Elda Hartley
- Production
- March 6, 1911 · Brownwood, Texas, USA
- March 6, 2001
Biography
Elda Voelkel Hartley (March 6, 1911 – March 6, 2001) was an American stage and motion picture actress. Following a brief career as a Hollywood actress, which lasted from 1930 to 1932 and during which she accumulated four screen credits, Voelkel married filmmaker Irving Hartley, with whom she produced numerous documentary films on a wide range of subjects. In 1976, she created the Hartley Film Foundation, which was dedicated to promoting greater understanding of religion and spirituality.
Known for
Filmography
- Zen: The Best of Alan Watts · Producer
- Sacred Trances of Java and Bali · Producer, Cinematography
- The Art of Meditation · Herself / Presenter, Producer
- Zen and Now · Producer
- The Flow of Zen · Producer
- Buddhism, Man and Nature · Producer
- Huston Smith: The Mystic's Journey · Director