{{Short description|American actress (1886–1978)}} {{Infobox person | name = Edythe Elliott | image = Edythe Elliott in That Brennan Girl (1947).jpg | caption = Elliott in ''That Brennan Girl'' (1947) | birth_name = Edythe Humburg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|07|14|mf=yes}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|04|09|1886|07|14|mf=yes}} | death_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | spouse = Charles "Royal" Elliott }} '''Edythe Elliott''' (born '''Edythe Humburg'''; July 14, 1886 – April 9, 1978) was an American character actress active primarily during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIShCAAAQBAJ&q=%22edythe+elliott%22&pg=PA28|title=Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography|last=Blottner|first=Gene|date=2011-09-30|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786469031|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=RBDN19160112.1.3&|title=Red Bluff Daily News 12 January 1916 — California Digital Newspaper Collection|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
== Biography == Edythe Elliott was born in San Francisco, California where her parents were involved in Vaudeville.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/571967536/?terms=%22edythe+elliott%22|title=Vet of 60 Years in Theatre Has Forgotten to Grow Old|last=Russell|first=Kathlyn|date=19 Sep 1966|website=The Times-Advocate|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
In 1917, Elliott became the leading lady of the stock company at the Wigwam Theatre in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite news |title=Edythe Elliott for Wigwam; New Company Organized |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100287173/edythe-elliott/ |access-date=April 23, 2022 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=April 3, 1917 |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> On Broadway, she portrayed Pansy Horner in ''Salt Water'' (1929), Florence Blandy in ''After Tomorrow'' (1931), and Mrs. Thomas Carter in ''Mother Lode'' (1934).<ref>{{cite web |title=Edythe Elliott |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edythe-elliott-39438 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506214052/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/edythe-elliott-39438 |archive-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref> She developed a prominent career on the stage before moving to the screen. She married fellow actor Charles "Royal" Elliott in Oregon in 1906 in a ceremony performed before a large audience.<ref name=":0" />
Elliott debuted in films in 1935.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
== Selected filmography == {{Div col}} *''Show Them No Mercy!'' (1935) - Mrs. Hansen *''I Married a Doctor'' (1936) - Mrs. Clark *''The Girl on the Front Page'' (1936) - Mrs. Stokes (uncredited) *''Stella Dallas'' (1937) - Department Store Clerk (uncredited) *''Crashing Hollywood'' (1938) - Barbara's Landlady (uncredited) *''Double Danger'' (1938) - Mrs. Edith Theron *''Condemned Women'' (1938) - Dr. Barnes (uncredited) *''Fixer Dugan'' (1939) - Mrs. Fletcher *''The Rookie Cop'' (1939) - Mrs. Maitland (uncredited) *''Bachelor Mother'' (1939) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''Dancing Co-Ed'' (1939) - Housemother Listening to Beethoven (uncredited) *''Beware Spooks!'' (1939) - Woman Radio Announcer (uncredited) *''Gone with the Wind'' (1939) - General's Wife (uncredited) *''Nobody's Children'' (1940) - Mrs. King (uncredited) *''Blondie in Society'' (1941) - Angry Neighbor Who Had a Birthday Cake (uncredited) *''The Medico of Painted Springs'' (1941) - Maw Blaine *''The Richest Man in Town'' (1941) - Elderly Woman (uncredited) *''The Iron Claw'' (1941, Serial) - Milly Leach *''Father Takes a Wife'' (1941) - Mrs. Plant, at Wedding (uncredited) *''Harmon of Michigan'' (1941) - Mrs. Davis (uncredited) *''The Stork Pays Off'' (1941) - Mrs. Gadsby (uncredited) *''The Power of God'' (1942) - Mrs. Gilder *''The Man Who Returned to Life'' (1942) - Mrs. Turner (uncredited) *''Bullets for Bandits'' (1942) - Queen Katey *''Flight Lieutenant'' (1942) - Mrs. Edythe Rhodes (uncredited) *''Blondie for Victory'' (1942) - Housewife of America (uncredited) *''Stand By All Networks'' (1942) - Mrs. Elliott (uncredited) *''Valley of Hunted Men'' (1942) - Elisabeth Schiller *''Lucky Jordan'' (1942) - 2nd Secretary (uncredited) *''Junior Army'' (1942) - Mrs. Pamela Ferguson (uncredited) *''Redhead from Manhattan'' (1943) - Nurse (uncredited) *''The Seventh Victim'' (1943) - Mrs. Swift (uncredited) *''Gangway for Tomorrow'' (1943) - Mary's Mother (uncredited) *''The Song of Bernadette'' (1943) - Townswoman (uncredited) *''Cowboy Canteen'' (1944) - Mrs. Bradley (uncredited) *''Casanova in Burlesque'' (1944) - Audience Member (uncredited) *''Stars on Parade'' (1944) - Mrs. Dean *''One Mysterious Night'' (1944) - Mother (uncredited) *''End of the Road'' (1944) - Middle-Aged Woman (uncredited) *''The Great Mike'' (1944) - Mrs. Dolan *''Let's Go Steady'' (1945) - Mrs. Pugg (uncredited) *''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' (1945) - Nurse (uncredited) *''The Power of the Whistler'' (1945) - Mrs. Crawford (uncredited) *''The Phantom of 42nd Street'' (1945) - Janis Buchanan *''Scotland Yard Investigator'' (1945) - Mrs. Brent (uncredited) *''Girls of the Big House'' (1945) - Postmistress (uncredited) *''Dick Tracy'' (1945) - Mrs. Caraway (uncredited) *''Life with Blondie'' (1945) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''The Madonna's Secret'' (1946) - Landlady (uncredited) *''The Undercover Woman'' (1946) - Mrs. Grey *''Freddie Steps Out'' (1946) - Mrs. Rogers *''Personality Kid'' (1946) - Mrs. Howard *''High School Hero'' (1946) - Mrs. Rogers *''Santa Fe Uprising'' (1946) - Mrs. Dibble *''Ginger'' (1946) - Mom Sullivan *''That Brennan Girl'' (1946) - Miss Unity, Jane's Sister *''Vacation Days'' (1947) - Mrs. Rogers *''Homesteaders of Paradise Valley'' (1947) - Mrs. Hume *''Web of Danger'' (1947) - Mrs. Mason - Red Cross Worker (uncredited) *''The Son of Rusty'' (1947) - Mrs. Hebble (uncredited) *''Messenger of Peace'' (1947) - Hilda Torgel *''The Fabulous Texan'' (1947) - Texas Woman (uncredited) *''Her Husband's Affairs'' (1947) - Nurse (uncredited) *''The Bishop's Wife'' (1947) - Saleslady (uncredited) *''The Lady from Shanghai'' (1947) - Old Lady (uncredited) *''House by the River'' (1950) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''Kill the Umpire'' (1950) - Elderly Woman (uncredited) *''The Killer That Stalked New York'' (1950) - Nurse (uncredited) *''Hit Parade of 1951'' (1950) - Minor Role (uncredited) *''Belle Le Grand'' (1951) - Miner's Wife (uncredited) *''All That I Have'' (1951) - Juror Mrs. Burton (uncredited) *''Rose of Cimarron'' (1952) - Townswoman (uncredited) *''Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder'' (1952) - Mrs. Gilmore (uncredited) {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elliott, Edythe}} Category:20th-century American actresses Category:American film actresses Category:Actresses from San Francisco Category:1886 births Category:1978 deaths Category:American stage actresses Category:Broadway theatre people