Ora Carew
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Ora Carew | |
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 Publicity photo of Carew from Who's Who on the Screen (1920) | |
| Born | Ora Whytock August 13, 1893 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 1955 (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
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Carew was born August 13, 1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah to James and Evelyn Whytock. 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. Ora's brother was film editor Grant Whytock (1894-1981).
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)
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