Isobel Elsom: movies and TV shows
Isobel Elsom has 119 credits in the archive: 66 films and 53 TV series, from 1916 to 1964. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1916 – 1964 · busiest year: 1950 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Mrs. Eynsford-Hill | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 1964 | The Pleasure Seekers | Dona Teresa Lacayo | Film | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Hazel | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mother Superior | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Marie Therese | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Mrs. Walker | TV | 5.7 | 68 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Mrs. Silver | TV | 5.7 | 68 |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Andrea Edgerton | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1961 | Straightaway | TV | 9.0 | 68 | |
| 1961 | The Gertrude Berg Show | TV | 9.0 | 68 | |
| 1961 | The Second Time Around | Mrs. Rogers | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1961 | The Errand Boy | Irma Paramutual | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | Mrs. Briggs | TV | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Mrs. Purdy (uncredited) | TV | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Lydia Lombard | TV | 4.8 | 67 |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | TV | — | 67 | |
| 1960 | The Bellboy | Hotel Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Mrs. Montgomery | TV | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Lillian Vanalden | TV | 5.6 | 66 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Eunice Chalfrey | TV | 5.6 | 66 |
| 1959 | The Third Man | Miss Julia Redfield | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 1959 | Startime | Mrs. Grose | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | Serena Delastone | TV | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Mother Superior | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 1959 | The Turn of the Screw | Mrs. Grose | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Wilma Puttnam | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1958 | Rock-a-Bye Baby | Mrs. Van Cleeve | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1957 | The Guns of Fort Petticoat | Mrs. Charlotte Ogden | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1957 | Jane Eyre | Mrs Fairfax | Film | 2.0 | 64 |
| 1957 | Mayerling | Baroness Vetsera | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1956 | Lust for Life | Mrs. Stricker | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1956 | 23 Paces to Baker Street | Lady Syrett | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1956 | Over-Exposed | Mrs. Payton Grange | Film | 5.2 | 63 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 62 | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Mrs. Buckley | TV | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Hermione Carpenter | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Minnie Findlater | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Tait, Janet's Aunt | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 1955 | Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | Adeline Palmer-Jones | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1955 | The King's Thief | Mrs. Bennett | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Lady Grey | TV | 3.8 | 61 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 61 | |
| 1954 | Medic | Mrs. Jennings | TV | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1954 | Désirée | Mme. Clary | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | Mrs. Harris | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Aunt Lou | TV | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Miss Minner | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1953 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 10.0 | 60 | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Vanderbuhr | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Nurse Davis | TV | 8.8 | 58 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Nightingale | TV | 8.8 | 58 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | TV | 8.8 | 58 | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Mrs. Kennedy | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Louise | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | TV | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Mrs. Micawber | TV | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Lady Crawford | TV | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1950 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | TV | 4.5 | 57 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Scofield | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Watkins | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Ethel | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Fishkettle | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Forbes | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Leonora Fiske | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Miss Shoebridge | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Brinker | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Alice | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. West | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mme. Constancia | TV | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mrs. Cattermole | TV | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1949 | The Eternal Melody | Madame Garzin | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1949 | The Secret Garden | Governess | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1948 | Smart Woman | Mrs. Rogers | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1947 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Angelica Muir | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Marie Grosnay | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1947 | The Paradine Case | Innkeeper | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never | Mrs. MacLean | Film | 4.8 | 54 |
| 1947 | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Mrs. Latham | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1947 | Ivy | Miss Chattle | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1947 | Love from a Stranger | Auntie Loo-Loo Gerard | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 1946 | Of Human Bondage | Mrs. Betty Athelny | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | Aunt Jennifer | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1945 | The Unseen | Marian Tygarth | Film | 4.7 | 52 |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Mrs. Ferris | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1944 | Between Two Worlds | Genevieve Cliveden-Banks | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Lady Trimble-Pomfret | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1943 | First Comes Courage | Rose Lindstrom | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook | Lucille Scott | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier | Maria Castro | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1942 | Seven Sweethearts | Miss Abagail Robbins | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Mrs. Laura Winters | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1942 | Eagle Squadron | Dame Elizabeth Whitby | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1942 | Laugh Your Blues Away | Mrs. Westerly | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1941 | Ladies in Retirement | Leonora Fiske | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1933 | The Thirteenth Candle | Lady Sylvia Meeton | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1932 | Illegal | Mrs. Evelyn Dean | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1932 | The Crooked Lady | Miriam Sinclair | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1931 | Stranglehold | Beatrice | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1927 | Human Law | Louise Radcliffe | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1926 | Glamis Castle | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1926 | The Tower of London | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1924 | The Love Story of Aliette Brunton | Aliette Brunton | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1924 | Who Is the Man? | Genevieve Arnault | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1923 | The Sign of Four | Mary Morstan | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1923 | The Wandering Jew | Olalla Quintana | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1923 | The Harbour Lights | Dora Nelson | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1922 | The Game of Life | Alice Fletcher | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1922 | A Debt of Honour | Hope Carteret | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1922 | Dick Turpin's Ride to York | Esther Bevis | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1920 | Aunt Rachel | Ruth | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1919 | Mrs. Thompson | Enid Thompson | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1919 | The Edge o' Beyond | Joyce Grey | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1918 | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor | Isabel Bunter | Film | — | 25 |
| 1918 | The Man Who Won | Milly Cooper | Film | — | 25 |
| 1918 | The Elder Miss Blossom | Sophie Blossom | Film | — | 25 |
| 1916 | Milestones | Film | — | 23 |