11 Facts About Olive Deering

Olive Deering was an American actress of film, television, and stage, active from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s.

Olive Deering was a life member of The Actors Studio, as was her elder brother, Alfred Ryder.

Olive Deering began attending the Professional Children's School when she was age 11.

Olive Deering's first stage role was a walk-on bit in Girls in Uniform.

Olive Deering appeared onstage in Moss Hart's Winged Victory, Richard II and Counsellor-at-Law.

Olive Deering received kudos for her performance in the Los Angeles production of Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer.

Olive Deering appeared on many radio programs, which included Lone Journey, True Story and Against the Storm, playing in more than 200 television programs, including Desdemona on the Philco Summer Playhouse production of Othello.

Olive Deering had a supporting role in the Sci Fi series Outer Limits in the episode "The Zanti Misfits", which aired on December 30,1963.

Olive Deering married film director Leo Penn on February 19,1947 in Los Angeles, California; they later divorced.

Olive Deering died of cancer at the age of 67, and was interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.

Olive Deering had no children and was survived by her brother Alfred Ryder.