Elinor Field

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]

Elinor Field
Field in 1918
Born
Eleanor Field

(1902-01-04)January 4, 1902
DiedFebruary 24, 1998(1998-02-24) (aged 96)
OccupationActress
Years active1917–1934

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

Field (left) in comedy film Hearts and Masks (1921).
Still from the American drama film The Blue Moon (1920) with Pell Trenton, Herbert Standing, and Elinor Field.
Advertisement for The Jungle Goddess (1922)

References

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