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Ellinor Vanderveer, was an American actress who usually played dowagers, high class society matrons or party guests. She appeared in 111 films between 1924 and 1953, including several Laurel and Hardy comedies and two films from early in the American career of British-born James Whale. She was born in New York City and died in Loma Linda, California.
Born
Friday, 05 August 1887
Died
Thursday, 27 May 1976
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| When Comedy Was King | edited from 'A Pair of Tights' | 1960 |
| The Eddie Cantor Story | Committee Woman | 1953 |
| The Robe | Citizen | 1953 |
| The Golden Blade | Sorceress | 1953 |
| The Caddy | Customer | 1953 |
| The Band Wagon | Auction Guest | 1953 |
| Lili | Carnival Patron | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Fashion Show Spectator | 1952 |
| The Strange Door | Wedding Guest | 1951 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| When Comedy Was King | edited from 'A Pair of Tights' | 1960 |
| The Eddie Cantor Story | Committee Woman | 1953 |
| The Robe | Citizen | 1953 |
| The Golden Blade | Sorceress | 1953 |
| The Caddy | Customer | 1953 |
| The Band Wagon | Auction Guest | 1953 |
| Lili | Carnival Patron | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Fashion Show Spectator | 1952 |
| The Strange Door | Wedding Guest | 1951 |
| Belle Le Grand | Woman at Stock Exchange | 1951 |
| Born to Be Bad | Charity Ball Guest | 1950 |
| The Toast of New Orleans | Restaurant Patron | 1950 |
| Annie Get Your Gun | Ball Guest | 1950 |
| South Sea Sinner | Party Guest | 1950 |
| Madame Bovary | Party Guest | 1949 |
| An Innocent Affair | Venetian Room Patron | 1948 |
| B.F.'s Daughter | Woman at 'Hamlet' Play | 1948 |
| The Bishop's Wife | Restaurant Patron | 1947 |
| The Lost Moment | Restaurant Patron | 1947 |
| The Exile | Woman | 1947 |
| The Beast with Five Fingers | Mourner | 1947 |
| Deception | Restaurant Diner | 1946 |
| The Jolson Story | Maid | 1946 |
| Gentleman Joe Palooka | Party Guest | 1946 |
| Gallant Journey | Dance Floor Extra | 1946 |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | Garden Party Guest | 1946 |
| Yolanda and the Thief | Hotel Guest with Fan | 1945 |
| The Dolly Sisters | Party Guest | 1945 |
| A Song for Miss Julie | Guest | 1945 |
| A Song to Remember | Guest at Salon Concert | 1945 |
| Lost in a Harem | Slave Girl | 1944 |
| Christmas Holiday | Courtroom Spectator | 1944 |
| Watch on the Rhine | Embassy Party Guest | 1943 |
| Mr. Lucky | Gambler | 1943 |
| Casablanca | Guest at Rick's | 1943 |
| You Were Never Lovelier | Horse Race Spectator | 1942 |
| The Devil with Hitler | Spy | 1942 |
| Tales of Manhattan | Party Guest (Fields sequence) | 1942 |
| Crossroads | Cafe Patron | 1942 |
| Maisie Gets Her Man | Dowager / Dowager (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Dressing Room Guest | 1942 |
| Flying with Music | Club Patron | 1942 |
| Larceny, Inc | Passerby | 1942 |
| Loco Boy Makes Good | Nightclub Patron | 1942 |
| Hellzapoppin' | Audience Member | 1941 |
| Skylark | Member of Theatre Audience | 1941 |
| The Feminine Touch | Party Guest | 1941 |
| The Philadelphia Story | Party Guest | 1940 |
| Escape | Concert Guest | 1940 |
| Seven Sinners | Party Guest | 1940 |
| Down Argentine Way | Racetrack Patron | 1940 |
| No Census, No Feeling | Bridge Player | 1940 |
| No Time for Comedy | Restaurant Patron | 1940 |
| My Love Came Back | Party Guest | 1940 |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Opera Spectator in King's Group | 1940 |
| I Was an Adventuress | Englishwoman at Exhibit | 1940 |
