Elaine Partnow is an author, actor, screenwriter, editor, and performance speaker especially noted for her living history portrayals of notable women and for the nationally acclaimed book The Quotable Woman, The First 5,000 Years.  Elaine has brought her dozens of portrayals of fabulous women to more than 500 venues.  A member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA, acting was her first love; she’s been in films, music videos, TV, webisodes, commercials. She played a role in Barry Pollack's first feature film Cool Breeze and returns to fill out his cast as the demented Nana in his black comedy IT'S NOT A DATE.