Olympe Bradna trivia

Bradna was a French actress and dancer who was active in the movies from the late 1930s to 1941. She was born in 1920 in a dressing room in the Olympic Theater in Paris. Her parents were famous circus bareback riders before she began her career.

She first appeared on stage when she was 18 months old, and by the time she was 8, she was being booked as a single act, separate from her parents.

Bradna married Douglas Wilhoit in 1941 and retired from acting. They had four children and were married for 70 years, with Wilhoit dying within nine months of Olympe.

We watched her in Say It In French, from 1938, and she actually did a pretty good job acting.

Her given name was pronounced O-lamp.

Her last movie was International Squadron, which starred Ronald Reagan.

Bradna was not a great actress by  long shot, but she had a fresh-faced beauty that made her screen presence very appealing.