Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott (1871 - 1954)

Illustrator. Raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, her parents wanted her to have every social advantage, and sent her to private schools.  She became interested in art at a very young age, and was encouraged by her father, who had been an artist-correspondent during the Civil War for “Harper’s Weekly”.  When Green was 17 years old, she […]

Elizabeth Spriggs (1929 - 2008)

Actress. A prolific performer of mainly British stage, films and television, she received a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1974 Broadway production “London Assurance”. Born in Derbyshire, England, she attended the Royal School of Music and later became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. After appearing in the productions “The Cherry […]

Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011)

Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor was an acting legend from the golden age of Hollywood. AFI listed her as seventh on the “Female Legends List”. Her acting career lasted over sixty years, starting at the age of ten and ending at the age of 71. Elizabeth Taylor was born in London, England. The daughter of Americans […]

Elizabeth Wilson (1921 - 2015)

Wilson was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Marie Ethel (née Welter) and insurance agent Henry Dunning Wilson. Her maternal grandfather was a wealthy German immigrant, and Wilson was raised in a large mansion. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, then studied with Sanford Meisner at the […]

Ella A. Hall (1897 - 1981)

Actress. American figure of the silent screen. Married to actor Emory Johnson, mother of actress Ellen Hall and actor Richard Emory. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Emory Johnson (1894 – 1960)  Children:  Richard Emory (1919 – 1994)*  Ellen Hall (1923 – 1999)*  Diana Marie Johnson Moxley (1929 – 1984)* *Calculated relationship

Ella Annie “Tiny Doll” Schneider (1914 - 2004)

Actress. A ‘small person’ actress she was originally from Germany and the sister of other midget actors, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, and Gracie Doll. ‘Tiny Doll’ appeared in the film classic, “The Wizard Of Oz” (1939), “Be Big” (1931), “Three Ring Marriage” (1928), and “Special Delivery” (1927). She passed away at the age of 90 […]

Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer often referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. After tumultuous teenage […]

Ella Hall (1896 - 1981)

Ella Hall (March 17, 1896 – September 3, 1981) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 94 films between 1912 and 1933. She was the mother of B-movie actress Ellen Hall. She was born Ella Hall in New York, New York, and moved to Hollywood in the early days of silent films, […]

Ella Logan (1913 - 1969)

Ella Logan was born as Georgina Allan in Glasgow in 1910, where she was raised. She began performing under the name Ella Allan as a child. She went on to become a band singer in music halls. At the age of 17 in 1930, she made her debut in the West End of London in Darling! […]

Ella M. Backus (1970 - 1938)

Pioneering Woman. She was the first female Assistant United States Attorney. The Western District of Michigan set a precedent when it hired Ella M. Backus as an Assistant United States Attorney in 1903. In an age when traditional values dictated gender roles and job opportunities, Ms. Backus not only became the first female Assistant United […]

Ella Raines (1920 - 1988)

Ella Raines born Ella Wallace Raubes near Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, Ella Raines studied drama at the University of Washington and was appearing in a play there when she was seen by Howard Hawks. She became the first actor signed to the new production company he had formed with the actor Charles Boyer, “B-H Productions”, and […]

Ellen Albertini Dow (1913 - 2015)

Ellen Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American character actress. She portrayed feisty old ladies and may be best known as the rapping grandmother in The Wedding Singer (1998). Dow’s other film roles include the elderly lady who “outs” her grandson in Wedding Crashers, Disco Dottie in 54, the recipient […]

Ellen Arthur (1837 - 1880)

Ellen Lewis Herndon, called “Nell,” was born in Culpeper Court House, Virginia, the daughter of William Lewis Herndon and Frances Elizabeth Hansborough.  Her father was a naval officer who gained national renown in 1857 when he went down with his ship, the mail steamer SS Central America, along with more than 400 passengers and crew. […]

Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne (1932 - 1997)

Actress/activist. Although she suffered from multiple sclerosis since 1975, “Lenny,” as she was known to friends, became a victim’s rights activist after the murder of her daughter, actress Dominique Dunne. She later founded the organization “Justice for Homicide Victims, Inc.” Ex-wife of author Dominick Dunne. Mother of actor Griffin Dunne and author Alexander Dunne. (bio […]

Ellen Corby (1911 - 1999)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role of ‘Esther “Grandma” Walton” in the television series, “The Waltons” (1972 to 1981). Born Ellen Hansen in Racine, Wisconsin, she grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and went to Hollywood in the early 1930s to start an acting career.  Her career began with a small role in the […]

Ellen Demming (1922 - 2002)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role as ‘Meta Bauer’ on the CBS daytime television soap opera “The Guiding Light,” which she played from 1953 until 1974. Born Betty Ellen Weber, she graduated Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and studied under actress Maude Adams. She started her acting career on the stage in Summer […]

Ellen Drew (1915 - 2003)

