Her family is Ashkenazi Jewish (from Ukraine, Austria, Russia, Germany, and Belarus). While most of her family moved directly to the United States, one of her paternal great-grandmothers was born in Liverpool, England, to immigrant parents.
Aunt of Cleo Buckman Schwimmer.
Granddaughter of Bertram Schwimmer (1910-2000), Beatrice P. Schwimmer (Osgood) (1907-2004), Max S. Colman (1916-1975) and Syd Colman (Sherman) (1916-1988).
She went to Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 1998 to 2001.
Elinor Schwimmer currently lives in Los Angeles, CA; in the past Elinor has also lived in Beverly Hills CA.
E Schwimmer Carotti, Ellie Schwimmer, Elinor Anne Schwimmer, Elinor A Schwimmer and Ellie Schwimmer Schwimmer are some of the alias or nicknames that Elinor has used.