Annie Carter

born: 17 March 1887 Kansas, United States of America

died: 13 May 1962 Mariposa, California, United States of America (age 75)

American actress. Her sister was Leonore "Nora" Ely (1881-1933), one-time casting director for the Hal Roach Studios and later for the Harold Lloyd Film Corporation; their half-brother was Ed Bumps, and they had a brother and a father both named W.H. Ely (the brother was also a casting director, and later a makeup artist). Annie's nephew and niece (Nora's children) were Olaf Shuler and Regena Shuler. Not to be confused with Ann Carter.

Real name: Anna Clara Ely

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1920 Queen's Up [?] 1921 Now Or Never [?] (*listed by the HLE as Anna Carter) 1921 Stop Kidding [?] Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8V-YBJT (1895 KS Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMYL-V9C (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DW-Z6T (1912 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL4H-7PT (1912 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41CG-4TMM (1912 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD4-WDJ (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WP-D99 (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGV-HV8F (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4S-2FT (CA Death Index) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49057633 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1034810840/ (Merced Sun-Star, 15 May 1962) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K82N-VQG (daughter Meryle Bernice Carter's marriage, 1943) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 21 February 2026