Ottola Nesmith (December 12, 1889 – February 7, 1972) was an American actress who appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. She hosted a horror television program on

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Early years

Nesmith's father was Otto Nesmith, an officer in the

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. She began acting with a stock theater company in

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Personal life

Nesmith married screenwriter and director Leon D'Usseau; they had four children, including

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. She died in 1972 at the age of 82 in

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, California and was buried in

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Selected filmography

* '' Still Waters'' (1915) - Drasa La Rue * '' Rich Man, Poor Man'' (1918) - Mrs. Wynne * ''

Beyond Price ''Beyond Price'' is a 1921 American silent film, silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley and starring Pearl White, Vernon Steele and Ottola Nesmith.Munden p.54 Plot Cast * Pearl White as Sally Marrio * Vernon Steele as Philip Marrio * ...

'' (1921) - Mrs. Temple * '' Wife Against Wife'' (1921) - Florence Bromley * '' The Girl-Shy Cowboy'' (1928) - Girls' College Teacher * '' Back Page'' (1934) - Gertrude Mellon * '' Wings in the Dark'' (1935) - Housekeeper (uncredited) * '' Becky Sharp'' (1935) - Lady Jane Crawley * '' She Gets Her Man'' (1935) - Club Woman (uncredited) * '' A Feather in Her Hat'' (1935) - Susan (uncredited) * '' Ship Cafe'' (1935) - Lady Todhunter (uncredited) * ''

The Unguarded Hour ''The Unguarded Hour'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young, Franchot Tone and Roland Young. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved. It is based ...

'' (1936) - Mrs. Samuel Metford (uncredited) * ''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey ...

'' (1936) - Sister Ursula (uncredited) * '' Three Men on a Horse'' (1936) - Head Nurse * '' Flying Hostess'' (1936) - Passenger (uncredited) * '' A Doctor's Diary'' (1937) - Maternity Ward Nurse (uncredited) * '' Nobody's Baby'' (1937) - Head Nurse * ''

The Prince and the Pauper ''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The plot conce ...

'' (1937) - Lady in Waiting (uncredited) * '' Partners in Crime'' (1937) - Committee Woman (uncredited) * '' The Buccaneer'' (1938) - Dolly Madison's Dinner Guest (uncredited) * '' Fools for Scandal'' (1938) - Agnes * '' The Beloved Brat'' (1938) - Mrs. Higgins (uncredited) * '' Keep Smiling'' (1938) - Woman at Auction (uncredited) * '' The Story of Alexander Graham Bell'' (1939) - Nora (uncredited) * '' Undercover Doctor'' (1939) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' The Star Maker'' (1939) - Elderly Lady * '' Television Spy'' (1939) - Caroline Sheldon * '' Miracle on Main Street'' (1939) - Welfare worker * ''

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'' (1940) - Miss Smyth * '' Her First Romance'' (1940) - Mrs. Whiting * '' Invisible Ghost'' (1941) - Mrs. Mason * '' Shining Victory'' (1941) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' The Hard-Boiled Canary'' (1941) - Mrs. Stevens (uncredited) * '' Blossoms in the Dust'' (1941) - Nana, the Governess (uncredited) * '' The Deadly Game'' (1941) - Nazi Wife * '' International Squadron'' (1941) - Mrs. Harris (uncredited) * '' When Ladies Meet'' (1941) - Third Autograph Seeker (uncredited) * '' H.M. Pulham, Esq.'' (1941) - Mrs. Prinkle, Dance School Teacher (uncredited) * '' The Wolf Man'' (1941) - Mrs. Bally (uncredited) * '' We Were Dancing'' (1942) - Mrs. Gertrude Quimby (uncredited) * ''

Reap the Wild Wind ''Reap the Wild Wind'' is a 1942 American adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Ray Milland, John Wayne, and Paulette Goddard, with a supporting cast featuring Raymond Massey, Robert Preston (actor), Robert Pres ...

'' (1942) - Dowager at Tea (uncredited) * '' The Great Man's Lady'' (1942) - Mrs. Frisbee (uncredited) * '' This Above All'' (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Mrs. Miniver ''Mrs. Miniver'' is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel '' Mrs. Miniver'' by Jan Struther, it shows how the life of an unassuming Britis ...

