Elaine Shore (March 4, 1929 – March 19, 2007) was an American actress. Born in

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in 1929, she studied at the Goodman Theatre.

Family

Moving to Washington, D.C. in 1950, she and her former husband, Alexander Shore, had a daughter, Wendy.

Biography

Shore became active in community theatre both as an actor and director and created a theatre company in 1964 called "Actor's Company". She became a guest artist at Howard University during their 1965–66 season, starring in James Baldwin's '' Blues for Mister Charlie'' and in Weill and Brecht's ''

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'' as Mrs. Peachum. She moved to

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in 1966 and began her professional acting career by appearing in Al Carmines' ''San Francisco's Burning'' and Ted Shine's ''Sandcastles and Dreams''. She then auditioned for Terrence McNally for his one-act play ''

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'' and was cast with James Coco in this off-Broadway hit. After

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viewed the play, he cast Coco and Shore to appear in '' Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon''. Shore was cast as the no-nonsense secretary, Felicia Farfus, on the CBS television sitcom, ''Arnie'', which ran from 1970 to 1972. Other performances on television included '' Love, American Style''. She appeared in such films as '' The Eiger Sanction'' (1975) and '' The Sentinel'' (1977). In 1974, she won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actress for her performance in '' The Sea Horse'' at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago.

Death

She moved back to Washington, D.C. in 1989 to be close to her daughter and her family. She died of cancer on March 19, 2007, aged 78, at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland.Obituary
washingtonpost.com, April 2, 2007; accessed March 4, 2016.

Filmography

References

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