Linda Otto | |
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Occupation | Director, Producer, Casting Director |
Linda Otto was a producer and casting director as well as a director. She was active from about 1970 up until the early 2000's. She was born in 1940 and passed away in 2004
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As a casting director her early work included House Of Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night Of Dark Shadows in 1971. [1]
She moved to Los Angeles in 1974. Her casting credits included shows, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Charlie's Angels etc.
In 1976 she married Alan Landsburg in 1976. In that time working for Landsburg's company she was a producer and director. [2] As a producer some of her work included Torn Between Two Lovers in 1979, the TV movie, A Long Way Home in 1981, The Jayne Mansfield Story in 1980. She produced multiple features throughout the 1980's and her final production work was The Lottery, Country Justice in 1997 and finally the documentary Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen in 2001. [3]
in 1990 she even had a part in the made for television movie Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501. In it she played the part of Harriet. [4]
In spite of being diagnosed with breast cancer, she produced a documentary called Destined to Live It was about herself and other cancer survivors. [5]
She passed away in Los Angeles on June 27 2004 aged 64.[6] She was survived by her husband, two daughters and a son. [7]
America Undercover (TV series documentary) - 1992 [8]