| 'Til We Meet Again | Ship Passenger | 1940 |
| Ninotchka | Gossip | 1939 |
| Raffles | Passerby Extra | 1939 |
| First Love | Ball Guest | 1939 |
| The Old Maid | Wedding Guest | 1939 |
| The Cowboy Quarterback | Casino Extra | 1939 |
| Wuthering Heights | Party Guest | 1939 |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Guest with the Grand Duke | 1939 |
| Topper Takes a Trip | Casino Patron | 1939 |
| The Girl Downstairs | Party Guest | 1938 |
| The Great Waltz | Party Guest | 1938 |
| The Rage of Paris | Opera Spectator | 1938 |
| Judge Hardy's Children | Restaurant Patron | 1938 |
| When G-Men Step In | Society Woman | 1938 |
| A Damsel in Distress | Bit Role | 1937 |
| The Great Garrick | Member of the Comedie Française | 1937 |
| Confession | Courtroom Spectator | 1937 |
| A Family Affair | Convention Delegate | 1937 |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Woman at Dance | 1937 |
| Slippery Silks | Lady Wanting Dress Adjustment | 1936 |
| Mister Cinderella | Splashed Woman at Party | 1936 |
| Girls' Dormitory | Graduation Attendee / Cafe Patron | 1936 |
| The Princess Comes Across | Ship's Passenger at Concert | 1936 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Party Guest | 1936 |
| The Great Ziegfeld | Audience Member | 1936 |
| Moonlight Murder | Attendee at Hollywood Bowl | 1936 |
| Man of Iron | Party Guest | 1935 |
| A Night at the Opera | Shipboard Dinner Party Guest / Opera Spectator | 1935 |
| Slightly Static | Member of Stock Company | 1935 |
| The Irish in Us | Fight Spectator | 1935 |
| Let 'em Have It | Dowager | 1935 |
| Vagabond Lady | Spear Department Head | 1935 |
| Pop Goes the Easel | Dignified Woman | 1935 |
| Times Square Lady | Casa Nova Patron | 1935 |
| Rumba | Member of Audience | 1935 |
| Okay Toots! | Madama Gaga - Fortune Teller | 1935 |
| Behold My Wife! | Party Guest | 1934 |
| Washee Ironee | Waldo's mother | 1934 |
| Belle of the Nineties | New Orleans Dowager | 1934 |
| Whom the Gods Destroy | Ship Paseenger | 1934 |
| Shoot the Works | Night Club Patron | 1934 |
| Going Bye-Bye! | Jury Member | 1934 |
| Finishing School | Reception Guest | 1934 |
| Soup and Fish | Society Matron at Beauty Salon | 1934 |
| Journal of a Crime | Ambassador's Wife | 1934 |
| Bolero | Chez Raoul Patron | 1934 |
| Mixed Nuts | Spectator at Meeting | 1934 |
| Caravan | Wedding Guest / Wedding Guest (Uncredited) | 1934 |
| Search for Beauty | Beauty Shop Manager | 1934 |
| Luncheon at Twelve | Party Guest | 1933 |
| Gigolettes of Paris | Diane's Friend | 1933 |
| Golden Harvest | Reception Guest | 1933 |
| Reunion in Vienna | Noblewoman | 1933 |
| Private Detective 62 | Woman in Speakeasy / Woman in Speakeasy (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| The Eagle and the Hawk | Party Guest | 1933 |
| A Bedtime Story | Party Guest | 1933 |
| Taxi Barons | Dinner Party Guest | 1933 |
| She Done Him Wrong | Well-Wisher in Audience | 1933 |
| Employees' Entrance | Attendee at Meeting of Department Heads | 1933 |
| The King's Vacation | Autograph Seeker at Casino | 1933 |
| Rasputin and the Empress | Court Dignitary Watching Celebration Mass | 1932 |
| Fast Life | Guest | 1932 |
| Secrets of the French Police | 1st Cohort of Moloff / Moloff's Dark-haired Matron | 1932 |
| Call Her Savage | Party Guest / Party Guest (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| Scarlet Dawn | Kalin's Dinner Guest / Kalin's Dinner Guest (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| Movie Crazy | Mrs. Crumplin / Mrs. Crumplin (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Wedding Guest | 1932 |
| Two Against the World | Party Guest | 1932 |
| Love Me Tonight | Party Guest | 1932 |
