Biography

While acting is her passion, Elaine Partnow is also an author, screenwriter, quotologist, editor, instructor and performance speaker especially noted for her living history portrayals. Elaine has brought some of her dozens of portrayals of fabulous women to tens of thousands of women, men, and children internationally at more than 500 venues. She wrote, co-produced and starred in an educational film about six of those women and was awarded "Best Inspiring Woman in A Film" by Festigious Film Festival (January 2017). She also received the Diamond Award for Best Actor at the NYC Indie Film Festival (January 2017). A member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA since the early 1960s, she's written, produced and acted in her own one-woman show, "Hear Us Roar, A Woman's Connection"; and was commissioned to write and perform "Hispanic Women Speak". She majored in Theater Arts at UCLA and studied with Uta Hagen for two years at the HB Studios in New York. You can find out more about Elaine at her acting website.
- IMDb mini biography by: Elaine Partnow

While acting is her passion, Elaine Partnow is also a writer, among other things. After having had 17 nonfiction books published, her first novel has just come out (June 2019): a sultry, swamp suspense story, you can find "A Dream of Rescue" on Amazon. Elaine a performance speaker especially noted for her living history portrayals. She has brought some of her dozens of portrayals of fabulous women to tens of thousands of women, men, and children internationally at more than 500 venues. She wrote, co-produced and starred in an educational film about six of those women and was awarded "Best Inspiring Woman in A Film" by Festigious Film Festival (January 2017). She also received eight Best Actress festival awards for her leading role in "Slipaway," which will be available on Amazon in August. A member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA since the early 1960s, she's written, produced and acted in her own one-woman show, "Hear Us Roar, A Woman's Connection"; and was commissioned to write and perform "Hispanic Women Speak". She majored in Theater Arts at UCLA and studied with Uta Hagen for two years at the HB Studios in New York. She lives in Culver City with her husband of 45 years and her 4-1/2 pound chin-pin (chihuahua/mini pin).
- IMDb mini biography by: Elaline Partnow