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French actress Olympe Bradna was named after Paris' Olympia Theatre, where her circus-performer parents were appearing at the time of her birth. She joined her family's acrobatic act as soon as she learned to walk, and later headlined in a solo act. In 1934, Olympe came to the U.S. as part of a Folies Bergere troupe. Still in her teens, she was signed as a leading lady by Paramount Pictures, where her best screen showing was opposite Gary Cooper and George Raft in Souls at Sea (1937). Olympe Bradna retired to married life at the age of 21, shortly after co-starring in International Squadron (1941).