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Olga Fabian (September 15, 1885 - December 1983) was an Austrian-born American actress.

Before she came to the United States, Fabian was popular in Germany, and she originated the role of Julie in Liliom, by Molnar. She had leading roles in productions of Shakespeare's plays, and she was a guest star in a variety of cities, including Berlin, Dresden, and Hamburg. Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany led her to move to Switzerland, but has the Nazi influence grew closer, she and her 14-year-old son came to the United States, where she eventually became a citizen.

Broadway plays in which Fabian appeared included The Warm Peninsula (1959), The Genius and the Goddess (1957), I Am a Camera (1951), Come Back, Little Sheba (1950), and The Big Two (1947). I Am a Camera, in which Fabian toured the United States in addition to being in the Broadway production, had her portraying Frau Schneider, a Nazi part that "demands 100 per cent acting from a woman who hates everything this Nazi-loving woman is."

Fabian's films included Voice in the Wind (1944), Behind Prison Walls (1943), Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945), My Pal Wolfe, They Live in Fear (1944), and Voice in the Wind (1944).

Fabian also gave lectures and dramatic recitals for a variety of clubs and college groups, including lecturing in German about German poetry to Harvard's advanced language classes.