Acting
Olga James
- Born
- Feb 16, 1929 · Aged 95
- Died
- Jan 25, 2025
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 5
Also known as (1)
- Olga James Adderley-Chandler
Biography
Olga James Adderley-Chandler (February 16, 1929 – January 25, 2025) was born into a musical family – her father played the saxaphone, her mother was a dancer – James would attend Julliard in New York City where she studied opera. She made her professional debut in 1952 in Paris, performing in the opera Four Saints in Three Acts. After returning to America, James was hired to perform in the all-Black revue at Atlantic City’s Club Harlem. It was while performing in the revue that she got an audition for Preminger’s Carmen Jones, an all-Black musical based on Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen,…
