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Home/People/Olga Roderick
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Born
Jan 3, 1879Died: Jul 21, 1945
Lived 66 years
Place of Birth
Wilmington, North Carolina
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

1
Movies
0
TV Shows
Also Known As
Jane Barnell
Princess Olga
Madame Olga
Lady Olga

Olga Roderick

Acting

Biography
Jane Barnell (January 3, 1879 – July 21, 1945) was an American bearded lady who worked in circus sideshows, dime museums and carnivals, who used various stage names including Princess Olga, Madame Olga and Lady Olga. In her only film role in Tod Browning's cult classic Freaks, using the sideshow stage name Olga Roderick, she was billed as the "Bearded Lady". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Barnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Freaks poster

Freaks

as Bearded Lady
1932