Art Department, Costume Designer, Costume Department
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Fact
1
Her son is Paul Huson.
2
She designed the now iconic poster Big Brother is Watching You for the 1956 film of George Orwell's "1984" using the face of her husband Carl Huson as a model for that of "Big Brother".
3
Olga painted many portraits, among them those of James Mason, Marlene Dietrich, Dirk Bogarde, Patrice Wymore, Terry Moore, Judith Anderson, Richard Todd and Audrey Hepburn.
4
Won a scholarship at 16 to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, specialising in portraiture under Alan Gwynn Jones and theatrical design under Vladimir Polunin, winning prizes in Life Painting, Composition and Theatrical design.
5
Olga painted three portraits: of Sable Colby (Stephanie Beacham), Jason Colby (Charlton Heston) and Conny Colby Patterson (Barbara Stanwyck).
6
Latterly she did television film work. Although she did not win, she had a string of Emmy nominations.
7
She was born in Catemu, Valparaíso, Chile, in 1912, the first of three children of Mary Grisel (Bissett) and Andrew William Lehmann, director of a mining company. Her father, born in Paris, was of German and French descent, while her mother was Scottish. Olga was educated by an English governess and then at an American college in Santiago. Olga's sister, Monica Lehmann, was the paternal grandmother of actress Rebecca Pidgeon. Olga's great-great-niece is thus actress Clara Mamet, Rebecca's daughter.
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Colbys
1985-1987
TV Series set dresser - 49 episodes
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
TV Movie portrait - uncredited
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
TV Movie portrait - uncredited
The Four Feathers
1978
TV Movie portrait - uncredited
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
TV Movie portrait - uncredited
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
storyboard artist - uncredited
The Millionairess
1960
portraits - uncredited
Playgirl After Dark
1960
scenic designer
The Savage Innocents
1960
storyboard artist - uncredited
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
assistant art director: London - uncredited / storyboard artist - uncredited
1984
1956
storyboard artist - uncredited
Postmark for Danger
1955
artist: portraits
Oh... Rosalinda!!
1955
scenic artist - uncredited
The Dark Avenger
1955
storyboard artist - uncredited
The Crimson Pirate
1952
set dresser - uncredited
Laughter in Paradise
1951
opening credit designer - uncredited / painting by
Happy Go Lovely
1951
set designer - uncredited
Stage Fright
1950
set dresser - uncredited
Private Angelo
1949
mural decorations
No Room at the Inn
1948
portraits
Uneasy Terms
1948
artist: murals
Counterblast
1948
murals
The Three Weird Sisters
1948
murals and portraits
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947
murals & paintings by
Meet the Navy
1946
scenic artist - as Olga Lehman
Frenzy
1945
scenic artist - uncredited
Waltz Time
1945
scenic artist - uncredited
Give Me the Stars
1945
scenic artist
He Snoops to Conquer
1945
mural decorations - uncredited
Much Too Shy
1942
mural decorations
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
TV Movie
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
TV Movie
Ivanhoe
1982
TV Movie
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
TV Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
TV Movie
Les Miserables
1978
TV Movie
The Four Feathers
1978
TV Movie
The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
TV Movie
Kidnapped
1971
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
1969
First Men in the Moon
1964
uncredited
The Scapegoat
1959
dresses
Tom Thumb
1958
Robbery Under Arms
1957
The Big Money
1956
Safari
1956
uncredited
The Gamma People
1956
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
costume designer: Tippi Hedren - uncredited
The Victors
1963
wardrobe designer
The Guns of Navarone
1961
wardrobe designer - as Olga Lehman
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Let's Be Happy
1957
deviser: card ballet / set designer: card ballet
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
portraits - uncredited
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1984
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special
The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
1981
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costume Design for a Special
A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
1978
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special
The Four Feathers (1978)
1977
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama Special