Background
Eliscu was born in New York City.
Actor composer screenwriter songwriter
Eliscu was born in New York City.
He then began acting in Broadway plays. Eliscu"s first film score was with and for the film Great Day. He was a successful writer of songs for films.
They both worked in the film industry until the House Committee on Un-American Activities named her husband in the 1950s.
This ended his career in the film and later in the television industry. Elscu was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.
He died, aged 96, in Newtown, Connecticut.