6 Best Olive Blakeney Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 1, 2026

Olive Blakeney brought a warm, dependable presence to Hollywood and frequently played mothers and aunts across dramas and comedies. Leave Her to Heaven drives a woman’s possessive love to horrifying extremes, The Strange Woman rises a ruthless woman through 19th-century Maine, I Want to Live! fights a murder conviction on death row, and Auntie Mame raises an orphaned nephew. Experiment Perilous and Billy the Kid round out the list.

Auntie Mame (1958)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A free-spirited, eccentric woman raises her orphaned nephew with unconventional flair.

Directed by Morton DaCosta · 2h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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I Want to Live! (1958)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A woman convicted of murder on questionable evidence fights for her life on death row.

Directed by Robert Wise · 2h 00m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, ScreenPix Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Strange Woman (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Olive Blakeney is in this Hedy Lamarr drama about a ruthless, manipulative woman who rises through 19th-century Maine society by exploiting the men around her.

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, FilmBox Live Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home

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Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A woman's obsessive, possessive love for her husband drives her to increasingly desperate acts.

Directed by John M. Stahl · 1h 50m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, FlixFling · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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Experiment Perilous (1944)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Olive Blakeney appears in this gothic thriller about a doctor who grows suspicious that a wealthy woman's husband may be plotting her madness.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur · 1h 31m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Billy the Kid (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Olive Blakeney appears in this western about a young outlaw whose violent road to notoriety is shaped by loyalty, betrayal and revenge.

Directed by David Miller · 1h 34m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Olive Blakeney Movies

Auntie Mame (1958)

I Want to Live! (1958)

The Strange Woman (1946)

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Experiment Perilous (1944)

Billy the Kid (1941)

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