Ora Carew

Ora Carew
Publicity photo of Carew from Who's Who on the Screen (1920)
Born	Ora Whytock (1893-08-13)August 13, 1893 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Died	October 26, 1955(1955-10-26) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1915–1925
Spouse(s)	Harry E. Grant (1908-div.19??) John C. Howard (1922-div.1924)
Children	1

Ora Carew (born Ora Whytock; August 13, 1893 – October 26, 1955), was an American silent film actress. She starred in several films between 1915 and 1925. She was known as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties.

Biography

Ora Whytock was born on April 19 in Salt Lake City, Utah to James Whytock and Evelyn Carn Whytock (1865-1942). She had an older sister, Evelyn Whytock Lehners (1887-1961), who became a music composer, and a younger brother, Grant Whytock (1894-1981), who became a film editor. Ora's birth year has been listed as 1893, 1892, and 1891. 1893 is given as her birth year on her death certificate and is also what her grave says, but the 1900 census indicates 1891.

She was educated by private tutors and at Roland Hall Seminary. After her father died on June 19, 1896, her mother moved with her three children to California.

Her screen career began with MGM, following numerous engagements in vaudeville, musical comedy and stock. Some of her most notable films with MGM were Go West, Young Man, Too Many Millions, and with Universal, Love's Protegé, Loot, Under Suspicion, and others.

Personal Life

Carew married Harry E. Grant on June 15, 1908 in El Paso, Texas. The couple had one daughter, Lotus Grant (October 20, 1909 – June 25, 2007), who married Fred R. Feitshans Jr, making film producer Buzz Feitshans Carew's grandson.

Ora and Harry divorced before 1920. She remarried, to John C. Howard, in December 1922 in Hollywood, California and they divorced in 1924.

She was 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m) tall, weighed 120 pounds (54 kg), and had brown hair and brown eyes. She was exceptionally fond of outdoor sports and found her greatest pleasure in motoring around Hollywood and Los Angeles in her raceabout.

Selected filmography

• Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)
• A La Cabaret (1916)
• Too Many Millions (1918)
• Terror of the Range (1919)
• Loot (1919)
• Peddler of Lies (1920)
• Blind Youth (1920)
• Her Bridal Nightmare (1920) (writer)
• Alias Ladyfingers (1921)
• The Little Fool (1921)
• A Voice in the Dark (1921)
• Beyond the Crossroads (1922)
• Smudge (1922)
• Sherlock Brown (1922)
• Paying the Limit (1924)
• Getting Her Man (1924)

External links

• Ora Carew at IMDb
• Ora Carew at AllMovie