| A Successful Calamity | Musicale Guest | 1932 |
| Downstairs | Party Guest | 1932 |
| High Hats and Low Brows | Party Guest | 1932 |
| Street of Women | Well-Wisher | 1932 |
| The Rich Are Always with Us | Night Club Patron | 1932 |
| Sinners in the Sun | Party Guest | 1932 |
| Scarface | Theatregoer | 1932 |
| Devil's Lottery | Inquest Onlooker | 1932 |
| Hotel Continental | Hotel Guest | 1932 |
| Arsène Lupin | Party Guest | 1932 |
| The Impatient Maiden | Visitor | 1932 |
| The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Wedding Guest | 1932 |
| Sally of the Subway | Mrs. Stubbs | 1932 |
| High Pressure | Woman on Dock | 1932 |
| Stepping Sisters | French National Debt | 1932 |
| Men of Chance | Racetrack Spectator | 1932 |
| Frankenstein | Medical Student | 1931 |
| Platinum Blonde | Party Guest | 1931 |
| The Phantom of Paris | Party Guest | 1931 |
| Pleasure | Society Matron | 1931 |
| The Woman Between | Party Guest | 1931 |
| Son of India | Polo Club Guest | 1931 |
| Broadminded | Restaurant Diner | 1931 |
| The Mystery Train | Couturiere | 1931 |
| The Common Law | Party Guest | 1931 |
| Svengali | Concertgoer | 1931 |
| Never the Twain Shall Meet | Dressmaker | 1931 |
| Politiquerías | Party Guest | 1931 |
| Aloha | Socialite | 1931 |
| Kiss Me Again | Reception Guest | 1931 |
| Going Wild | Banquet Guest | 1930 |
| Passion Flower | Party Guest | 1930 |
| Remote Control | Girl Musician | 1930 |
| Sunny | Party Guest | 1930 |
| Extravagance | Wedding Guest | 1930 |
| The Office Wife | Club Patron | 1930 |
| Way Out West | Party Guest | 1930 |
| A Notorious Affair | Duchess of Brougham | 1930 |
| The Girl Said No | Wedding Guest | 1930 |
| Love Comes Along | Fiesta Participant | 1930 |
| Party Girl | Leeda's 'Mother' | 1930 |
| The Hoose-Gow | 1929 | |
| Jazz Heaven | Floor Show Spectator | 1929 |
| The Unholy Night | Guest at First Seance | 1929 |
| Street Girl | Dowager at Little Aregon | 1929 |
| The Iron Mask | Lady of the Court | 1929 |
| A Pair of Tights | Sits on Ice Cream in Car | 1929 |
| The Sky Hawk | Auto Passenger | 1929 |
| Synthetic Sin | Woman in Theatre Audience | 1929 |
| The Ol' Gray Hoss | Dowager | 1928 |
| The Love Charm | Disapproving Ship Passenger | 1928 |
| The Smart Set | Party Guest | 1928 |
| From Soup to Nuts | Dinner Guest | 1928 |
| Bare Knees | Society Woman | 1928 |
| The Battle of the Century | Lady in Automobile | 1927 |
| The Girl in the Pullman | A Guest | 1927 |
| The Way of All Pants | Party Guest | 1927 |
| Spring Fever | Country Club Lobby Guest | 1927 |
| The Second 100 Years | Countess de Cognac | 1927 |
| Sally in Our Alley | Society Matron | 1927 |
| Flesh and the Devil | Ball Guest | 1926 |
| Bardelys the Magnificent | Court Gossip | 1926 |
| Bromo and Juliet | Lady on Bus | 1926 |
| The Duchess of Buffalo | Lady in Waiting | 1926 |
| Into Her Kingdom | Czarina | 1926 |
| You Never Know Women | Theatre Audience Spectator | 1926 |
| Skinner's Dress Suit | Party Guest | 1926 |
| Kiki | Restaurant Patron | 1926 |
| The Merry Widow | Ballroom Dancer | 1926 |
| Lady Windermere's Fan | Party Guest | 1925 |
| The Red Kimona | Woman With Defense Attorney's Wife | 1925 |
| Stella Dallas | Society Matron | 1925 |
| The Other Woman's Story | Party Guest | 1925 |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Operagoer | 1925 |
| Her Sister from Paris | Theatre Patron | 1925 |
| Paths to Paradise | Party Guest | 1925 |
| Looking for Sally | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1925 |
| Lady of the Night | Dancing Patron at Nightclub | 1925 |
| He Who Gets Slapped | Woman in Circus Audience | 1924 |
| Married Flirts | Elinor Vanderveer | 1924 |
