Elda Hartley
Personal information
- Known for
- Production
- Known credits
- 7
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- March 6, 1911
- Died
- March 6, 2001
- Place of birth
- Brownwood, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Elda Voelkel (Vokel)
Biography
Elda Voelkel 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.
