---
name: "Elva Josephson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elva-josephson"
fi1m_id: "elva-josephson"
imdb_id: "nm0430745"
tmdb_id: 136853
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 April 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:43:34.075960+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."
---

# Elva Josephson

## Identity

Elva Josephson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elva-josephson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elva-josephson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0430745
- **TMDB ID:** 136853
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430745/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136853

Actor. Born 17 April 1973 in Beach Haven, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 April 1973, Beach Haven, New Jersey, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430745/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136853

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Blue Lagoon*](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md) (46)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Elva Josephson is an American actress. Born on 17 April 1973 in Beach Haven, New Jersey, she appeared in several film and television roles as a child in the early 1980s, often credited as Elva Leff.

She is known for playing Young Emmeline in *The Blue Lagoon* (1980). Her other credits include *Hardhat and Legs* (1980), *Author! Author!* (1982) as Bonnie, *A Little Sex* (1982) as Sue Bradley, the miniseries *George Washington* (1984) as Patsy Custis, and an episode of *CBS Schoolbreak Special* (1985). She also appeared in a 1980 Hallmark television commercial.

Josephson later worked as a mathematics teacher. She has been married to Dimitry Grossman since 1998 and they have two children.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), Fi1m 46, as Young Emmeline — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Author! Author!* (1982), as Bonnie (as Elva Leff)
- *A Little Sex* (1982), as Sue Bradley
- *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), as Young Emmeline — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md)
- *Hardhat & Legs* (1980), as Deedee Botsford

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