Elda Vokel
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Elda Voelkel | |
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| Born | March 6, 1911 Brownwood, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 2001 (aged 90) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Other names | Elda Vokel |
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Elda Voelkel (sometimes spelled "Vokel") Hartley (March 6, 1911 – March 6, 2001) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Following a brief career as a Hollywood actress, which lasted from 1930 to 1932 and during which she accumulated four screen credits, Voelkel married filmmaker Irving Hartley, with whom she produced numerous documentary films on a wide range of subjects. In 1976, she created the Hartley Film Foundation, which was dedicated to promoting greater understanding of religion and spirituality.[1][2]
Emily Elda Voelkel, the daughter of Leonidas ("L.C." or "Leo") and Emily (Lockwood) Voelkel, was born in Brownwood, Texas, and grew up in McKinney and Dallas.[3] She graduated from Oak Cliff High School in Dallas. Voelkel gained experience at the Little Theater in Dallas and studied expression. She enjoyed sketching and once entertained the dual ambition of becoming an artist and a novelist. She spent two years studying at Southern Methodist University, before departing for New York City to attend drama school.