Elspeth Thexton Eric (September 15, 1907 â€" June 15, 1993) was an
actress in old-time radio, "usually cast as the other woman in soaps
and serials."The daughter of a doctor, Elspeth Thexton Eric was born
in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Bradford Academy and graduated from
Wellesley College with a double major in economics and English
literature. After hearing tales of woe about "girls who had tried to
crash the great White Way and failed ... she enrolled in a business
school and left word with her friends in New York to let her know when
a job was to be had there." She gained some acting experience in
summer stock theatre and moved back to New York, where she worked at
various jobs for five years while she tried to find work as an actor.
During those years, "She was a switchboard operator, waitress,
governess, hostess in a cocktail lounge, publicity writer, model,
cook, parlor maid, social secretary to a social secretary,
stenographer and book saleswoman."Eric's initial work on radio came in
Big Sister and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. Her roles on radio
programs included those shown in the table below.
actress in old-time radio, "usually cast as the other woman in soaps
and serials."The daughter of a doctor, Elspeth Thexton Eric was born
in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Bradford Academy and graduated from
Wellesley College with a double major in economics and English
literature. After hearing tales of woe about "girls who had tried to
crash the great White Way and failed ... she enrolled in a business
school and left word with her friends in New York to let her know when
a job was to be had there." She gained some acting experience in
summer stock theatre and moved back to New York, where she worked at
various jobs for five years while she tried to find work as an actor.
During those years, "She was a switchboard operator, waitress,
governess, hostess in a cocktail lounge, publicity writer, model,
cook, parlor maid, social secretary to a social secretary,
stenographer and book saleswoman."Eric's initial work on radio came in
Big Sister and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. Her roles on radio
programs included those shown in the table below.
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