Eloise McElhone

Eloise McElhone ( – July 1, 1974 Before she began working on radio and television, she was a supervisor of 24 clerks at the Food Rationing Board in the Bronx.

Career McElhone's entry into broadcasting resulted from her mother's attendance at a dinner party hosted by Martha Rountree in the spring of 1945. During the event, Rountree commented that she needed one more woman to complete the panel of her upcoming radio program, Leave It to the Girls, and that the woman needed to be "young, smart, pretty and a good talker". She portrayed the secretary to John K. M. McCaffrey when he began a commentary program on WNBC in New York City in October 1947. She and Walter Kiernan were co-hosts of Sparring Partners on WJZ radio in New York City. The talk show began in January 1953.

Television In 1948 McElhone became a fashion commentator on Paris Cavalcade of Fashion on TV. She hosted an interview program on WABD in New York City in 1949. A review of one episode in the trade publication Billboard described the sessions with guests as "moderately interesting" and added, "It's tough to make interviews sparkle and these don't."

McElhone continued being a panelist on Leave It to the Girls when the show moved to television, She was master of ceremonies on Quick on the Draw when it began as a local show on WNBT-TV in New York City in May 1950. A review of that program in Billboard called McElhone "the only real strong point on the show." It continued, "Lush to look at and quick of manner and speech, she is always an interesting and capable performer . . ." Topics on the 30-minute show included women's and girls' fashions. In 1954, McElhone was a "weather girl" on Channel 4 in New York City. She also appeared regularly on TV on Eloise Salutes the Stars, Leave It to the Girls, and Meet the Experts.

Personal life and death McElhone worked as a volunteer with cerebral palsy. She married advertising executive William Paul Warwick on April 6, 1951, in New York City.