Olive Blakeney (21 August 1899 – 21 October 1959) was an American actress.
Career
She studied at a dramatic school. Played as a super in visiting stage shows at one dollar a performance. Played in many London stock companies. She became known on the London and American stage. She made her screen debut in England in 1932.
Married to Bernard Nedell, mother of Betty Lou Nedell and mother-in-law of Jimmy Lydon who played her son in all but the first of the Henry Aldrich films.
Second-home ownership is rife, with census data showing that 13 per cent of properties in Brancaster, Burnham Market and Docking, and 10 per cent in Wells, Blakeney and Hunstanton, are owned by what are known locally as the bolt hole brigade.