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Rivaling Bess Flowers for the title of Queen of the Hollywood Dress Extras, statuesque New York-born Elinor Vandivere graduated from bit parts with Mack Sennett to playing dignified (at least at the onset) society ladies in Hal Roach comedies. Vandivere appeared in no less than seven Laurel & Hardy comedies but is perhaps even better remembered as Wally Albright's mother in the Our Gang comedy Washee Ironee (1934). Her dignity always threatened, Vandivere later supported the comedy teams of Abbott & Costello and the Three Stooges. She continued in films until at least 1953.