The Actress by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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Actress Olga Stormer is blackmailed by a certain Levitt, who knows a secret about the girl. But the resourceful actress gets rid of the blackmailer using her acting skills and the understudy disguised as a corpse.

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A certain Jake Levitt recognizes actress Olga Stormer in one of her roles in the theater one day. The man knows some dark secret about the girl and decides to blackmail her. The next day a threatening letter is delivered to Olga’s dressing room. By consulting with her agent, the actress has made a plan to get rid of the blackmailer.

Olga writes an answer, inviting Levitt to a meeting at her home at 9 pm. At the appointed time, the man walks through the open door. In the empty apartment, Levitt sees the corpse of a woman who looks like Olga in the bathroom. He tries to untangle the ropes around her neck and realizes that it is not Olga. At that moment, a maid enters the room and accuses Levitt of murder. The blackmailer realizes that Olga has killed her rival and has decided to frame him. Levitt escapes from the room and leaves the country.

In fact, Olga’s understudy, disguised as a corpse, was lying in the bathroom. The maid, who accused Levitt of murder, was played by the actress herself. So resourceful girl got rid of the blackmailer.