Eleanor Daniels (28 December 1886 – 18 March 1994) was a Welsh stage and film actress.

Eleanor Jane Daniels was born in Llanarthney and raised in Llanelli, the daughter David Daniels and Margaret Daniels. Her father was a hay merchant and publican.^[1] She had her first public success at age 13, when she won a prize at a local eisteddfod.^[2] She won three National Eisteddfod chairs by 1907,^[3] and studied acting with the Herbert Beerbohm Tree company.^[1]

Daniels taught school as a young woman, and acted in Welsh stage dramas in Great Britain. She toured the United States with the Welsh Players in 1914.^[4] She moved to the United States soon after, and appeared on stage and in silent films,^[5][6] with good reviews for her work,^[7] though Dorothy Parker commented that "Eleanor Daniels works enthusiastically at being funny."^[8]

Daniels' stage roles included parts in Change (London 1912, 1913, New York 1914),^{[9][10][11][12]} The Joneses (London 1913), Kitty MacKay (1914),^[13][14] Loyalty, Heart of the Heather, Zach, Kitty Darlin' (1917),^[15] Lassies, La La Lucille (1919, 1920),^[16] Ashes (1924),^[17] The Beaten Track (1926),^[18][19] Juno and the Paycock (1926),^[20] and Rain.^[1] Her film appearances included a role in If Winter Comes (1923).^[19][21] She was a vocal coach in New York later in life,^[2] and had an office job with a diabetes charity.^[22]

Daniels died in 1994, aged 107 years, in Darien, Connecticut. A blue plaque honouring Daniels was unveiled in Llanelli in 2011.^[22]