Isobel Elsom
Date of birth: 1893-03-15
Place of birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Isabel Elsom, Isabelle Reed
Biography
Isobel Elsom (March 16, 1893 — January 12, 1981) was an English screen, stage, and television actress.
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947-09-26
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining inco
The Paradine Case
1947-12-31
In London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused o
Over-Exposed
1956-04-01
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore st
Between Two Worlds
1944-05-20
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it beco
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947-03-04
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops,
Ladies in Retirement
1941-09-09
Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English
You Were Never Lovelier
1942-11-19
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
Ivy
1947-06-26
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do
The Unseen
1945-05-12
David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspi
23 Paces to Baker Street
1956-05-18
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads hi
Love from a Stranger
1947-11-15
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides t
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
1955-08-18
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspo
First Comes Courage
1943-07-29
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When
Escape Me Never
1947-11-07
A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's
The King's Thief
1955-08-05
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
The Second Time Around
1961-12-22
In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch
The Miracle
1959-11-12
A novice leaves a Spanish convent to follow a 19th-century British soldier she loves.
Illegal
1932-04-26
This is the story of a woman who kicks out her no-good second husband after he wastes all her money.
Of Human Bondage
1946-07-05
A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947-05-25
A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former ow
Casanova Brown
1944-08-23
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But w
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958-07-23
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart
Désirée
1954-11-16
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napol
My Fair Lady
1964-12-01
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her present
The Man Who Won
1918-12-01
A proud architect learns his vicar's daughter is adopted, so she weds a workman who inherits a fortu
The Pleasure Seekers
1964-12-25
A trio of gorgeous American tourists hope to find love while vacationing in Spain. Secretary Maggie
The Turn of the Screw
1959-10-20
This is a Ford Startime TV special. A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see th
The Bellboy
1960-07-20
Stanley is a bellboy at the Fountainbleau Hotel in Miami Beach, where he performs his duties quietly
Deep in My Heart
1954-12-09
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the
Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in lov
Human Law
1927-02-28
A jealous husband leaves jail to find his wife loves his lawyer.
The Eternal Melody
1949-12-02
A group of struggling artists, poets, and musicians struggle to survive in squalor without giving up
The Tower of London
1926-01-01
In the surviving fragment of this film, over a game of chess, a man tells his wife the story of the
Glamis Castle
1926-01-01
British horror drama short from 1926. Fifth episode in the Haunted Houses and Castles of Great Brita
Jane Eyre
1957-05-16
Unusual adaptation of the classic novel.
Aunt Rachel
1920-07-02
A jilted aunt refuses to let her niece marry a violinist's nephew.
Milestones
1916-01-01
Family saga about several generations of shipbuilders. Believed to be a lost film.
Who Is the Man?
1924-09-01
Daniel Arnault an impecunious sculptor, is in love with the beautiful Genevieve. Spurred on by her m
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton
1924-08-01
A faithless K.C.'s wife elopes with his opponent in a slum murder trial.
A Debt of Honour
1922-12-01
In India an engineer blackmails a girl over her gambling brother.
Dick Turpin's Ride to York
1922-09-01
A highwayman rides to York to stop a lady marrying a usurper.
The Crooked Lady
1932-03-16
An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.
Stranglehold
1931-10-01
A novelist living in a boarding house imagines a murder that involves his fellow boarders.
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan m
My Kingdom for a Cook
1943-10-27
While visiting Massachusetts, a famous English author faces the wrath of a socialite after stealing
Smart Woman
1948-04-30
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
Who's Minding the Store?
1963-11-28
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend
The Errand Boy
1961-11-28
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. M
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942-11-12
Hired actors posing as Russian royalty complicate a social-climbing mother's efforts to fix up her s
Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New
The Sign of Four
1923-06-01
The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.
Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral
The Secret Garden
1949-04-30
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957-04-01
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out,
Seven Sweethearts
1942-11-13
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival.
Mayerling
1957-02-04
Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunti
The Wandering Jew
1923-05-01
'The legend of the Wandering Jew, condemned to walk the earth until the Second Coming.' (British Fil
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor
1918-08-01
'1860-1910. Life of a mayor's daughter if she married (a) a rich baronet; (b) a poor shopkeeper; (c)
The Thirteenth Candle
1933-01-01
Investigation into the murder of a village squire.
The Game of Life
1922-06-01
Silent historical film depicts the significant events of Queen Victoria's reign through the experien
Mrs. Thompson
1919-12-01
A shopkeeper's daughter marries a cad who ruins the business.
The Edge o' Beyond
1919-10-01
In Rhodesia, a woman leaves her cruel husband when their baby dies.
The Elder Miss Blossom
1918-09-01
Miss Blossom passes through middle age caring for her widowed brother and his only child, a daughter
Lust for Life
1956-09-15
An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talen
The Harbour Lights
1923-02-01
A lieutenant saves an heiress from a wicked squire and is framed for murder.