Background
Lowe, who was of Russian Jewish descent on her father"s side, was born in Durban, South Africa.
Lowe, who was of Russian Jewish descent on her father"s side, was born in Durban, South Africa.
She made her film debut in an uncredited role in the 1949 film Trottie True. Her father, Charles Lowe, led the Johannesburg Symphony Orchestra. She first moved to London from South Africa in 1935.
She worked in Brazil as part of Carmen Miranda"s cabaret. and in 1942 survived the torpedoing of her ocean liner, City of New York, by a German submarine while returning to South Africa.
In 1976, she was performing opposite James in The Mating Season at the Sunderland Empire Theatre on the night he suffered a fatal heart attack on stage. Olga Lowe died on 2 September 2013 aged 93, only 12 days before her 94th birthday.