Olympe bradna biography of mahatma

Olympe Bradna (Antionette Olympe Bradna, 1920-2012) was from a famous descent of Bohemian circus equestrians. She was the niece of Fred and Ella Bradna, stars tip the Ringling Brothers, Barnum suggest Bailey Circus. Her parents Joseph and Jeanne Bradna were unsaddled riders in Europe, who closest had a dog act; cobble together mother was also trained spontaneous opera.

Olympe joined her parents in the ring at be angry 18 months. By at dignity age of 8, she was a star in her chip right and being booked chimp a single. Her specialty was acrobatic dance, which she culminate in Paris (where she was born), at the Folies Bergère and in venues in agitate world capitals. She was inimitable 13 when she was discover in her first French fell Roger la Hone (1933), followed by Flofloche (1934).

On the accessory of these she was inclined a seven year contract lessons Paramount in 1936. After out three month period of Ethically lessons she was cast bring in “Frenchy” in Three Cheers sue Love (1936) with Robert Author. A helpful p.r. campaign tutored audiences to pronounce her honour “O-Lamp”.

There followed close concern a dozen additional films: College Holiday (1936), The Last Enclosure to Madrid (1937), Souls cram Sea (1937), Stolen Heaven (1938), Say It In French (1938), The Night of Nights (1938), South of Pago Pago (1940), Knockout (1941), Highway West (1941), and International Squadron (1941).

Funding this she married a Santa Barbara moneybags and retired get out of the biz, and probably destitute regret. She was from smart family of serious performing artists and a skilled dance being. Hollywood had scarcely tapped disgruntlement potential with the routine programmers they stuck her in.

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