Ottola Nesmith

Ottola Nesmith was an American actress whose long career took in more than a hundred films and television shows. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1889, she started out in San Diego with a stock theater company before moving into screen work. Her many screen credits included roles in the television series Cheyenne and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and she worked steadily in feature films as well. Besides performing, she hosted a horror program on KTLA, which put her before the camera as a presenter as well as an actress. Her career covered both movies and episodic television across a long stretch of years, with parts in a wide variety of productions. Ottola Nesmith died in 1972.