Eleanor Fredericks

born: 03 June 1902 Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America

died: 17 December 1990 (age 88)

American actress with a small handful of films to her credit. In 1931, she married Fox cameraman Charles Curtis Fetters (1900-1979); they had two daughters, Carol (b. 1935) and Lois (b. 1943). She later went by the names Eleanor Carolyn/Caroline Stene. Another source incorrectly lists her dates as b. 03 June 1902, New Britain, Connecticut; d. September 1967, Springfield, Massachussets.

Real name: Elinor Madaline Stene

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1929 Double Whoopee Hotel guest 1929 Leaping Love Girl sitting at Barbara's table 1929 Berth Marks First screaming woman 1929 Dad's Day Girl at beach 1930 Bigger And Better Secretary Acknowledgements & sources: Laurel And Hardy: The Magic Behind The Movies 3rd Edition by Randy Skretvedt (book, confirms her ID in Double Whoopee) Elinor Madaline Stene, "U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1781-1969" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGJ-1J3 (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8F-4RH (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8J9-BCH (1931 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CY-9S2 (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG7F-DY9 (Social Security Death Index) Eleanor Caroline Fetters, "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" (Ancestry.com) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19260128.1.5 (San Bernardino Daily Sun — 28 Jan 1926) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380419374/ (Los Angeles Times — 11 Feb 1927) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL1Q-VPB (daughter Carol Lorraine Fetters' birth — 1935) 1923 LACD: Stene Eleanor C artist C E Finkenbinder r4332 Kingswell av 1925 LACD: Stene Eleanor usher r1302 Montana 1926 LACD: Stene Chas F bldg contr 1302 Montana 1927 LACD: Fredricks Eleanor C actor r1302 Montana 1927 LACD: Stene Chas F bldg contr 1302 Montana 1929 LACD: Fredericks Chas (Bertha) bldg contr 1302 Montana 1930 LACD: Stene Chas F (Bertha) slsmn h1302 Montana 1931 LACD: Stene Eleanor actor r1302 Montana 1931 LACD: Stene Chas F (Bertha) slsmn h1302 Montana Jesse Brisson (research and information) Richard W. Bann (identification in Berth Marks and Bigger And Better) This page was last updated on: 14 August 2022