Spoiler : Elspeth Eric (September 15, 1907 - 1993)[1] was an actress in old-time radio, "usually cast as the other woman in soaps and serials. The daughter of a doctor, Elspeth Thexton Eric was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Bradford Academy and graduated from Wellesley College with a double major in economics and English literature. After hearing tales of woe about "girls who had tried to crash the great White Way and failed ... she enrolled in a business school and left word with her friends in New York to let her know when a job was to be had there. She gained some acting experience in summer stock theatre and moved back to New York, where she worked at various jobs for five years while she tried to find work as an actor. During those years, "She was a switchboard operator, waitress, governess, hostess in a cocktail lounge, publicity writer, model, cook, parlor maid, social secretary to a social secretary, stenographer and book saleswoman She appeared on the some of the following readio programs Betty and Bob,The Falcon,Road of Life,The Second Mrs. Burton,The Haunting Hour, The FBI in Peace and War, Abbott Mysteries, Ever Since Eve,Front Page Farrell, Quick as a Flash,Rosemary,67 Mommie and the Men, Inner Sanctum Mystery, Bulldog Drummond, Manhattan at Midnight, Green Valley, U.S.A., Gang Busters, 21st Precinct, Grand Central Station,and Mr. District Attorney. She appeared in 13 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater and wrote 116 of them.

Spoiler : I believe she also appeared on radio program, The Black Museum.

Spoiler : Born in Chicago, Illinois ca 1906, or 1907; died in 1993. Attended Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and began acting with Wessley's Barnswallow Stock Company. Broadway debut in Dead End, which introduced the Dead End Kids. She made her radio debut in 1934.

Spoiler : Diane Carvell Ramsey on the CBS-Radio soap, Big Sister (?-?). Lillian Anderson on CBS-Radio soap, The Second Mrs. Burton (?-?). Dorothy Stewart on the NBC and CBS Radio Network soap, This Is Nora Drake (?-?). Emily Olson on the NBC-Radio soap, Central City (1938-1939). Joyce Jordan on the CBS-Radio soap, Joyce Jordan, M.D. (1938-1940). Eleanor Richards on the CBS and NBC Radio Network soap, Valiant Lady (1938-1952). Abby Bradford on the CBS-Radio soap, The Life And Love Of Dr. Susan (1939). Lucia Standish on the NBC-BLUE and CBS Radio Network soap, Young Dr. Malone (1939-1960). Continuing role on the CBS-Radio soap, Mommie And The Men (1945- 1946).

Spoiler : Regular performer on radio programs including Crime Doctor for CBS (1940-1947); From Page Farrell for Mutual and NBC (1941-1954); The Molle Mystery Theater for NBC and CBS (1943-1951); The Mysterious Traveler for Mutual (1943-1952); Green Valley, USA for Mutual (1944); The FBI In Peace And War for CBS (1944-1958); This Is Your FBI for ABC (1945-1947); syndicated program, Murder At Midnight (1946); The Private Files Of Rex Saunders for NBC (1951); Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator for NBC (1951-1954). Writer for some 82 episodes of The CBS Radio Mystery Theater for CBS (1974-1982), and appeared in some seven episodes as an actor.

Spoiler : Television actor in the early 1950s. Mrs Borman on the CBS-TV soap, The Secret Storm (1968). Writer for the NBC-TV soap, Another World (1969-1970).

Spoiler : Elspeth Thexton Eric ((09-15-1907 - 06-15-1993) was an actress in old-time radio, "usually cast as the other woman in soaps and serials

Spoiler : Eric's initial work on radio came in Big Sister and Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. She also appeared in Betty and Bob,The Falcon, Young Doctor Malone,Valiant Lady,Central City and others.

Spoiler : Her Broadway credits include The Live Wire, Snafu, Margin for Error, Too Many Heroes, and Dead End.

Spoiler : Eric had the role of Lil Monte in the Road of Life soap opera, which was broadcast on TV and radio in 1955, with the same cast.

Spoiler : She also appeared in "His Name Was Death," an episode of Robert Montgomery Presents (March 18, 1957), "Young Man Adam," an episode of Studio One (December 29, 1952),[33] and "The Unfraid," an episode of The Web (November 23, 1952).[34]

Spoiler : She appeared in 13 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater and wrote 116 of them

Spoiler : I love her stories, especially "The Black Room", but they are all so sad

Spoiler : "Ghost at the gate" is a funny one.

Spoiler : I loved Elspeth Eric, she made bizarre OK! She is a personal heroine of mine.

Spoiler : I really enjoy the Elspeth Eric scripts. They are rather strange, but make for fascinating listening.