After her father's death, she and her mother also lived in France and England, where Lotte trained in music, drama, and art.

[3] She and her mother had a home in Sconset, The Moorings, which was described as "a kind of social headquarters" for the summer colony of actors there, "full of unique souvenirs".

Broadway appearances by Lotta Linthicum included roles in Love Finds the Way (1898), The Royal Box (1898), Lady Rose's Daughter (1903), The Deserters (1910),[8] Frou-Frou (1912), Cheer Up (1912–1913),[8] A Tailor-Made Man (1917–1918, 1929),[9] The Little Whopper (1919–1920), Blue Eyes (1921), Icebound (1923),[10] The Shelf (1926), Piggy (1927),[11] The Wild Man of Borneo (1927),[11] Atlas and Eva (1928),[12] Skyrocket (1929),[11] Nice Women (1929),[11] She Lived Next to the Firehouse (1931), and Papavert (1931–1932).

She was also seen in other shows, including The Sign of the Cross (1896),[13] Weather-Beaten Benson (1904), Skipper & Co. (1911)[14] Madame Sherry (1913),[15] The Crinoline Girl (1914),[16] Don't Do It Dodo (1936),[17] and the suffrage production A Pageant of Protests.

Her first husband was fellow actor James William Bankson; they married in 1899,[22] and he died of typhoid in 1900, at age 22.