(1938 - 1966) (his death, 1 child) Elsa started dating merchant navy officer Noll Charlton before she went to Hollywood. He was daffy about her, and whenever he came to Hollywood to visit her, he would propose, but Elsa was non-committal, trying to see how her career was going. She finally accepted his ring at a ball for the coronation of King George VI. However, Noll was a Royal Navy officer and was often away at sea, so they only married in 1938, just before Elsa returned to Hollywood for the last time. Then WW2 broke out, and Elsa hurriedly return to the UK and was distraught to find that her husband had already been sent to sea. She first did some advertisements for the Women’s Land Army then joined the Women’s Auxiliary’ Air Force as a clerk. Working in the Air force from then on, she joined the publicity staff at the Air Ministry which led to her last film appearance in They Flew Alone (about the pilot Amy Johnson starring Anna Neagle). By the end of the war she was with Coastal Command. She and her husband reuined and had a son born sometime in the late 1940s. After his navy career, her husband went on to work for Iraq Petroleum in Qatar and then at Tripoli, with Elsa and their son tagging along. After Noel retired in 1962 they lived on the Isle of Man. Novel died in 1966, and Elsa moved to Childswickham, Worcestershire where she lived in a Georgian farmhouse. Elsa led a simple but active life, owned a dog, was a passionate Scrabble player, and a lover of The Daily Telegraph quick crosswords.