
Elsa Maxwell
American gossip columnist and authorWikipedia
10
MENTIONS
10
EPISODES
10
PODCASTS
Search complete. 10 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Elsa Maxwell".
Oct 4, 2026
Sam Spade - The Lazarus Caper
S
13:59speaker_10VOICE_ACTOR
Whenever the key is gone, I hope you catch it.
S
14:01Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
Thank you, Elsa Maxwell.
S
14:02Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
[door closing] [instrumental music] She was stretched out on her bed, her left arm twisted under her and her right dangling over the edge.
S
14:17Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
On the floor beneath it was an empty pill bottle.
10/3/26 10pm Tuned to Yesterday
E
2:10Edgar BergenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
How does it look?
C
2:11Charlie McCarthySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Well, it looks a little like Elsa Maxwell doing a rumba.
E
2:16Edgar BergenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'll speed it up, Burger.
C
2:17Charlie McCarthySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Step on it a little.
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Slow Boat from China
C
7:29Charles RussellVOICE_ACTOR
It was holding a knife with a six-inch blade and slicing thin slivers off a plug that looked more like tar than tobacco.
C
7:37Charles RussellVOICE_ACTOR
As a gangway watch, he might have been fine, but as a reception committee, he was no Elsa Maxwell.
S
7:44speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
That's far enough, mate.
S
7:46speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
There's nobody aboard and there's nobody coming aboard.
Sam Spade: The Fairly Bright Caper
S
15:07speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So, like, I'll explain.
S
15:08speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I believe some ill-informed columnist have referred to me as the male Elsa Maxwell.
S
15:12speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's not true.
S
15:13speaker_12SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
She is the male Hilary Bright.
The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective - "Fairley - Bright Caper" (Old Time Radio, 1948)
H
12:18Hillary BrightVOICE_ACTOR
So, like, I'll explain.
H
12:20Hillary BrightVOICE_ACTOR
I believe some ill-informed columnists have referred to me as the male Elsa Maxwell.
H
12:24Hillary BrightVOICE_ACTOR
That's not true.
H
12:25Hillary BrightVOICE_ACTOR
She is the male Hilary Bright.
Sam Spade - The Lazarus Caper
H
13:29Howard DuffVOICE_ACTOR
hope you catch her.
H
13:30Howard DuffVOICE_ACTOR
Thank you, Elsa Maxwell.
H
13:40Howard DuffVOICE_ACTOR
She was stretched out on the bed, her left arm twisted under her, and her right dangling over the edge.
H
13:45Howard DuffVOICE_ACTOR
On the floor beneath it was an empty pill bottle.
Sam Spade - The Lazarus Caper
S
13:44speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
Whatever key you got, I hope you catch it.
S
13:46Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
Thank you, Elsa Maxwell.
S
13:48Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
[door closing] [suspenseful music] She was stretched out on the bed, her left arm twisted under her and her right dangling over the edge.
S
14:02Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
On the floor beneath it was an empty pill bottle.
Sam Spade - The Lazarus Caper
S
14:32Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
hope you catch her.
S
14:33Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
Thank you, Elsa Maxwell.
S
14:43Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
She was stretched out on the bed, her left arm twisted under her, and her right dangling over the edge.
S
14:48Sam SpadeVOICE_ACTOR
On the floor beneath it was an empty pill bottle.
Jack Benny - The Crowd Roars
J
3:18Jack BennyHOST
thank you.
J
3:18Jack BennyHOST
Hello again, this is Jack Benny, the Elsa Maxwell of Southern California talking.
J
3:24Jack BennyHOST
And thanks, Don.
J
3:24Jack BennyHOST
I imagine you were referring to that blowout I gave for the gang last Sunday night.
Sam Spade - The Fairly-Bright Caper
S
10:38speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
I'm sure you have better things to do than read the society page, or like I'll explain.
S
10:43speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
I believe some ill-informed columnists have referred to me as the male Elsa Maxwell.
S
10:47speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
That's not true.
S
10:48speaker_7VOICE_ACTOR
She is the male Hilary Bright.