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Olga von Root. Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (December 2, 1901 – June 28, 1967) was a Russian stage actress and singer. Born into a noble family of German, Polish, and Greek background, von Root was educated at the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens in the Russian Empire.
Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (1901–1967) was a Russian stage actress and singer. Born into a noble family of German, Polish, and Greek background, von Root was educated at the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens in Russia. As a teenager, she ran away from home and travelled with a Romani family, studying their music and dance.
Daughter of the German Baron von Root, a Russian Tsarist officer. After the revolution she became an agent for the OGPU, the Russian intelligence service and secret police. She was the first wife of Armand Hammer, who was also believed to be a secret Russian agent.
May 14, 2021 · Olga Vadina / Vadimovna von Root Hammer - a woman enveloped in mystery and obfuscation. There have been many stories around Olga. Gypsy singer, baroness, wife of Armand Hammer and mother of Julian Hammer. I've found many accounts of Olga's origins and they've been generally entertaining. But factual?
Armand Hammer (grandfather) Olga von Root (grandmother) Michael Armand Hammer (September 8, 1955 – November 20, 2022) was an American businessman. He was the son of Julian Armand Hammer and the grandson of industrialist Armand Hammer. [1] Best known for his ties to Occidental Petroleum, the company of his late grandfather, Hammer oversaw the ...
Hammer married three times. In 1927, Hammer married a Russian actress, Olga Vadimovna von Root, who was the daughter of a czarist general. In 1943, he married Angela Zevely. In 1956, he married the wealthy widow Frances Barrett, and they remained married until her death in 1989. Hammer had one son, Julian Armand Hammer, by his first wife.
Known by the stage name Olga Vadina, she was a Russian singer actress. Born Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root in Sevastopol, Crimea in 1901, she was the daughter of Baron Vadim Nicholaievitch von Root, a Czarist military officer and nobleman, and Lubov Karlovna Kostsyushko-Valyuzhinich, a member of a Polish landed...
