Olive Logan

Olive Logan
Born	April 22, 1839 Elmira, New York
Died	April 27, 1909
Occupation(s)	Stage actress, writer
Parent	Cornelius Ambrosius Logan

Olive Logan (April 22, 1839 – April 27, 1909) was an American actress and author, daughter of Cornelius Ambrosius Logan and Eliza Akeley.

She was born in Elmira, New York, and after being educated in Paris and London with a view to the stage, became an actress and subsequently a journalist and lecturer. Her acting career was short beginning with her debut at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia in 1854 as 'Mrs. Bobtail' in Bobtail and Wagtail and ending in 1857 when she went to Europe. Olive was influenced by Artemis Ward to take up public speaking where she spoke on social and political topics. She returned briefly to the stage from 1864 until 1867. In 1864 she appeared at Wallack's Theatre in New York City in her own play of Eveleen. She corresponded for many periodicals and wrote, besides plays (including a metrical rendering of Coppée's La Pasant), a dramatization of Wilkie Collins's Armadale, and several books on theatrical matters, such as Before the Footlights and Behind the Scenes (1870). Her novel Get Thee Behind Me Satan! was published in 1872 by Smith, Victor & Company of New York.<ref>Janesville (WI) Gazette, July 6, 1872, page 4.

Marriages

Olive was married three times first in 1857 to Henry De Lille; they were divorced in 1869. Her second marriage was to William Wirt Sikes on December 19, 1871 and after his death in 1883 she married James O'Neill in 1892.

References

• "Logan, Olive." American Authors 1600 – 1900. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1938.
• Logan, Olive, The Mimic World, and Public Exhibitions: Their history, their morals, and effects. Philadelphia, PA and Cincinnati, OH: New-World Publishing Company, 1871. googlebooks Retrieved November 15, 2009
• Logan, Olive. Before the Footlights & Behind the Scenes: a book about the Show Business in all its branches: from Puppet Shows to Grand Opera; from Mountebanks to Menageries; from Learned Pigs to Lecturers; from Burlesque Blondes to Actors and Actresses. Philadelphia: Parmelee Bancroft, 1870. googlebooks Retrieved April 15, 2008

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Ralph Keeler section of Mark Twain's Autobiography
• Olive Logan