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. Due to some research by Jesse Brisson in 2023, it is now believed that Eleanor Fredericks is the actress who was previously listed as "Lilyan Irene" in several Hal Roach films.

Real name: Elinor Madaline Stene

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1929 Double Whoopee Hotel guest 1929 The Big Squawk Stranded woman 1929 Leaping Love Girl sitting at Barbara's table 1929 Berth Marks First screaming woman 1929 Little Mother Pedestrian during 'funny glasses' sequence [*scenes deleted] 1929 Dad's Day Girl at beach 1929 Cat, Dog & Co. Pedestrian 1929 Stepping Out Nightclub patron 1930 The King Maid 1930 Girl Shock Legion Of Death commander 1930 Bigger And Better Secretary 1931 Our Wife Maid 1932 Free Eats Lawn party guest 1932 Red Noses Woman on gurney 1932 The Music Box Nursemaid 1932 Choo-Choo! Assistant to the woman in charge of the orphans 1932 Too Many Women Soda shop girl 1932 County Hospital Nurse with baby 1932 What Price Taxi Waitress Acknowledgements: 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; identification in Double Whoopee, Our Wife, Girl Shock, Too Many Women, Choo-Choo, What Price Taxi, Red Noses, The Music Box, Free Eats, County Hospital, Stepping Out, The King, Cat Dog & Co) Richard W. Bann (identification in Berth Marks and Bigger And Better) This page was last updated on: 29 October 2025