Elsie Ames

Acting

Elsie Ames

Born — Died

1902-05-18 — 1983-05-03

Place of birth

New Jersey, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Known for

A Woman Under the Influence poster
7.7

Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.

A Woman Under the Influence

1974

Minnie and Moskowitz poster
6.7

Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

Minnie and Moskowitz

1971

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? poster
9.0

This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title, but it is all Elsie Ames with Langdon and Monty Collins (if his name is Monte, how come---except for typos--- he is always billed as Monty?) only around to get a bowling ball bounced off the top of their collective heads, plus a couple of unfunny sight gags. Langdon, while top-billed, also played second-fiddle to the pratfalls of Elsie Ames in "Carry Harry" and even soon found himself billed second to Una Merkel---yes, that Una Merkel--- in Columbia's 1944-short "To Heir Is Human." Lizzy and her friend Aggie are toiling in Kelley's Laundry in order to get enough money to marry their boy friends Harry and Bill, and soon find themselves as a two-woman company bowling team attempting to keep Mr. Kelley from losing a $1000 bet. Things happen. Some of them funny.

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

1942

Carry Harry poster
4.2

After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake.

Carry Harry

1942

The Taming of the Snood poster
6.0

A jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.

The Taming of the Snood

1940

His Ex Marks the Spot poster
4.8

Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.

His Ex Marks the Spot

1940

Film credits

1970s · 2 titles

1940s · 9 titles

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy? poster
9.0

This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title, but it is all Elsie Ames with Langdon and Monty Collins (if his name is Monte, how come---except for typos--- he is always billed as Monty?) only around to get a bowling ball bounced off the top of their collective heads, plus a couple of unfunny sight gags. Langdon, while top-billed, also played second-fiddle to the pratfalls of Elsie Ames in "Carry Harry" and even soon found himself billed second to Una Merkel---yes, that Una Merkel--- in Columbia's 1944-short "To Heir Is Human." Lizzy and her friend Aggie are toiling in Kelley's Laundry in order to get enough money to marry their boy friends Harry and Bill, and soon find themselves as a two-woman company bowling team attempting to keep Mr. Kelley from losing a $1000 bet. Things happen. Some of them funny.

What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?

1942

Carry Harry poster
4.2

After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake.

Carry Harry

1942

The Taming of the Snood poster
6.0

A jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.

The Taming of the Snood

1940

His Ex Marks the Spot poster
4.8

Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.

His Ex Marks the Spot

1940

She's Oil Mine poster
6.8

Buster fights a duel over a girl.

She's Oil Mine

1941

No artwork available
9.0

Roscoe's wife decides to divorce him and heads for Reno.

Black Eyes and Blues

1941

General Nuisance poster
6.6

A millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at Camp Cluster. She still has no time for him, so he figures out how to get into the hospital and under her care.

General Nuisance

1941

The Spook Speaks poster
6.0

A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.

The Spook Speaks

1940

Ham and Yeggs poster
8.0

A vamp pursues El, who's inherited $500,000.

Ham and Yeggs

1942