Ellen Drew (November 23, 1915 – December 3, 2003) was an American film actress. Born Terry Ray in Kansas City, Missouri, Drew worked various jobs and won a number of beauty contests before becoming an actress. Moving to Hollywood in an attempt to become a star, she was discovered while working at an ice cream parlor […]

Ellen Hall (1923 - 1999)

Actress. Appeared in Films and on television from the 1930s to the 1950s. Performed as part of “The Goldwyn Girls” in several 1940s film musicals. The daughter of silent-screen actress Ella Hall, they are interred together within the same niche. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Parents:  Emory Johnson (1894 – 1960)  Ella A. Hall […]

Ellen Hanley (1926 - 2007)

Actress, Singer. She was a musical-theater performer best-known for playing Fiorello LaGuardia’s first wife in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Fiorello!” Born in Lorain, Ohio, she made her Broadway debut in “Annie Get Your Gun,” starring Ethel Merman, in 1946. The following year she appeared as Clothilde Pfefferkorn in “Barefoot Boy with Cheek,” a musical featuring Nancy […]

Ellen Idelson (1961 - 2003)

Actress, screenwriter, producer. Idelson worked on such television shows as, “Sixteen To Life,” “Grosse Point,” “Holding The Baby,” “The Nanny,” “Boy Meets World,” and “Danny.” As an actress, she appeared in the films, “Moose Mating” (2001), as ‘Betsy,’ and “Eye Of The Sparrow” (1987), as ‘Donna.’ Also appeared in several episodes of the television series, […]

Ellen Louise Wilson (1860 - 1914)

Born Ellen Louise Axson in Savannah, Georgia, the daughter of the Reverend Samuel Edward Axson, a Presbyterian minister, and Margaret Jane (née Hoyt) Axson, Ellen was a lady of refined tastes with a fondness for art, music and literature. Thomas Woodrow Wilson first saw her when he was about 3 and she was a baby. […]

Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (1913 - 2015)

American Character Actress. Albertini Dow, a veteran of New York’s Yiddish theater and a former drama teacher in Los Angeles, was known for playing feisty old women after she resumed her acting career in her 70s. She studied acting in New York City, worked with mimes Marcel Marceau and Jacques LeCog in Paris and played […]

Ellen Stewart (1919 - 2011)

Ellen Stewart was either born in Chicago, Illinois or possibly Alexandria, Louisiana. This inexactitude stems from Stewart’s reticence about revealing details of her early life. As an observer wrote, “Her history is somewhat difficult to sort out—indeed it takes on a legendary quality—since on different occasions she gives different versions of the same stories.”  Of […]

Ellen Vogel (1922 - 2015)

Dutch Actress.  Vogel, born Ellen Marie Elze Anthing, had a long span as an actress in the fields of television, film, and stage in Holland.   She appeared in such movies as Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas (1960), The Knife (1961), Monsieur Hawarden (1969), and De Tweeling (2002).   Vogel also appeared on the television […]

Ellie Lambeti (1926 - 1983)

Ellie Lambeti born in 1926 in the village of Vilia, Attiki, Greece. Her father owned a Greek tavern in Vilia. She had six siblings. Her maternal grandfather was a Captain Stamatis who fought together with Kolokotronis against the Turks in 1821, when the modern Greek democracy was created. In 1928, the family moved to Athens. In […]

Elliot McKay See, Jr (1927 - 1966)

Astronaut. Born in Dallas, Texas, he was a former US Navy Commander Aviator and a experimental test pilot for the General Electric Company. From 1956 to 1962, he served as project pilot of J79-8 engine development program in connection with F4H aircraft. In September 1962, he was selected by NASA as an Astronaut pilot of […]

Elliot Richardson (1920 - 1999)

Elliot Richardson had the distinction of serving in three high-level Executive Branch posts in a single year—the tumultuous year of 1973—as the Watergate Scandal came to dominate the attention of official Washington, and the American public at large. He served three relatively uneventful years as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for a popular […]

Elliot Rodger (1991 - 2014)

Elliot Rodger began his attacks at his apartment on Seville Road, where three men were found dead inside. Each victim had received multiple stab wounds, and all had been killed approximately three hours before the shooting spree. Their bodies were found the day following the shootings. They were identified as Rodger’s roommates, Weihan Wang and […]

Elliott Baker (1922 - 2007)

Screenwriter, Author. He is best known for his novel “A Fine Madness”,  which was made into a 1966 film with Sean Connery and Joanne Woodward. After starting his career during the 1950s writing for such shows as “Robert Montgomery Presents”, “Armchair Theatre”,  and “Way Out”, Baker wrote screenplays for the films “Luv”, (1967), “Viva Max!”, […]

Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860 - 1894)

Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt was the third of the four children of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (1831–1878) and Martha Stewart “Mittie” Bulloch (1835–1884). In addition to elder brother Theodore Jr., he had a younger sister named Corinne (1861–1933) and an elder sister named Anna (1855–1931), who was known as “Bamie”. Mittie’s brothers Irvine (1842–1898) and James (1823–1901) […]