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The Zuvembie Credit That Erased a Fifty-Year Career
A seventy-one-year-old actress with a fifty-year career in Hollywood receives her most visible screen credit, but it's not her name. It's a monster's.
The Zuvembie Credit That Erased a Fifty-Year Career
This episode explores the documented story of Ottola Nesmith, an actress whose extensive career spanned Hollywood's Golden Age, yet her name remains largely unknown. How did a performer with over a hundred screen credits become so invisible?
Person: Ottola Nesmith
Date: 1961
Career Length: Over 50 years
Notable Film: Becky Sharp
- Ottola Nesmith was born in 1889, the daughter of a US Army…
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