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Olive Stokes Mix (April 10, 1887 – November 1, 1972) was an American actress. Early life. Release flier for The Cowboy's Best Girl (1912), with Olive Mix in the cast. Olive M. Stokes was born in Indian Territory, the daughter of James Henry Stokes (1861–1904) [1] and Georgia Ann Russell (1868–1939), [2] later known as Georgia Brown. [3] .
Actress in early silent films, mostly with her husband. She was billed variously as Olive Mix, Olive Stokes and Olive Stokes Mix. Credits include: Dad's Girls (1911), Told in Colorado (1911), Why the Sheriff is a...
May 7, 2022 · On this day in 1909 Olive Stokes and Tom Mix were married in an impromptu ceremony in the kitchen of a rambling ranch-house on the outskirts of Medora. Olive and Tom were sojourners, not residents of Medora.
- Merry Helm
May 18, 2022 · Tom Mix, the famous Hollywood silent movie cowboy of the 1920’s has a romantic connection to North Dakota. If fact if it wasn’t for the town of Medora, in Western North Dakota, Tom wouldn’t have married the woman he did!
Jan 10, 2014 · In 1908 he married Oklahoma “cowgirl” Olive Stokes, and they toured the Wild West show circuit together. His daughter, Ruth, was born in 1912 at Olive’s family ranch near Dewey, Oklahoma. While Mix was staying with his in-laws, the mayor of Dewey, a family friend, appointed him “night marshal.”
Feb 22, 2012 · The fabulous Tom Mix. by. Mix, Olive Stokes. Publication date. 1957. Topics. Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography. Publisher. Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, Inc.
May 22, 2022 · Tom Mix, the legendary cowboy of the silver screen, married Olive Stokes in Medora, North Dakota, on this date in 1909. Stokes, the daughter of a wealthy Oklahoma rancher, became Mix’s third wife. Olive and Tom met in 1904 when they were introduced by Will Rogers at the St. Louis World’s Fair.
