About Elinor Kershaw
Lived 1884 – 1971 (aged 86). Elinor Kershaw was an American actor and stage actor.
Elinor Kershaw, also known as Nell and Elinor K. Ince, (November 19, 1884 – September 12, 1971) was an American stage and motion-picture actress; wife of Hollywood Mogul Thomas H. Ince, and mother of actor Richard Ince and writer Thomas H. Ince Jr. Her older sister was the stage actress Willette Kershaw. She built the Château Élysée in Los Angeles as a luxury long-term residential apartment house for movie stars.
She married actor Holmes Herbert in 1930; they later divorced.
Filmography The Love of Lady Irma (1910) Taming a Husband (1910) One Night and Then (1910) The Course of True Love (1910) Phone 1707 Chester (1911)
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Who was Elinor Kershaw?
American actress (1884-1971)
When was Elinor Kershaw born?
Elinor Kershaw was born on 19 November 1884 in St. Louis.
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Elinor Kershaw died on 12 September 1971 in Hollywood.
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Elinor Kershaw was an actor and stage actor.
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Elinor Kershaw was American.
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