Elita Proctor Otis
Encyclopedia
Elita Proctor Otis was an American actress. She was born in 1851 in Cleveland, Ohio
, and died 10 August 1927, Pelham, New York
, USA. She had a long distinguished stage career before her foray into early silent films. In 1909 she may have been the first actress to play Nancy 'Sikes'
on screen in a Vitagraph
produced version of Oliver Twist
.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, and died 10 August 1927, Pelham, New York
Pelham, New York
Pelham, New York is the name of two locations in Westchester County, New York:*Pelham , New York, the Town of Pelham*Pelham Manor , New York, the Village of Pelham Manor*Pelham , New York, the Village of Pelham...
, USA. She had a long distinguished stage career before her foray into early silent films. In 1909 she may have been the first actress to play Nancy 'Sikes'
Nancy 'Sikes'
Nancy is the sympathetic lover of Bill Sikes in the novel Oliver Twist, in its film versions, and in the stage and film version of the musical Oliver!. She is affectionately known by Fagin's boys and some others as "Nance"...
on screen in a Vitagraph
Vitagraph Studios
American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. By 1907 it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. It was bought by Warner Bros...
produced version of Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to...
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Films
- The Lost Express (1926) .... Mrs. Arthur Standish
- Miss NobodyMiss NobodyMiss Nobody is a 1926 silent film drama produced and distributed by First National Pictures and directed by Lambert Hillyer. The film is based on a short story by Tiffany Wells called "Shebo"; the likely feminine pronunciation of hobo. The stars of the film were Anna Q. Nilsson and Walter Pidgeon,...
(1926) (as Oleta Otis) .... Miriam Arnold - Refuge (1923) (as Olita Otis) .... The Princess
- The Infidel (1922) (as Oleta Otis) .... Miss Parliss
- The Secret of the Hills (1921) (as Oleta Otis) .... Mrs. Miltimore
- While the Devil Laughs (1921) (as Oleta Ottis) .... Pearl De La Marr
- The Torrent (1921) (as Oleta Ottis) .... Anne Mayhew
- Under Northern Lights (1920) (as Oleta Ottis) .... Madge Carson
- The Triflers (1920) (as Olita Otis) .... Effie Stilwell
- The Greyhound (1914) .... 'Deep Sea Kitty' Doyle
- The Great Diamond Robbery (1914) .... Mother Rosenbaum
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909) .... Hippolyta
- Les Misérables (Part I) (1909) ... aka The Galley Slave
- Oliver TwistOliver Twist (1909 film)Oliver Twist is a 1909 film and was the first adaptation of Oliver Twist ever made. It starred Edith Storey as Oliver Twist, Elita Proctor Otis as Nancy Sykes and William J. Humphrey as Fagin. It was directed by J. Stuart Blackton.-Cast:...
(1909) .... Nancy Sykes - Adventures of a Drummer Boy (1909) (as Elita Otis)