Olive de Wilton(1898-1968)
- Actress
The daughter of a retired Captain in the Royal Scots Greys, Olive de
Wilton grew up in western Canada; and after an early, unsuccessful
marriage, she went on the stage, traveling to many venues in the
northeastern United States and Canada. She was the common-law wife of
"Boris Karloff" (q.v.) before returning to England in 1919, where she
worked in a number of acting companies as actress, playwright, and
business manager before returning to Canada. She settled in Montreal in
1952, where she acted on the stage and in film and in radio plays as
well as writing for the National Film Board of Canada before retiring
to western Canada.
