--- name: "Isobel Elsom" canonical: "https://film.one/person/isobel-elsom" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 March 1893" died: "12 January 1981" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T04:13:03.466721+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." --- # Isobel Elsom Actor. Born 15 March 1893 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Died 12 January 1981. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 March 1893, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - **Died:** 12 January 1981 - **Active:** 1955–1964 - **Also known as:** Isabel Elsom, Isabelle Reed - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 60 (1), 1960s 76 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobel_Elsom, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450061, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95263 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*My Fair Lady*](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Isobel Elsom was an English actress who appeared in stage, film and television productions from 1911 to 1964. Born Isabella Reed in Chesterton, Cambridge, she made her stage debut in the chorus of The Quaker Girl in London and later performed in 17 Broadway productions, including a notable role in Ladies in Retirement (1939), which she reprised in the 1941 film adaptation. Elsom settled in the United States in the 1930s and became a familiar character actress in Hollywood, often playing aristocratic or upper-class women. Her film credits include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Paradine Case (1947), Lust for Life (1956), Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) as Adeline Palmer-Jones, and My Fair Lady (1964) as Mrs Eynsford-Hill. She was married to director Maurice Elvey and later to actor Carl Harbord. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *My Fair Lady* (1964), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md) - *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), Fi1m 60, as Adeline Palmer-Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md) ## Complete filmography (98) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Pleasure Seekers* (1964), as Dona Teresa Lacayo - *My Fair Lady* (1964), as Mrs. Eynsford-Hill — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fair-lady.md) - *Who's Minding the Store?* (1963), as Hazel - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Mother Superior, Marie Therese - *The Second Time Around* (1961), as Mrs. Rogers - *The Errand Boy* (1961), as Irma Paramutual - *Straightaway* (1961), series, Actor - *The Gertrude Berg Show* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Silver - *87th Precinct* (1961), series, as Andrea Edgerton - *The Roaring 20's* (1960), series, Actor - *My Three Sons* (1960), series, as Mrs. Briggs - *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Lydia Lombard - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Mrs. Purdy (uncredited) - *The Bellboy* (1960), as Hotel Guest (uncredited) - *The Miracle* (1959), as Mother Superior - *The Turn of the Screw* (1959), as Mrs. Grose - *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, as Lillian Vanalden, Eunice Chalfrey - *Startime* (1959), series, as Mrs. Grose - *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, as Serena Delastone - *The Third Man* (1959), series, as Miss Julia Redfield - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Mrs. Montgomery - *Rock-a-Bye Baby* (1958), as Mrs. Van Cleeve - *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1958), series, as Wilma Puttnam - *Jane Eyre* (1957), as Mrs Fairfax - *The Guns of Fort Petticoat* (1957), as Mrs. Charlotte Ogden - *Mayerling* (1957), as Baroness Vetsera - *Lust for Life* (1956), as Mrs. Stricker - *23 Paces to Baker Street* (1956), as Lady Syrett - *Over-Exposed* (1956), as Mrs. Payton Grange - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Hermione Carpenter, Minnie Findlater, Mrs. Tait, Janet's Aunt - *Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing* (1955), as Adeline Palmer-Jones — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/love-is-a-many-splendored-thing.md) - *The King's Thief* (1955), as Mrs. Bennett - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Mrs. Buckley - *Deep in My Heart* (1954), as Mrs. Harris - *Désirée* (1954), as Mme. Clary - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Lady Grey - *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor - *Medic* (1954), series, as Mrs. Jennings - *Kraft Television Theatre* (1953), series, Actor - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Aunt Lou - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Miss Minner - *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Mrs. Vanderbuhr - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Nurse Davis, Mrs. Nightingale - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Mrs. Kennedy, Louise - *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show* (1950), series, as Lady Crawford - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Mrs. Scofield, Mrs. Fishkettle, Watkins, Ethel, Mrs. Forbes, Leonora Fiske, Miss Shoebridge, Mrs. Brinker, Alice, Mrs. West - *Armstrong Circle Theatre* (1950), series, Actor - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Mrs. Micawber - *The Eternal Melody* (1949), as Madame Garzin - *The Secret Garden* (1949), as Governess - *Suspense* (1949), series, as Mme. Constancia, Mrs. Cattermole - *Smart Woman* (1948), as Mrs. Rogers - *The Paradine Case* (1947), as Innkeeper - *Love from a Stranger* (1947), as Auntie Loo-Loo Gerard - *Escape Me Never* (1947), as Mrs. MacLean - *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), as Marie Grosnay - *Ivy* (1947), as Miss Chattle - *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), as Angelica Muir - *The Two Mrs. Carrolls* (1947), as Mrs. Latham - *Of Human Bondage* (1946), as Mrs. Betty Athelny - *Two Sisters from Boston* (1946), as Aunt Jennifer - *The Unseen* (1945), as Marian Tygarth - *Casanova Brown* (1944), as Mrs. Ferris - *Between Two Worlds* (1944), as Genevieve Cliveden-Banks - *The White Cliffs of Dover* (1944), as Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited) - *My Kingdom for a Cook* (1943), as Lucille Scott - *First Comes Courage* (1943), as Rose Lindstrom - *Forever and a Day* (1943), as Lady Trimble-Pomfret - *You Were Never Lovelier* (1942), as Maria Castro - *Seven Sweethearts* (1942), as Miss Abagail Robbins - *Laugh Your Blues Away* (1942), as Mrs. Westerly - *The War Against Mrs. Hadley* (1942), as Mrs. Laura Winters - *Eagle Squadron* (1942), as Dame Elizabeth Whitby - *Ladies in Retirement* (1941), as Leonora Fiske - *The Thirteenth Candle* (1933), as Lady Sylvia Meeton - *Illegal* (1932), as Mrs. Evelyn Dean - *The Crooked Lady* (1932), as Miriam Sinclair - *Stranglehold* (1931), as Beatrice - *Human Law* (1927), as Louise Radcliffe - *Glamis Castle* (1926), Actor - *The Tower of London* (1926), Actor - *Who Is the Man?* (1924), as Genevieve Arnault - *The Love Story of Aliette Brunton* (1924), as Aliette Brunton - *The Sign of Four* (1923), as Mary Morstan - *The Wandering Jew* (1923), as Olalla Quintana - *The Harbour Lights* (1923), as Dora Nelson - *A Debt of Honour* (1922), as Hope Carteret - *Dick Turpin's Ride to York* (1922), as Esther Bevis - *The Game of Life* (1922), as Alice Fletcher - *Aunt Rachel* (1920), as Ruth - *Mrs. Thompson* (1919), as Enid Thompson - *The Edge o' Beyond* (1919), as Joyce Grey - *The Man Who Won* (1918), as Milly Cooper - *The Elder Miss Blossom* (1918), as Sophie Blossom - *Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor* (1918), as Isabel Bunter - *Milestones* (1916), Actor ## Gallery - ![Postcard published by Beagles' postcards, featuring a photograph of actress Isobel Elsom.](https://film.one/media/person/1238306/gallery-a4fb74a777fd.jpg) Postcard published by Beagles' postcards, featuring a photograph of actress Isobel Elsom. — Lallie Charles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Isobel_Elsom_postcard_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Isobel Elsom](https://film.one/media/person/1238306/gallery-c441ccf46ee3.jpg) Isobel Elsom — Lallie Charles, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Isobel_Elsom_postcard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Isobel Elsom](https://film.one/media/person/1238306/gallery-1d073a703649.jpg) Isobel Elsom — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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