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name: "Elizabeth Inglis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elizabeth-inglis"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 July 1913"
died: "25 August 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T00:20:57.209130+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Elizabeth Inglis

Actor. Born 10 July 1913 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK. Died 25 August 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 July 1913, Colchester, Essex, England, UK
- **Died:** 25 August 2007
- **Also known as:** Elizabeth Earl
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 88 (1), 1940s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Inglis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441889, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3678

## Biography

Elizabeth Inglis (also credited as Elizabeth Earl) was an English actress. Born Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins on 10 July 1913 in Colchester, Essex, she made her screen debut in the 1934 film *Borrowed Clothes*. She appeared uncredited as Pat, Professor Jordan's daughter, in Alfred Hitchcock's *The 39 Steps* (1935) and played Nancy in the 1939 BBC television production of *Gas Light*.

Inglis's best-known film role was as Adele Ainsworth in William Wyler's *The Letter* (1940), opposite Bette Davis. She was also credited as Elizabeth Earl in *River's End* (1940). She retired from acting after her 1942 marriage to American broadcasting executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver. The couple had two children, including actress Sigourney Weaver. Inglis died on 25 August 2007 in Santa Barbara, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Letter* (1940), Fi1m 78, as Adele Ainsworth — [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The 39 Steps* (1935), Fi1m 88, as Professor Jordan's Daughter Pat (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-39-steps.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tonight and Every Night* (1945), as Joan (uncredited)
- *The Letter* (1940), as Adele Ainsworth — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *River's End* (1940), as Linda Conniston
- *My Love Came Back* (1940), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Gas Light* (1939), as Nancy
- *Landslide* (1937), as Vera Grant
- *Thunder in the City* (1937), as Dolly
- *Museum Mystery* (1937), as Ruth Carter
- *The 39 Steps* (1935), as Professor Jordan's Daughter Pat (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-39-steps.md)
- *Borrowed Clothes* (1934), as Barbara

## Gallery

- ![Photograph of Elizabeth Inglis (left) working at the Stage Door Canteen in New York City Photograph appears within the feature "Life Goes to the Stage Door Cant (1944)](https://film.one/media/person/386757/gallery-87ca79b2a35d.jpg) Photograph of Elizabeth Inglis (left) working at the Stage Door Canteen in New York City Photograph appears within the feature "Life Goes to the Stage Door Cant (1944) — Time Inc.; photograph by Sydney Hut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Stage-Door-Canteen-Inglis-LIFE-1944_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photograph of Elizabeth Inglis (left) working at the Stage Door Canteen in New York City. Photograph appears within the feature "Life Goes to the Stage Door Can (1944)](https://film.one/media/person/386757/gallery-52d0891cf793.jpg) Photograph of Elizabeth Inglis (left) working at the Stage Door Canteen in New York City. Photograph appears within the feature "Life Goes to the Stage Door Can (1944) — Time Inc.; photograph by Sydney Hut, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Stage-Door-Canteen-Inglis-LIFE-1944.jpg/1280px-Stage-Door-Canteen-Inglis-LIFE-1944.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Elizabeth Inglis](https://film.one/media/person/386757/gallery-641db6e3bd93.jpg) Elizabeth Inglis — Image via TMDB

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