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Ottola Nesmith is a Actor American born on 12 december 1889 at Washington, D.C. (USA)

Ottola Nesmith

Ottola Nesmith
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 december 1889 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 7 february 1972 (at 82 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Ottola Nesmith (December 12, 1889 – February 7, 1972) was an American actress. She appeared in over 115 films and television shows between 1913 and 1969.

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Edith Head
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Victor Young
(9 films)
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Filmography of Ottola Nesmith (44 films)

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Actress

Inside Daisy Clover, 2h8
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Gordon, Ottola Nesmith
Roles Dolores
Rating60% 3.048173.048173.048173.048173.04817
Set in the mid-1930s, the plot centers on Daisy Clover (Wood), a teenage tomboy who lives in a ramshackle trailer with her eccentric mother (Gordon) on a California beach and dreams of Hollywood stardom. She submits a song recording to the well-known film producer Ray Swan (Plummer), who puts her under contract. Ray and his wife Melora (Katharine Bard) foster Daisy's rise to fame by any means necessary, forcing Daisy to deal with the pressures of stardom and the Swans' manipulation of her life and career. Daisy reluctantly accepts the placement of her mother in a mental institution, to protect Daisy's reputation as "America's valentine", and is told to tell any interviewers that her mother is dead.
Stagecoach
Stagecoach (1966)
, 1h55
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Bing Crosby, Ann-Margret, Red Buttons, Alex Cord, Slim Pickens, Mike Connors
Rating60% 3.0495453.0495453.0495453.0495453.049545
Une diligence tente de traverser une contrée désertique contrôlée par les Indiens. Lors d'une étape, les passagers de la diligence découvrent que toutes les personnes ont été massacrées. Ils vont devoir affronter l'attaque de leur convoi au cours d'une chevauchée dangereuse.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 2h8
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Biography, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Hermione Baddeley, Martita Hunt, Fred Essler
Roles Courtiere (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2952053.2952053.2952053.2952053.295205
Rescued from the Colorado River as an infant and raised by Shamus Tobin, tomboy Molly Brown is determined to find a wealthy man to marry. She journeys to Leadville, Colorado and is hired as a saloon singer by Christmas Morgan. After miner Johnny Brown renovates his cabin, the two wed, and he sells his claim in a silver mine for $300,000. Soon after the money Molly hid in the stove accidentally is burned, Johnny discovers the richest gold vein in state history.
The Notorious Landlady, 2h3
Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Black comedy, Romance
Actors Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Lionel Jeffries, Estelle Winwood, Henry Daniell
Roles Flower Woman (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3483853.3483853.3483853.3483853.348385
When American diplomat William Gridley (Jack Lemmon) arrives in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's (Kim Novak) house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. Gridley doesn't know that many people think she killed her British husband, Miles Hardwick (Maxwell Reed), because he has disappeared; but without a body, the police cannot do a thing.
Witness for the Prosecution, 1h56
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor, John Williams
Roles Miss Johnson (uncredited)
Rating83% 4.198914.198914.198914.198914.19891
Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton), a master barrister in ill health, takes on Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) as a client, despite the objections of his private nurse, Miss Plimsoll (Elsa Lanchester), who says the doctor warns him against taking on any criminal cases. Vole is accused of murdering Mrs. Emily French (Norma Varden), a rich, older widow who had become enamored of him, going so far as to make him the main beneficiary of her will. Strong circumstantial evidence points to Vole as the killer, but Sir Wilfrid believes Vole is innocent.
I, the Jury, 1h27
Directed by Harry Essex
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Alan Reed, Mary Anderson
Roles Cathy
Rating60% 3.0479353.0479353.0479353.0479353.047935
Shortly before Christmas in New York City, one-armed insurance investigator Jack Williams (Robert Swanger) is looking at a college yearbook photo of John Hansen when someone slips into his apartment and shoots him to death. Hot-headed private investigator Mike Hammer (Biff Elliot), Jack's war buddy, vows to avenge his friend's death despite a warning from Pat Chambers (Preston Foster), captain of the homicide squad, to let the police handle the case. Pat is unable to calm Mike, who roughs up a wisecracking reporter before leaving the crime scene. Knowing that Mike will forge ahead with an investigation regardless of his advice, Pat urges the offended reporter to publish an article disclosing that Mike is on the job.
Scaramouche, 1h55
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, Henry Wilcoxon, Nina Foch
Roles Lady-in-Waiting
Rating74% 3.745293.745293.745293.745293.74529
In France just prior to the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette (Nina Foch) asks her cousin Noel, the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer), to uncover the identity of "Marcus Brutus", a dangerous pamphleteer rousing hatred of the aristocracy.
The Greatest Show on Earth, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Rating64% 3.248343.248343.248343.248343.24834
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.
The Son of Dr. Jekyll, 1h18
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, Alexander Knox, Lester Matthews, Gavin Muir, Paul Cavanagh
Roles Nurse (Uncredited)
Rating49% 2.4681352.4681352.4681352.4681352.468135
The film begins with a prologue set in 1860, where Mr. Hyde is chased down in the streets of London, after murdering his wife at their Soho flat. He escapes to the house of Dr. Jekyll, where he prepares the potion that will transform him back to the respected doctor. Unfortunately, the mob has already set the house ablaze. The flames drive Hyde to the top floor, and in attempt to leap to the ground, he meets his demise when he falls to the ground. As he dies, he changes back to Dr. Jekyll.
Sunset Boulevard, 1h50
Directed by Billy Wilder, Charles C. Coleman, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Fred Clark
Rating83% 4.199394.199394.199394.199394.19939
At a Sunset Boulevard mansion, the body of Joe Gillis floats in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death.
Samson and Delilah, 2h11
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Rating67% 3.3962153.3962153.3962153.3962153.396215
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.
The File on Thelma Jordon, 1h40
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Mrs. Asher (Uncredited)
Rating68% 3.44563.44563.44563.44563.4456
Thelma Jordon shows up late one night in the office of married assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall with a story about prowlers and burglars. Before Cleve can stop himself, he and Thelma are involved in a love affair. But Thelma is a mysterious woman, and Cleve can't help wondering if she is hiding something.
Chicago Deadline, 1h26
Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Irene Hervey, John Arthur Kennedy, Berry Kroeger
Roles Sister John (Uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1900453.1900453.1900453.1900453.190045
Ed Adams (Alan Ladd) is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. By chance he is in a boardinghouse just when the body of a dead woman is found by a cleaning lady. The body belongs to a beautiful female tenant named Rosita Jean d’Ur (Donna Reed). Ed is drawn to the dark, mysterious woman, and manages to steal her diary before the law gets to the scene. In the diary Rosita has listed a total of fifty-four names.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1h46
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Time travel films, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix, Henry Wilcoxon, Richard Webb
Roles Tourist (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2484753.2484753.2484753.2484753.248475
Hank Martin (Bing Crosby), an American mechanic, is knocked out and wakes up in the land of King Arthur. Here he finds romance with Alisande la Carteloise (Rhonda Fleming) and friendship with Sir Sagramore (William Bendix).
Chinatown at Midnight, 1h7
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hurd Hatfield, Jean Willes, Tom Powers, Ray Walker, Charles Russell, Jacqueline deWit
Roles Mrs. Langdon
Rating58% 2.9029252.9029252.9029252.9029252.902925
The SF Police Department pursues a serial killer on the loose in San Francisco's Chinatown.