So with it being a movie parody strip, and Olive Oyl is obviously meant to be a comedic character, I think the odds are very good that Segar was doing a riff on Gale Henry, but I don't know that ...

In 1980, Robert Altman directed a live-action Popeye movie, which starred Robin Williams as the titular character and Shelley Duvall as his sweetheart Olive Oyl. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below ...

Since then, Popeye and his cast of supporting characters like Olive Oyl, ... In 1980, Robert Altman released a live-action Popeye movie for Paramount, which critics panned at the time.

An essay in defense of the maligned 'Popeye' movie from 1980. ... But as Olive, she's perfection. Her mid-movie solo number, "He Needs Me," is a show stopper.

The movie is a significant portion of Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves, which makes up over 80% of this release (beginning with Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy suffering in the desert ...