'' (1942) - Saleslady (uncredited) * '' Night in New Orleans'' (1942) - Elevator Passenger (uncredited) * '' Her Cardboard Lover'' (1942) - Mrs. Burton, Casino Patron (uncredited) * '' Journey for Margaret'' (1942) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' The Leopard Man'' (1943) - Señora Contreras (uncredited) * '' Two Tickets to London'' (1943) - Teacher (uncredited) * '' Thumbs Up'' (1943) - English Matron (uncredited) * '' The Man from Down Under'' (1943) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

The Seventh Victim ''The Seventh Victim'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Mark Robson and starring Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, and Kim Hunter. Written by Charles O'Neal and DeWitt Bodeen, and produced by Val Lewton for RKO Radio Pictu ...

'' (1943) - Mrs. Loughwood (uncredited) * ''

The Return of the Vampire ''The Return of the Vampire'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Miles Mander, Roland Varno, and Matt Willis. Its plot follows a vampire named Armand Tesla, who has two e ...

'' (1943) - Elsa Walter, Governess * ''

The Story of Dr. Wassell ''The Story of Dr. Wassell'' is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by ...

'' (1944) - Missionary's Wife (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1944) - Orderly in Hospital (uncredited) * ''

Ministry of Fear ''Ministry of Fear'' is a 1944 American spy thriller film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and starring Ray Milland and Marjorie Reynolds. Based on the 1943 novel by Graham Greene, the film tells the story of a man just released from a mental asy ...

'' (1944) - Woman at Admission Gate (uncredited) * ''

Casanova Brown ''Casanova Brown'' is a 1944 American comedy romantic film directed by Sam Wood, written by Nunnally Johnson, and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Frank Morgan. The film had its world premiere in western France after the Allies had libe ...

'' (1944) - Patient's Nurse (uncredited) * '' Our Hearts Were Young and Gay'' (1944) - Fur Shop Owner (uncredited) * '' Three Sisters of the Moors'' (1944, Short) - Townswoman (uncredited) * '' And Now Tomorrow'' (1944) - Mrs. Raines (uncredited) * ''

Practically Yours ''Practically Yours'' is a 1944 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray and Cecil Kellaway. Written by Norman Krasna, it was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Pl ...

'' (1944) - Hysterical Woman in Senate (uncredited) * '' Molly and Me'' (1945) - Lady Alexander (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1945) - Elderly Nurse (uncredited) * ''

Her Highness and the Bellboy ''Her Highness and the Bellboy'' is a 1945 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson and Rags Ragland. Written by Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman, the film is about a be ...

'' (1945) - Diplomat's Wife (uncredited) * '' My Name Is Julia Ross'' (1945) - Mrs. Robinson (uncredited) * ''

A Letter for Evie ''A Letter for Evie'' is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Marsha Hunt, John Carroll and Hume Cronyn. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The story is a spinoff of Cyrano de Bergerac, updated to a modern set ...

'' (1946) - Red Cross Nurse (uncredited) * '' To Each His Own'' (1946) - Dora (uncredited) * ''

Cluny Brown ''Cluny Brown'' is a 1946 American romantic comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones. It was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch following a screenplay written by Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabet ...

'' (1946) - Mrs. Tupham (uncredited) * ''

The Late George Apley ''The Late George Apley'' is a 1937 novel by John Phillips Marquand. It is a satire of Boston's upper class in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The title character is a Harvard University-educated WASP living on Beacon Hill in downto ...

'' (1947) - Madame at Modiste Shop (uncredited) * ''

Buck Privates Come Home ''Buck Privates Come Home'' is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the team of Abbott and Costello. It was released by Universal-International and is a sequel to their earlier film ''Buck Privates'' (1941). This ...

'' (1947) - French Matron (uncredited) * '' Down to Earth'' (1947) - Dowager ('I adore musicals..') (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Woman (uncredited) * '' Forever Amber'' (1947) - Mrs. Chiverton (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1948) - Saleswoman (uncredited) * ''

Julia Misbehaves ''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as a married couple who are separated by the man's snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when the daughter whom the man has raised ...

