Elizabeth Flournoy

Acting
1886-11-18
Saint Charles, Missouri, USA

Biography

Elizabeth Flournoy was born on 18 November 1886 in Saint Charles, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Adam's Rib (1949), Grounds for Marriage (1951) and Science Fiction Theatre (1955). She died on 14 August 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known For & Full Filmography23 Titles

#1A Star Is Born

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
DramaMusicRomance

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

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#2Adam's Rib

Movie - 1949, 2h 15m as Dr. Margaret Brodeigh

7.1 / 10
ComedyRomance

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.

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#3Don't Bother to Knock

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
DramaThriller

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

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#4The Blue Gardenia

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Assistant Switchboard Monitor (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
CrimeMystery

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

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#5Annie Get Your Gun

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Helen (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
MusicComedyRomance

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

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#6The Opposite Sex

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Departing Woman (uncredited)

5.4 / 10
ComedyMusicRomance

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.

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#7Tea for Two

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.1 / 10
ComedyMusicRomance

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.

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#8My Man Godfrey

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
Comedy

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.

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#9The Mating Season

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Miss Penfield (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
ComedyRomance

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.

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#10Bedtime for Bonzo

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Miss Swithen (as Elizabeth Flourney)

6.1 / 10
ComedyFamilyRomance

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.

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#11Room for One More

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
ComedyFamily

Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.

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#12The Company She Keeps

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Mrs. May (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
Drama

A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

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#13The Family Secret

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.1 / 10
CrimeDrama

When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

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#14Too Young to Kiss

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Woman Attending Audition (uncredited)

5.1 / 10
ComedyRomance

Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musicians for a children's concert tour, Cynthia dons braces and bobby sox and passes herself off as a child prodigy.

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#15Bunco Squad

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Beautician (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
Crime

Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.

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#16Grounds for Marriage

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Brevarde

5.0 / 10
MusicComedy

Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.

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#17The Unknown Man

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as (uncredited)

5.1 / 10
CrimeDrama

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.

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#18Serenade

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

5.6 / 10
DramaMusicRomance

A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.

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#19Cash McCall

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Secretary (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
ComedyDramaRomance

Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.

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#20Follow the Sun

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Drama

A biographical film of Ben Hogan, from his start as a golf caddy to being considered one of golf's greatest players.

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#21Dear Brat

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Miss Pratt (uncredited)

4.5 / 10
ComedyRomance

Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.

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#22The Whip Hand

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Secretary (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
ThrillerMysterySci-Fi

A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.

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#23Finders Keepers

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Bit Role

10.0 / 10
Comedy

A curious toddler creates trouble when he finds bank robbers' loot

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