Elaine Lucille Edwards (née Schwartzenburg; March 8, 1929 – May 14, 2018) was an American politician from Louisiana.

In her later years, she was a small fashion businesswoman and a low-profile soap opera actress based in New York City.

[14] In 1983, Edwin Edwards was re-elected as Governor thus making Elaine first lady again this time serving until 1988.

[9] She moved to New York City in the 1990s to find occasional work as a soap opera actress.

[15] Elaine Edwards died on May 14, 2018, at her daughter's home in Denham Springs, Louisiana, while suffering from respiratory problems.