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Eleanor Summerfield

1921–2001 · Actor

Biography

Eleanor Summerfield (7 March 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an English actress. Summerfield was born in St Pancras, London in 1921. She received her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art In 1937. Her first stage show was "Her Excellency", at the London Hippodrome in 1949.

Notable Noir Roles

The Last Page

1952Dir. Terence Fisher · Vi

A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.

Street Corner

1953Dir. Muriel Box · Edna Hurran

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.

Face the Music

1954Dir. Terence Fisher · Barbara Quigley

A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his tru…

Blackout

1954Dir. Terence Fisher · Margaret 'Maggie' Doone

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the follow…

Full Noir Filmography

5 films · 1952–1956