a leopard, California Zoological Gardens, Los Angeles, 1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections |url=https://digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002j7x5g |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=digital.library.ucla.edu}}</ref> She worked as a stunt double for [[Kathlyn Williams]] in Selig's groundbreaking [[Serial film|serial]] ''[[The Adventures of Kathlyn]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motion picture news (Jan-Feb 1919) - Lantern |url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpicturenew19moti_3_1199 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref> Apparently Olga Celeste "called her leopards her babies and adored them precisely because, as she said, they were ‘the most treacherous’ of animals. Frequently dressed to resemble her leopards, Olga serves as an access point to another world if only because her animals have turned her into something 'other' even outside the realm of fiction."<ref>{{Citation |last=Haenni |first=Sabine |title=Animal Empire: Thrill and Legitimation at William Selig’s Zoo and Jungle Pictures |date=2016 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/978-1-137-53561-0_5 |work=The Zoo and Screen Media |pages=87–110 |editor-last=Lawrence |editor-first=Michael |place=New York |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |language=en |doi=10.1057/978-1-137-53561-0_5 |isbn=978-1-137-54342-4 |access-date=2023-02-17 |editor2-last=Lury |editor2-first=Karen}}</ref> |
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In 1923 Mlle. Celeste took her leopard act to [[Aloha Park]] in Hawaii.<ref name=":0" /> In 1938 she was the leopard trainer for ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kitchen |first=In The Vintage |title=olga celeste |url=https://inthevintagekitchen.com/tag/olga-celeste/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=In the Vintage Kitchen: Where History Comes To Eat |language=en}}</ref> She was married at one time to [[Charles B. Murphy]],<ref>"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, ''FamilySearch (''<nowiki>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-VMZ</nowiki> : 24 December 2021), Charles Bernard Murphy, 1917-1918.</ref> an actor and animal trainer who served as the head of the [[Universal City Zoo]] in the late 1920s. |
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Olga used a number of stage names including Princess Olga, Princess Celeste, Madame Olga, Mademoiselle Celeste, et al. She was also known as the '''Leopard Lady'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motography (Apr-Jun 1916) - Lantern |url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motography152elec_0689 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref> |
Olga used a number of stage names including Princess Olga, Princess Celeste, Madame Olga, Mademoiselle Celeste, et al. She was also known as the '''Leopard Lady'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Motography (Apr-Jun 1916) - Lantern |url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motography152elec_0689 |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=lantern.mediahist.org}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:44, 17 February 2023
Olga Celeste (April 3, 1888 – August 31, 1969) trained big cats, such as leopards, pumas, and tigers, for performance in circuses, vaudeville and film. She also worked with elephants and bears on occasion and circa 1932 was said to have handled animals for 1,000 films.[1]
According to Frank Buck, she ran away from home at age 14 or 15 and joined Big Otto's Circus, then operating in Chicago's Riverside Park (possibly Riverview Park).[2] After Big Otto's operation was acquired by film producer William Selig, she was associated with the Selig Zoo in Los Angeles (later Luna Park Zoo) for many years.[3] She worked as a stunt double for Kathlyn Williams in Selig's groundbreaking serial The Adventures of Kathlyn.[4] Apparently Olga Celeste "called her leopards her babies and adored them precisely because, as she said, they were ‘the most treacherous’ of animals. Frequently dressed to resemble her leopards, Olga serves as an access point to another world if only because her animals have turned her into something 'other' even outside the realm of fiction."[5]
In 1923 Mlle. Celeste took her leopard act to Aloha Park in Hawaii.[2] In 1938 she was the leopard trainer for Bringing Up Baby.[6] She was married at one time to Charles B. Murphy,[7] an actor and animal trainer who served as the head of the Universal City Zoo in the late 1920s.
Olga used a number of stage names including Princess Olga, Princess Celeste, Madame Olga, Mademoiselle Celeste, et al. She was also known as the Leopard Lady.[8]
See also
- Mabel Stark, tiger trainer of the 1920s
References
- ^ "Film-Lovers' Annual (1932) - Lantern". lantern.mediahist.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ a b Christeson, Frances Mary; Christeson, Helen Mae (1935). Wild animal actors. Introduction by Frank Buck, decorated by Kay Little. Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co. pp. intro (Riverside Park), 78 (Aloha Park). OCLC 1158336875.
- ^ "Olga Celeste and a leopard, California Zoological Gardens, Los Angeles, 1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections". digital.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "Motion picture news (Jan-Feb 1919) - Lantern". lantern.mediahist.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ Haenni, Sabine (2016), Lawrence, Michael; Lury, Karen (eds.), "Animal Empire: Thrill and Legitimation at William Selig's Zoo and Jungle Pictures", The Zoo and Screen Media, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 87–110, doi:10.1057/978-1-137-53561-0_5, ISBN 978-1-137-54342-4, retrieved 2023-02-17
- ^ Kitchen, In The Vintage. "olga celeste". In the Vintage Kitchen: Where History Comes To Eat. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-VMZ : 24 December 2021), Charles Bernard Murphy, 1917-1918.
- ^ "Motography (Apr-Jun 1916) - Lantern". lantern.mediahist.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.