Olivia Dandridge — She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Character Profile

About Olivia Dandridge

The commanding officer's niece who sparks a rivalry between two young lieutenants. She is selected to be escorted by Captain Brittles to a stagecoach station for safety. After the mission, she reveals her engagement to Lt. Flint Cohill.

Olivia Dandridge — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Joanne Dru

Appears in

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Olivia Dandridge — Romantic Engaged Lovers — Lt. Flint Cohill (John Agar)

  Romantic partners who pursue a relationship despite military protocol, culminating in engagement.

• Olivia Dandridge — Romantic Rival Suitors — 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell (Harry Carey, Jr.)

  Competing romantic interests vying for Olivia's attention at the frontier post.

• Olivia Dandridge — Family Niece & Aunt — Abby Allshard ("Old Iron Pants") (Mildred Natwick)

  Family members connected through the commanding officer's household.

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More characters from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

• Capt. Nathan Cutting Brittles (John Wayne)
• Lt. Flint Cohill (John Agar)
• Sgt. Tyree (Ben Johnson)
• Chief Pony That Walks (Chief John Big Tree)
• 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell (Harry Carey, Jr.)
• Chief Red Shirt (Noble Johnson)
• Gunrunner (uncredited) (Paul Fix)
• Sgt. Hench (Fred Graham)
• Narrator (voice) (uncredited) (Irving Pichel)
• Bugler / Indian (uncredited) (Frank McGrath)
• First Sergeant Quincannon (Victor McLaglen)
• Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited) (Francis Ford)