Isobel Elsom
| Isobel Elsom | |
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| Born |
Isabelle Reed 16 March 1893 Chesterton, Cambridge, England |
| Died | 12 January 1981 (aged 87) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cremains scattered into the Pacific Ocean |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1915–1964 |
| Spouse(s) |
Maurice Elvey (1923–19??; divorced) Carl Harbord (1942–1958; his death) |
Isobel Elsom (16 March 1893 – 12 January 1981) was an English screen, stage and television actress.
Born Isabelle Reed in Chesterton, Cambridge, Elsom usually was cast as an aristocratic lady of the upper class. She attended Howard College, Bedford England. Over the course of three decades she appeared in 17 Broadway productions, beginning with The Ghost Train in 1926. Her best-known stage role was the wealthy murder victim in Ladies in Retirement (1939), a role she repeated in the 1941 film version. Her other theatre credits included The Innocents and Romeo and Juliet. Elsom made her first screen appearance during the silent film era (she frequently co-starred with Owen Nares) and appeared in nearly 100 films throughout her career.
She met her first husband, director Maurice Elvey, when he cast her in his 1919 film Quinneys. He went on to direct her in eight more films before they divorced. Elsom's other screen credits included The White Cliffs of Dover (1944), The Unseen (1945), Of Human Bondage (1946), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Monsieur Verdoux, The Paradine Case, and The Two Mrs. Carrolls (all 1947), The Secret Garden (1949), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), Lust for Life and 23 Paces to Baker Street (both 1956), and The Pleasure Seekers and My Fair Lady (both 1964).
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