Busy actor Olive Sturgess was known for playing ingénue roles in the 1950s and 60s

Olive Sturgess was a Vancouver schoolgirl with dreams of stardom. Her plan to use Hollywood as a springboard to Broadway never advanced beyond a young woman’s whimsy. She had only a few movie roles and never became a household name.Ms. Sturgess, who has died at 91, instead found success on the small screen as a character actor. She appeared in hundreds of episodes of radio and television shows, including some of the most popular programs of the 1950s and ‘60s.