Elaine Barrie

Elaine Barrie (née Jacobs; July 16, 1915 – March 1, 2003) was an American actress who appeared in several films and one Broadway play. She was the fourth, and last, wife of actor John Barrymore.

Biography Barrie was the daughter of a traveling salesman named Louis Jacobs. She claimed to have fallen in love with Barrymore at the age of 16, after seeing Svengali, and adopted the name 'Barrie' in tribute to her idol. As a 19-year-old sophomore at Hunter College, she visited his hospital room on the pretense of needing to interview a celebrity for a class assignment. They married in 1936 at Yuma, Arizona, but the marriage was a rocky one and they finally divorced in 1940. She later dated the actors Errol Flynn and Ray Milland.

She moved to Port-au-Prince, Haiti around 1958, and worked as a handbag designer. She lived in Haiti for an unknown number of years before returning to the United States.

Barrie died in New York City at the age of 87.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes How to Undress in Front of Your Husband Elanie Short film, (credit as Elanie Barrie Barrymore) How to Take a Bath unconfirmed Short film Midnight Simone (final film role)