Elspeth Eric

Elspeth Eric
Elspeth Eric in 1943
Born	Elspeth Thexton Eric September 15, 1907 Chicago, Illinois
Died	1993 Manhattan, New York City
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Wellesley College
Occupation	Actress
Known for	Acting in radio dramas

Elspeth Eric (1907 - 1993) was an actress in old-time radio, "usually cast as the other woman in soaps and serials."

The daughter of a doctor,Elspeth Thexton Eric was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Bradford Academy and graduated from Wellesley College with a double major in economics and English literature. After hearing tales of woe about "girls who had tried to crash the great White Way and failed ... she enrolled in a business school and left word with her friends in New York to let her know when a job was to be had there." She gained some acting experience in and moved back to New York, where she worked at various jobs for five years while she tried to find work as an actor. During those years, "She was a switchboard operator, waitress, governess, hostess in a cocktail lounge, publicity writer, model, cook, parlor maid, social secretary to a social secretary, stenographer and book saleswoman."

Eric's initial work on radio came in Big Sister and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. Her roles on radio programs included those shown in the table below.

Other programs on which Eric appeared included The Haunting Hour,The FBI in Peace and War,Abbott Mysteries,Ever Since Eve,Front Page Farrell,Quick as a Flash,Rosemary,Mommie and the Men,Inner Sanctum Mystery,Bulldog Drummond,Manhattan at Midnight,Green Valley, U.S.A.,Gang Busters, 21st Precinct,Grand Central Station, and Mr. District Attorney.

Eric gained early acting experience with the Woodstock Summer Theatre. In 1932, she acted in the troupe at the Westchester Playhouse at Mount Kisco, New York.