Elinor Troy

Her personal life was as colorful as her career. On February 21, 1934, she married forty-two year old Charles Carrera Jr.; they split two years later. She dated George Jessel, Lyle Talbot, Franchot Tone, and Frank Fay. In 1937, she began an affair with married singer Jack Doyle, whose wife later divorced him and named Elinor in a love theft suit. In 1938, she made headlines when she punched Jack at a nightclub. After a five day romance, she became engaged to millionaire Tommy Manville in 1939, but she left him at the altar. Her film roles included Meet The Boyfriend, Gold Diggers In Paris, and The Fleet's In, though most were bit parts. She also danced at the Follies Bergere during the 1940s.

Tragically, she developed tuberculosis, which forced her to stop working. Her final film was the 1946 drama Of Human Bondage. By 1948 she was bedridden and nearly bankrupt, and several Hollywood friends, including Van Johnson, helped pay for her care. She died of tuberculosis on November 29, 1949, at age thirty-three. She was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.