Name Linda Otto | Role Casting Director | |
Born April 4, 1940 ( 1940-04-04 ) Occupation Director, producer, casting director Died June 27, 2004, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story, The Lottery, The Ryan White Story Children Shana Landsburg, Michael Landsburg Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Informational Programming - Directing Similar People Alan Landsburg, Valerie Landsburg, Terence Knox, Sheila Nevins, John Herzfeld | ||
Linda Otto (April 4, 1940 – June 27, 2004) was a producer and casting director as well as a director. She was active from the 1970s to the early 2000s.
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Early life
Linda Otto was born on April 4, 1940.
Career
As a casting director her early work included House Of Dark Shadows in 1970 and Night of Dark Shadows in 1971. Later, her casting credits included shows, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Charlie's Angels etc.
In the late 1970s, she worked for her husband's company she was a producer and director. 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 1980s. In 1990, she had a part in the made-for-television movie Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501, where she played the part of Harriet. 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.
Shortly before her death, she produced a documentary called Destined to Live, drawing upon the experiences of cancer survivors and her own.
Personal life
She married Alan Landsburg in 1976. They resided in Beverly Hills, California.
Later years
She died in Los Angeles on June 27, 2004, aged 64. She was survived by her husband, two daughters and a son.
Movies
Documentary
America Undercover (TV series documentary) – 1992