Olivia Oguma

Biography

As a younger child, Olivia Oguma was a Ford Model who was predominately featured in national print campaigns for Chanel, Vogue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Earnshaws, Motorola, and the Gap, among others. She soon branched out into the commercial world, appearing in over 62 commercials including ones for Tide, Jell-o, IBM Computers, Triaminic and Life Cereal. On the heels of working steadily as a model and commercial actress, she then booked the role of Pearl in the NBC pilot "Magic Music Hall" with Eric Clapton. Directly following the pilot, Olivia became a regular on the PBS favorite children's show 1, rue Sésame (1969), on which she played herself and she also secured a small role on the NBC soap A...