A Bit on Olive Blakeney
Born on August 21, Olive Blakeney (1894-1959), best known for playing Mrs. Aldrich in the Aldrich Family comedies (1942-44). Blakeney was a native of Newport, Kentucky; she received her theatrical training at the Cincinnati School of Expression, just across the river. Starting in the nineteen-tens she began acting with stock companies in Cincinnati, Pittsfield, Mass., […]