Elinor Field

American actress (1902–1998)

Elinor Field
Field in 1918
Born	Eleanor Field (1902-01-04)January 4, 1902 Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 24, 1998(1998-02-24) (aged 96) Chestertown, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1917–1934

Elinor Field (born Eleanor Field; January 4, 1902 – February 24, 1998)^[1] was an American film actress who was one of Mack Sennett's Sennett Bathing Beauties.^[2] She also starred in the 15-episode serial The Jungle Goddess (1922).^[3]

Biography

Elinor Field was born on January 4, 1902, in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, USA, as Eleanor Field. She began acting straight out of high school. Although she appeared in more than thirty films, Field never became a major star.^[4] She died on February 24, 1998, in Chestertown, Maryland at the age of 96.

Selected filmography

The Pullman Bride (1917) as Mack Sennett a Sennett Bathing Beauties (uncredited)
Are Waitresses Safe? (1917) uncredited
How to be Happy Though Married (1919)
The Blue Moon (1920)
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
Once to Every Woman (1920) as Virginia Meredith
Hearts and Masks (1921)
Little Eva Ascends (1922)
The Purple Riders (1922)
The Leather Pushers (1922)
The Jungle Goddess (1922), a 15-episode serial
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923), starring role
Blinky (1923) as Priscilla Islip
Single Handed (1923) as Ruth Randolph
The Red Warning (1923) as Louise Ainslee

References

^ Massa, Steve. "Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
^ Erish, Andrew A. (March 1, 2012). Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292728707 – via Google Books.
^ Rainey, Buck (June 8, 2015). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604480 – via Google Books.
^ "Elinor Field". BFI. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020.