Elsie Ames
Biography
Elsie Ames was an American comic dancer and film actress, best known for her partnership with Buster Keaton in Columbia Pictures' shorts from 1941 to 1950, featuring in five of his 10 films. As part of the vaudeville team Ames and Arno, she performed a slapstick adagio routine that earned her a spot as a foil for Keaton's high-energy comedy. Ames worked with Keaton in Columbia shorts until the end of their series, She's Oil Mine, in 1950.