Elaine Benes Character

What would "Seinfeld" have looked like without Elaine Benes? Julia Louis-Dreyfus's beloved character defied expectations for women onscreen at a time when most were expected to fit one of a few ...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Elaine Benes on Seinfeld is a special character in part because she doesn't specifically stand out as special on the show. Of the sitcom's four protagonists, she is the only woman ...

I often have trouble deciding on my favorite of the Seinfeld characters, but Elaine Benes has a pretty solid case. Former SNL star Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who also went on to lead the Veep cast and join ...

"Seinfeld" had quite a long and impressive run, spanning nine seasons and 180 episodes, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus was absent from just three of them. Her character, Elaine Benes, was the brash and bossy ...

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Elaine is a feminine given name, an Old French form of the name Helen used for a character in the 15th Century Arthurian romance Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

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If you’ve seen Seinfeld, you kind of already know Carol Leifer: Besides working on the show between its fifth and seventh seasons, Leifer is also the legendary “real Elaine Benes,” having at least ...

MSN: Rewatching Seinfeld made me see Elaine differently — she might be the most honest character on TV

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Rewatching Seinfeld made me see Elaine differently — she might be the most honest character on TV

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The Cheat Sheet: ‘Seinfeld’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Improvised the Shove That What Would Become Elaine Benes’ Signature Move

Elaine Benes’ famous shoves weren’t initially written into the script. It’s something that Louis-Dreyfus brought to the series when she was feeling unseen. She added physical comedy to give herself a ...