Elsie Ames
Elsie Ames | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1902 New Jersey, United States |
| Died | May 3, 1983 Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
Elsie Ames (May 18, 1902 – May 3, 1983) was an American film actress specializing in comedies. Between 1937 and 1974 she acted in 15 films. Ames gained fame as the female film partner of Buster Keaton.[1]
Filmography[]
- Double or Nothing (1937)
- His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)[2][3]
- The Spook Speaks (1940)[4]
- The Taming of the Snood (1940)
- General Nuisance (1941)[5]
- She's Oil Mine (1941)
- Rhythm Inn (1951)
- Houdini (1953)
- Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) in the role of Florence[6]
- A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Personal[]
The daughter of Elsie Ames, , is also an actress. Elizabeth "Betty Lou" Deering was married 1964–1983 to Seymour Cassel. Ames and her then son-in-law acted together in Minnie and Moskowitz (1971). Ames and Deering acted in A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
References[]
- ^ King, Rob (2017). Hokum!: The Early Sound Slapstick Short and Depression-Era Mass Culture. University of California Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780520288119. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Neibaur, James (2010). The Fall of Buster Keaton: His Films for MGM, Educational Pictures, and Columbia. Scarecrow Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780810876835. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Okuda, Ted; Watz, Edward (2013). The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933–1958. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476610108. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Batista Da Silva, George (2010). Os Filmes De Buster Keaton (in Portuguese). Joinville, Brazil: Clube de Autores. p. 71 – via Google Books.
Spook Speaks, The - Curta-metragem produzido e dirigido por Jules White pelos estúdios da Columbia Pictures Corporation no ano de 1940. A história leva as letras de Ewart Adamson, Clyde Bruckman e Elwood Ullman. Com Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Appleby, Lynton Brent, John Tyrrell, Bruce Bennett e Evelyn Young.
- ^ Erickson, Hall (2012). Military Comedy Films: A Critical Survey and Filmography of Hollywood Releases Since 1918. McFarland & Company. p. 51. ISBN 9780786462902. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (December 23, 1971). "Movie Review: Film by Cassavetes Takes Friendly Jabs". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
"Minnie and Moskowitz," John Cassavetes's sixth and, in many ways, most ambitious film, is also his friendliest, in the dish-throwing, door-pounding, exclamation-pointed manner of a comic strip. [...] Florence ..... Elsie Ames
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Categories:
- 1902 births
- 1983 deaths
- American film actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- Actresses from California