Leotta Whytock | |
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Born | Leotta Edith Wotton March 27, 1890 Fresno, California, USA |
Died | October 13, 1972 Los Angeles, California, USA | (aged 82)
Occupation | Film editor |
Spouse | Grant Whytock (m. 1918) |
Relatives | Mary 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]
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.