BACLANOVA OLGA: (1893-1974) Russian-born American actress who starred in Tod Browning's cult-classic horror film Freaks (1932) as the scheming trapeze artist Cleopatra. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose wearing a pearl necklace and matching earrings. Photograph by Witzel of Hollywood and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed in blue fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image and dated Hollywood, 1927, in her hand. VG