Eleanor Stewart
Biography
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Eleanor Stewart (February 2, 1913 – July 4, 2007) was an American film actress of the 1930s and 1940s. She appeared mostly in western films.
Initially on contract with MGM, Stewart eventually worked freelance for various studios, starring often as the heroine opposite Bob Steele, Tex Ritter, Jack Randall, Bob Custer, Ken Maynard and Tom Keene, among others. She is probably best known for her role in the serial The Fighting Devil Dogs, which was released throughout 1938. During the 1940s she did three Hopalong Cassidy films. Stewart was also a voice actor and a writer.
Retiring from film in the 1940s, Stewart had no acting roles until 1979, when she played a small role in the film The Orphan.
Eleanor Stewart died from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 94.
Filmography
The Orphan
1979
Torpedo of Doom
1966
as Janet Warfield
Mystery Man
1944
as Diane Newhall
Silver Queen
1942
as Millicent Bailey
Men of San Quentin
1942
as Anne Holden
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Secretary
Louisiana Purchase
1941
as Louisiana Belle
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Miss Frisbee
Riders of the Timberline
1941
as Elaine Kerrigan
West Point Widow
1941
as Pearl
Pirates on Horseback
1941
as Trudy Pendleton
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Grace
Flaming Lead
1939
as Kay Burke
Eternally Yours
1939
as Girl at Shower (uncredited)
The Mexicali Kid
1938
as Jean Carter
Stagecoach Days
1938
as Mary Larkin
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938
as Janet Warfield
Rolling Caravans
1938
as Alice Rankin
The Painted Trail
1938
as Alice Banning
Where Trails Divide
1937
as Nora Hart
Trapped by G-Men
1937
as Nancy Higbee
The Rangers Step In
1937
as Terry Warren
Headline Crasher
1937
as Helen
Range Defenders
1937
as Sylvia Ashton