Elaine Stewart
Actor · Died June 27, 2011, aged 81 · Montclair, New Jersey, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elaine Stewart was an American actress and model. Stewart was born in Montclair, New Jersey as Elsy Steinberg. She was one of five children born into a German Jewish family. In 1961, nearing the end of her television career, she married actor Bill Carter. After her divorce from Carter, she married television producer Merrill Heatter on December 31, 1964. They had a son, Stewart, and a daughter, Gabrielle. Stewart made her debut by winning Miss See in See Magazine in 1952, with measurements 34–25–36. She was in many magazines such as Playboy and Photoplay. She had a supporting role in The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), as Lila, a starlet who has a romantic fling with a producer played by Kirk Douglas. She was featured as the love interest of Sgt Ryan, played by Richard Widmark, in Take the High Ground! (1953) as Julie. She appeared in other films, such as Brigadoon, Night Passage, Code Two, The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, and The Adventures of Hajji Baba. Stewart had a small but key role, as Anne Boleyn, in 1953's Young Bess. She co-starred with Jeff Chandler in the film noir The Tattered Dress (1957), with Victor Mature in the western Escort West (1958) and shared top billing with John Derek in a 1958 adventure film, High Hell before turning to television. Stewart guest-starred in TV series such as Bat Masterson and Burke's Law, both starring Gene Barry. In her last acting appearance on TV, she played Irene Grey in the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Capering Camera" in 1964. Stewart was a co-hostess on two 1970s game shows, Gambit with Wink Martindale and the nighttime edition of High Rollers with Alex Trebek, both produced by her husband, Merrill Heatter. Stewart died on June 27, 2011, at the age of 81.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 31, 1930
- June 27, 2011 (aged 81)
- Montclair, New Jersey, USA
- Actor
- 16 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Elaine Stewart's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 6 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 0
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Shapeshifteras Julie Mollison in Take the High Ground! (1953)
- Shapeshifteras Princess Fawzia in The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Elaine Stewart's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 16 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Elaine Stewart's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
26 credits, 16 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Burke's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Peccati d'estate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Most Dangerous Man Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The Seven Revenges (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Third Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Escort West(1959)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
High Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Night Passage(1957)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Tattered Dress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Meet Me in Las Vegas(1956)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Brigadoon(1954)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Take the High Ground!(1953)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
A Slight Case of Larceny(1953)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Young Bess(1953)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Code Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Sky Full of Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Desperate Search(1952)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
You for Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Singin' in the Rain(1952)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Sailor Beware(1952)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 84th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles from 1952 to 1963.
Film career
- 1952Screen debut· Singin' in the Rain
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Elaine Stewart's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 52nd percentile, the median of all 14; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th7
Shape of the crowd
None of their 16 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Elaine Stewart work with?
People who share at least 2 of Elaine Stewart's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Burton shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Don WeisShared titles: The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954), A Slight Case of Larceny (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Don Weis
Actors
- Robert BurtonShared titles: A Slight Case of Larceny (1953), Desperate Search (1952), Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Robert Burton
- Jonathan CottShared titles: Desperate Search (1952), Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Jonathan Cott
Composers and cinematographers
- Dimitri TiomkinShared titles: Night Passage (1957), The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954), Take the High Ground! (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Dimitri Tiomkin
- Harold LipsteinShared titles: The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954), Desperate Search (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Harold Lipstein