Elda Voelkel (sometimes spelled "Vokel") Hartley (March , â€" March ,
) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Following a brief
career as a Hollywood actress, which lasted from to 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 , she created the Hartley Film Foundation, which
was dedicated to promoting greater understanding of religion and
spirituality.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. 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.Voelkel appeared on Broadway in
the comedy The Greeks Had A Word For It, in . In June of that year she
came to Santa Barbara, California with a troupe. Dorothy Hall and
Wanda Lyon co-starred with her in the play which was written by Zoë
Akins. The Belasco and Curran show also featured Armand Kallz and
Montagu Love.
) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Following a brief
career as a Hollywood actress, which lasted from to 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 , she created the Hartley Film Foundation, which
was dedicated to promoting greater understanding of religion and
spirituality.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. 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.Voelkel appeared on Broadway in
the comedy The Greeks Had A Word For It, in . In June of that year she
came to Santa Barbara, California with a troupe. Dorothy Hall and
Wanda Lyon co-starred with her in the play which was written by Zoë
Akins. The Belasco and Curran show also featured Armand Kallz and
Montagu Love.
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