Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova

Who was Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova?

Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova, maiden name Danilova, was a Russian Empire actress and writer.

Her popularity was helped by her beauty. Her first husband was Prince Bebutov, her second Count Sollogub. She acted in Saint Petersburg 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 October Revolution and settled in France, publishing her work in Riga, Latvia. She died in poverty.

She had a daughter, Tamara Nikolaevna Bebutova.

Some of her novels were Dekabristy, Zhizn'-kopeika, Novaya sila, Serdtse tsarevicha, and Bor'ba dvukh mirov.