Elinor Harriot

Elinor Harriot (born Elinor Harriet Hirschfield; August 30, 1910 - June 10, 2000) She was taught voice and elocution from an early age, and her performance in a high school play led to her being hired to act with a touring stock company when she was 17 years old. and acted on the daily shows Bachelor's Children, Backstage Wife, in addition to being an announcer. She was the first regular cast member on the show other than Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who portrayed the title characters. Harriot was selected because of her "authentic southern accent" and ability to take direction. She left the program in 1937 because of her marriage, but she returned in 1943 and continued in her roles until the series ended in 1955, even though she had dropped other work on radio. Princess Pat Players.

On Broadway, Harriot performed in The Bride the Sun Shines On and The Bonds of Interest. Harriot's role as a member of a wedding party in The Bride the Sun Shines On led to an unanticipated opportunity for her in 1932. Dorothy Gish, the play's star, collapsed in the theater and was taken to a hospital shortly before a scheduled matinee. Gish's understudy was unprepared, and theater management was about to announce that the performance was canceled. Harriot, however, had been studying Gish's lines and movements because she hoped to become a leading lady. She filled in until Gish was able to return, after which Harriot was made the official understudy. She also received a contract to perform at Lawrence Langer's Country Playhouse in Westport in the summer of 1932.

Public service When her daughters were in school, Harriot held several offices in the parent-teacher association. Beginning in 1963, she served two terms on the Beverly Hills Board of Education and was president of the board for two years. While she was on the board she helped to abolish school dress codes and remove racial barriers for student and teachers in schools of Beverly Hills.