▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 4 2 ▁birth s ▁Category : American ▁children ' s ▁writers ▁Category : American ▁bi ograph ers ▁Category : Children ' s ▁non - f iction ▁writers ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Gl end ale , ▁California ▁Category : P om ona ▁College ▁al umn i ▁Category : L iving ▁people <0x0A> </s> ▁Ele an or ▁El ise ▁Rob son ▁Bel mont ▁( 1 3 ▁December ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁– ▁ 2 4 ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 9 ) ▁was ▁an ▁English ▁actress ▁and ▁prominent ▁public ▁figure ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁George ▁Bernard ▁Shaw ▁wrote ▁Major ▁Barbara ▁for ▁her , ▁but ▁contract ual ▁problems ▁prevent ed ▁her ▁from ▁playing ▁the ▁role . ▁Mrs . ▁Bel mont ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Opera ▁Association ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁on ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors , ▁and ▁she ▁founded ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Opera ▁Gu ild . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Ele an or ▁El ise ▁Rob son ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁December ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁in ▁W igan , ▁Lanc ash ire . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁Mad ge ▁Car r ▁Cook ▁and ▁Charles ▁Rob son . ▁ ▁Her ▁mother ▁was ▁an ▁English - born ▁American ▁stage ▁actress ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁girl , ▁Ele an or ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁Her ▁father ▁disappeared ▁or ▁desert ed ▁her ▁mother ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁and ▁her ▁mother ▁rem ar ried ▁to ▁August us ▁Cook ▁in ▁ 1