Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova (russian: Ольга Миха́йловна Бе́бутова), maiden name Danilova (1 November 1879 — 26 March 1952), was a

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actress and writer. Her popularity was helped by her beauty (she was the winner of a Russian beauty contest in 1906). Her first husband was Prince Bebutov, her second Count Sollogub (she was called the "countess-actress"). She acted in

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theaters. She edited the paper ''Theater and Sport'' under the name Countess Sollogub, published novels under the name Princess Bebutova, and published theater chronicles under the name Gurielli. She was famous for being the source of scandals and mystifications. She left Russia after the

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and settled in

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, publishing her work in

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. She died in poverty. She had a daughter, Tamara Nikolaevna Bebutova. Some of her novels were ''Dekabristy'' (The Decembrists, 1906), ''Zhizn'-kopeika'' (Life isn't worth a kopeck, 1916), ''Novaya sila'' (New strength, 1926), ''Serdtse tsarevicha'' (The tsarevich's heart, 1928), and ''Bor'ba dvukh mirov'' (The struggle of two worlds, 1931).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bebutova, Olga Mihaylovna Writers from the Russian Empire Actresses from the Russian Empire White Russian emigrants to France 1879 births 1952 deaths