Olive Sturgess, best known to genre fans from Roger Corman‘s The Raven, passed away on February 19 at the age of 91.
She played Estelle Craven opposite horror royalty Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, and Jack Nicholson in the 1963 Edgar Allan Poe adaptation.
The Canadian actress also had roles in two episodes of Karloff’s anthology series “Thriller.”
Outside the genre, Sturgess guested on numerous television shows throughout the 1950s and 1960s, particularly Westerns. She retired from acting in the ’70s to focus on raising her daughter.
Fans can share their remembrances and condolences, send flowers to the family, or plant a tree in memory of Sturgess through Armstrong, Garcia, & McKenzie Mortuary.
