12 Facts About Olga Nethersole

Olga Isabella Nethersole was born in London, of Spanish descent on her mother's side.

Olga Nethersole made her stage debut at Theatre Royal, Brighton in 1887.

In 1888, Nethersole began playing important parts in London, at first under Rutland Barrington and John Hare at the Garrick Theatre.

Olga Nethersole toured Australia and the United States playing leading parts in modern plays, notably Clyde Fitch's Sapho, where she and her male costar Hamilton Revelle were arrested for "violating public decency" for which she was later acquitted.

In 1904, Olga Nethersole portrayed the lead role in La seconde madame Tanqueray at the Odeon-Theatre de l'Europe in Paris.

Every summer, Olga Nethersole spent a week at the house of playwright Edmond Rostand in Cambo les Bains.

Olga Nethersole inspired the character of "Miss Nethersoll", an American dancer, in the French novel La Danseuse nue et la Dame a la licorne by Rachel Gaston-Charles.

Olga Nethersole combined her theatre work with health work for the rest of her life.

Olga Nethersole was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1936.

On 9 January 1951, Olga Nethersole died in Bournemouth, England at the age of 84.

Olga Nethersole's brother, Louis F Nethersole, was a theatrical manager, producer and press agent and one-time husband of the American actress and singer, Sadie Martinot.

Between 1885 and 1890, Olga Nethersole's portrait was painted in Omaha, Nebraska by artist Herbert A Collins.