Elsie Ames

Acting

Elsie Ames

Born May 18, 1902 · New Jersey, USA

Died May 3, 1983 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

A Woman Under the InfluenceA Woman Under the Influence · 1974
A Woman Under the Influence
★ 7.71974
MovieDramaRomance
Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.
Minnie and MoskowitzMinnie and Moskowitz · 1971
Minnie and Moskowitz
★ 6.71971
MovieRomanceDrama
Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.
Carry HarryCarry Harry · 1942
Carry Harry
★ 4.21942
MovieComedy
After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake.
She's Oil MineShe's Oil Mine · 1941
She's Oil Mine
★ 6.81941
MovieComedy
Buster fights a duel over a girl.
His Ex Marks the SpotHis Ex Marks the Spot · 1940
His Ex Marks the Spot
★ 4.81940
MovieComedy
Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.
The Taming of the SnoodThe Taming of the Snood · 1940
The Taming of the Snood
★ 6.01940
MovieComedy
A jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.
The Spook SpeaksThe Spook Speaks · 1940
The Spook Speaks
★ 6.01940
MovieComedy
A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? · 1942
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
★ 9.01942
Movie
This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title, but it is all Elsie Ames with Langdon and Monty Collins (if his name is Monte, how come---except for typos--- he is always billed as Monty?) only around to get a bowling ball bounced off the top of their collective heads, plus a couple of unfunny sight gags. Langdon, while top-billed, also played second-fiddle to the pratfalls of Elsie Ames in "Carry Harry" and even soon found himself billed second to Una Merkel---yes, that Una Merkel--- in Columbia's 1944-short "To Heir Is Human." Lizzy and her friend Aggie are toiling in Kelley's Laundry in order to get enough money to marry their boy friends Harry and Bill, and soon find themselves as a two-woman company bowling team attempting to keep Mr. Kelley from losing a $1000 bet. Things happen. Some of them funny.

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What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? · 1942
What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
★ 9.01942
Movie
This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title, but it is all Elsie Ames with Langdon and Monty Collins (if his name is Monte, how come---except for typos--- he is always billed as Monty?) only around to get a bowling ball bounced off the top of their collective heads, plus a couple of unfunny sight gags. Langdon, while top-billed, also played second-fiddle to the pratfalls of Elsie Ames in "Carry Harry" and even soon found himself billed second to Una Merkel---yes, that Una Merkel--- in Columbia's 1944-short "To Heir Is Human." Lizzy and her friend Aggie are toiling in Kelley's Laundry in order to get enough money to marry their boy friends Harry and Bill, and soon find themselves as a two-woman company bowling team attempting to keep Mr. Kelley from losing a $1000 bet. Things happen. Some of them funny.

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