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Olga San Juan (March 16, 1927 – January 3, 2009) was an American actress and comedian. Born in Brooklyn, she began her brief film career with Paramount Pictures after being scouted at Copacabana. She performed in several Hollywood musicals in the 1940s and on Broadway in Paint Your Wagon (1951).
Olga San Juan (1927-2009) was a flavorful, scene-stealing personality who decorated many musicals and comedies with her special brand of comedy. She was the first dyed-blonde Latin movie spitfire and the wife of actor Edmond O'Brien.
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- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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- Burbank, California, USA
Olga San Juan. Actress: Are You with It?. She possessed the same tiny frame and fervid temperament as Brazilian Carmen Miranda and, for most her career, Puerto Rican singer/dancer Olga San Juan, like Miranda, was a welcome distraction by American audiences.
- Actress, Soundtrack
- January 3, 2009
- March 16, 1927
Jan 9, 2009 · Olga San Juan, the actress dubbed the “Puerto Rican Pepperpot” for singing and dancing roles alongside stars that included Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, has died. She was 81.
Feb 20, 2009 · Olga San Juan was a Puerto Rican-American actress and singer who appeared in several Hollywood musicals, including Blue Skies with Fred Astaire. She also starred in the Broadway musical Paint Your Wagon, which won her a Donaldson Award, and retired to raise her family.
Jan 7, 2009 · Olga San Juan, who co-starred with Fred Astaire in "Blue Skies" and danced with Tito Puente, passed away on Jan. 4. She was a Puerto Rican star of stage, radio and film, and a mother of three actors.
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A singer and actress who made a particular impression in the Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire musical Blue Skies (1946), San Juan appeared in a string of frothy adventures at Paramount and Universal, her films including Variety Girl (1947), One Touch of Venus (1948) and The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend (1949).
