Olive Eleanor Boardman (August 19, 1898 – December 12, 1991) was an American film actress of the silent era.

[3] Educated in Philadelphia,[4] Boardman originally acted on stage, but she lost her voice while starring in The National Anthem.

[citation needed] Boardman was married to film director King Vidor,[5]: 111  with whom she had two daughters, Antonia and Belinda.

[5]: 111 On May 23, 1929, a federal grand jury returned an indictment that charged Boardman with evading income tax payments in 1925, 1926, and 1927.

After her husband's death in 1968, she permanently relocated to the United States, where she settled into Montecito, California, living in a house she designed.

[citation needed] For her contributions to the film industry, Boardman has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.