'' (1948) - Saleslady (uncredited) * ''

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture ''Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture'' is a 1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which st ...

'' (1949) - Solicitous Tourist (uncredited) * ''

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' is an 1889 historical novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled ''A Yankee in King Arthur's Court''. Some early editions are titled ''A Yankee at the Court ...

'' (1949) - Tourist (uncredited) * '' Any Number Can Play'' (1949) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

The Doctor and the Girl ''The Doctor and the Girl'' (also known as ''Bodies and Souls'') is a 1949 American drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven and Janet Leigh that was inspired by the French novel ''Corps et ...

'' (1949) - Martha, Receptionist (uncredited) * ''

Chicago Deadline ''Chicago Deadline'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Alan Ladd and Donna Reed. It was remade as ''Fame Is the Name of the Game'' (1966). Plot Chicago newspaper reporter Ed Adams is in a boarding ho ...

'' (1949) - Sister John (uncredited) * ''

Chinatown at Midnight ''Chinatown at Midnight'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes and Tom Powers. Plot After a jade vase is mentioned to him by Lisa Marcel, an interior designer, Clifford Ward ...

'' (1949) - Mrs. Langdon (uncredited) * '' Samson and Delilah'' (1949) - (uncredited) * '' The File on Thelma Jordon'' (1950) - Mrs. Asher (uncredited) * ''

My Friend Irma Goes West ''My Friend Irma Goes West'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Hal Walker and based on the radio show ''My Friend Irma.'' It stars the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The film is a sequel to ''My Friend Irma'' (1949) and was ...

'' (1950) - Second Teacher (uncredited) * '' Sunset Blvd.'' (1950) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' Let's Dance'' (1950) - Wife / Guest (uncredited) * '' The Son of Dr. Jekyll'' (1951) - Nurse (uncredited) * '' The Greatest Show on Earth'' (1952) - Spectator (uncredited) * '' Invitation'' (1952) - Guest (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1952) - Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) * ''

I, the Jury ''I, the Jury'' is the 1947 debut novel of American crime fiction writer Mickey Spillane, the first work to feature private investigator Mike Hammer. Plot summary Private detective Mike Hammer is called to the apartment of insurance investig ...

'' (1953) - Cathy (uncredited) * '' Man Crazy'' (1953) - Mrs. Becker * '' The Swan'' (1956) - Housekeeper (uncredited) * '' Something of Value'' (1957) - Nurse - Nairobi Hospital (uncredited) * '' Witness for the Prosecution'' (1957) - Miss Johnson (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1960) (Season 4 Episode 12: "Alibi for the Scalped Man") - as Liza Marley * ''

From the Terrace ''From the Terrace'' is a 1960 American DeLuxe Color romantic drama film in CinemaScope directed by Mark Robson from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by John O'Hara. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Wo ...

'' (1960) - Lady Servringham (uncredited) * ''

'' (1961) (Season 7 Episode 10: "Services Rendered") - Woman * ''Pigeons from Hell, Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (1961) - The Zuvembie, Eula Lee Blassenville * ''

The Notorious Landlady ''The Notorious Landlady'' is a 1962 American comedy mystery film starring Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and Fred Astaire.'' Variety'' film review; June 27, 1962, page 6.'' Harrison's Reports'' film review; June 30, 1962, page 98. The film was dire ...

'' (1962) - Flower Woman (uncredited) * '' The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' (1964) - Courtiere (uncredited) * ''

Inside Daisy Clover ''Inside Daisy Clover'' is a 1965 American drama film based on Gavin Lambert's 1963 novel of the same name, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Natalie Wood. It follows a tomboy becoming a Hollywood actress and singer. Plot In 1936, Da ...

'' (1965) - Dolores * ''

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'' (1966) - Landlady (uncredited) * ''

The Comic ''The Comic'' is a 1969 American Pathécolor comedy-drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Carl Reiner. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Billy Bright (which was the original title of the film), Michele Lee as Bright's love interest, and R ...

'' (1969) - Housekeeper (uncredited)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nesmith, Ottola 1889 births 1972 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)