For 18 years, Elstner voiced the serial's title character, described by The New York Times as "the beautiful daughter of an impoverished farmhand who had married above her station in life.

A July 27, 1923, review in The Wall Street Journal commended Elstner "for her faithful delineation of the unattractive but moving mountain girl.

[3] (Contrary to the aforementioned source's citing "early 1930s," a December 3, 1923, newspaper lists Elstner as a reader in a 7:30 a.m. program on WEAF in New York City.

[3] The role of her husband, Stephen Dallas, was portrayed during the course of the show's run by Arthur Hughes, Neil Malley, Leo McCabe and Frederick Tazere.

[1] With authority from the show's producers, she was given permission to rename it as "Stella Dallas' Rivers Edge Restaurant", drawing fans seeking to have the opportunity to meet the proprietor and star.