[2] Before she began working on radio and television, she was a supervisor of 24 clerks at the Food Rationing Board in the Bronx.
[3] McElhone's entry into broadcasting resulted from her mother's attendance at a dinner party hosted by Martha Rountree in the spring of 1945.
[4] She portrayed the secretary to John K. M. McCaffrey when he began a commentary program on WNBC in New York City in October 1947.
A review of one episode in the trade publication Billboard described the sessions with guests as "moderately interesting" and added, "It's tough to make interviews sparkle and these don't.
"[8] McElhone continued being a panelist on Leave It to the Girls when the show moved to television,[4] "the most constant panel member over the years".
She also appeared regularly on TV on Eloise Salutes the Stars, Leave It to the Girls, and Meet the Experts.