Olive Deering was born on October 11, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA as Olive Corn. She was an actress, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Samson and Delilah (1949) and Caged (1950). She was married to Leo Penn. She died on March 22, 1986 in New York.
[on her stage, film and television roles] I enjoy them all in different ways; all of it is fun to me.
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Her two most famous film roles were featured in Cecil B. DeMille's last two biblical epics, Samson and Delilah (1949) and The Ten Commandments (1956). In his autobiography, DeMille wrote: " ... and among the several featured players who gave excellent performances [in "Samson and Delilah"] was one whose talent and dedication to her art should carry her very far in the theater, whether on screen or stage, Olive Deering, who played Miriam, the Danite girl who loved Samson to the end of his life and beyond." In "The Ten Commandments", she played Moses' sister, Miriam.
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Her favorite pastimes were going to the theater, painting landscapes, and listening to music.
Schooled at the Professional Children's School, and made her stage debut in 1933, at the age of 15, with a mute walk-on role in a NY production of "Girls in Uniform".
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Primarily a stage and radio actress before 50s TV came along, her more notable stage performances included working opposite Paul Muni in a revival of "Counselor-at-Law" on Broadway (1942) and playing the Queen to Maurice Evans' "King Richard II" earlier in 1937.
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Deering was one of the busiest and most often-seen actresses in the Golden Age of live television drama.