Spoiler : Harris, Arlene (birth name was Arlene Francis) Born in Toronto, Canada 7/7/1898; died 6/12/1976 in Woodland Hills, California. Married to Doctor Harry G. Harris (?-?). She began her stage career in 1916, which ended in 1927 following an automobile accident. She made her radio debut in 1933, billed as the "Human Chatterbox." Regular performer on Al Pearce And His Gang for the NBC and CBS Radio Networks during the middle 1930's until the early 1940's. Arlene the telephone switchboard operator at the Puny Plaza Hotel on Here Comes Elmer for CBS-Radio (1944-1945). Mommy Higgins on The Baby Snooks Show for the CBS and NBC Radio Networks (1945-1951). Regular performer on Stage Two Revue for ABC-TV (1950).