Leotta Whytock
Born
Leotta Edith Wotton

March 27, 1890
Fresno, California, USA
DiedOctober 13, 1972(1972-10-13) (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationFilm editor
SpouseGrant Whytock (m. 1918)
RelativesMary Carlisle (niece)
Ora Carew (sister-in-law)

Leotta Whytock (born Leotta Edith Wotton, March 27, 1890 - October 13, 1972) was an American film editor and actress active during the early days of Hollywood.[1] She was married to fellow film editor Grant Whytock.[2]

Biography

Whytock was born in Fresno, California, to Robert Wotton and Mary Johnston, both of whom were native Canadians. Her father died when she was young. She had a twin sister, Leona (an actress); a brother, Clarence; and a half-brother, Robert Carlisle.[3] She and her sister seem to have worked as actresses during the silent era.[1]

She married film editor Grant Whytock at some point during the late 1910s after moving to Los Angeles. Through this marriage, her sister-in-law was actress Ora Carew.[4] At one point, she was a film editor at Ingram Studios in Nice, France.[5] Though her credits end in the 1920s, it seems she was an assistant editor for much of her later career.[1]

Her half-brother, Robert Carlisle, ended up becoming a film producer at MGM; her twin sister Leona's daughter, Mary Carlisle, became a famous actress and lived to the age of 104.

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hastings, Charles E. (11 Mar 1934). "The Current Cinema". Times Union. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Cutting Women: Margaret Booth and Hollywood's Pioneering Female Film Editors – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  3. ↑ "9 Jun 1948, 22 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  4. ↑ Motion Picture News, Inc (1929). Motion Picture News Booking Guide 1929. Media History Digital Library. New York, Motion Picture News, Inc. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ Mercury Publishing Co. The Film Mercury (1926-1927). Media History Digital Library. Hollywood, Mercury Publishing Co.
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