Ellen Greene

Biography

Supercharged American stage and display screen actress Ellen Greene was informed at Ryder College. After her leading-lady film debut in Following Stop Greenwich Community (1978), Ellen’s profession was regular but unspectacular until she was ensemble as airheaded heroine Audrey within the 1982 Broadway musical strike Little Store of Horrors. She was one of the few ensemble people to recreate her function for the 1986 display screen version; so earning was her efficiency within this film and the next Chat Radio (1988), that critics and pundits forecasted major stardom. As far as Ellen was worried, she had been a superstar, and behaved appropriately. Cast being a neurotic rock and roll ‘n’ roller-turned-evangelist within the 1989 Television film Glory! Glory!, Ms. Greene became challenging and demanding, tossing her pounds around in a way recommending that she been at the top longer enough to become allowed this behavior. Evidently her imperiousness paid; Glory! Glory! was a fantastic effort, thanks a lot in no little part towards the towering efficiency of its leading female. After Glory! Glory!, Ellen Greene continuing to get great jobs on stage and in tv; in 1992, the celebrity joined other musical humor veterans being a voice musician for the cartoon cartoon feature Rock and roll a Doodle.

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#	Fact
1	Ellen Greene, who originated the role of Audrey in the 1982 off-Broadway production of the Ashman/Menken musical "Little Shop of Horrors" and repeated her performance in the 1986 movie version, stepped back into the role in 2015--at the age of 64--for a two-night concert version, part of the New York City Center's Encores! series. Her love interests, Seymour and Orin, were played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Taran Killam, who were 34 and 33, respectively. Interestingly, this was shortly after Gyllenhaal's sister Maggie had made headlines for revealing that she had recently been rejected for a part on the basis that at 37 she is "too old" to play the love interest of a 55-year-old man.
2	She is of Belarusian Jewish descent.
3	She attended Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
4	Began her career in the early 70's as a cabaret singer in such famed New York City night spots as Reno Sweeney's in Greenwich Village.
5	Attended W.T. Clarke High School in Westbury, NY.
6	Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival of "The Threepenny Opera."
7	She is most famous as the lispy, bubble-headed blonde Audrey in the stage production of the cult favorite "Little Shop of Horrors," which she played for two years (1982-1984), then transferred to film with the same title Little Shop of Horrors (1986).



Actress

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Bunheads	2012	TV Series	Wiccan Friend
Pound Puppies	2012	TV Series	Gertrude Washburn
The Young and the Restless	2011	TV Series	Primrose DeVille
Privileged	2010	Video	Mrs. Rothman
Heroes	2007-2009	TV Series	Virginia Grey
Batman: The Brave and the Bold	2009	TV Series	Mrs. Manface
Pushing Daisies	2007-2009	TV Series	Vivian Charles
Out of Jimmy's Head	2007-2008	TV Series	Dolly Gopher
Re-Animated	2006	TV Movie	Dolly Gopher (voice)
Fielder's Choice	2005	TV Movie	Jill
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder	2005	TV Movie	Carly
Love Object	2003		Typing Supervisor
The Cooler	2003		Doris
Crossing Jordan	2002	TV Series	Mrs. Dunham
The X-Files	2002	TV Series	Vicki Louise Burdick
Alex in Wonder	2001		Clarice
Suddenly Susan	2000	TV Series	Harriet Graham
Jaded	1998		Louise Smith
Dellaventura	1997	TV Series	Elizabeth Brodkin
States of Control	1997		Carol
One Fine Day	1996		Mrs. Elaine Lieberman
An Occasional Hell	1996		Della
Law & Order	1995	TV Series	Karen Gaines
Killer: A Journal of Murder	1995		Elizabeth Wyatt
Cybill	1995	TV Series	Sharon
The Adventures of Pete & Pete	1994	TV Series	Abilene Jones
Léon: The Professional	1994		Mathilda's Mother
Wagons East	1994		Belle
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	1994		Louise
Fathers & Sons	1992		Judy
Stepping Out	1991		Maxine
Rock-A-Doodle	1991		Goldie (voice)
Pump Up the Volume	1990		Jan Emerson
Dinner at Eight	1989	TV Movie	Kitty Packard
CBS Summer Playhouse	1989	TV Series	Sally Maggio
Glory! Glory!	1989	TV Movie	Ruth
Superman 50th Anniversary	1988	TV Movie documentary	Ariel Dickenson - Curator Metroplis Museum
Talk Radio	1988		Ellen
Me and Him	1988		Annette Uttanzi
Morning Maggie	1987	TV Movie	Maggie McAllister
Little Shop of Horrors	1986		Audrey
Miami Vice	1985	TV Series	Darlene
The Special Magic of Herself the Elf	1983	TV Movie	Creeping Ivy (voice)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	1982		Karen Mulligan
The Rock Rainbow	1978	TV Movie	Jess
Seventh Avenue	1977	TV Mini-Series	Paula Cass
Next Stop, Greenwich Village	1976		Sarah Roth
The Untold Story	2017	completed	Lydia
Muddy Corman	2015	completed	Dawn Denford
The Walking Dead: Webisodes	2013	TV Series	Gale
Hannibal	2013	TV Series	Mrs. Komeda

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Pushing Daisies	2007	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Rock-A-Doodle	1991	performer: "Sink or Swim", "Kiss N Coo"
Glory! Glory!	1989	TV Movie performer: "In Johnny's Arms", "In Jesus Arms", "How Can I Be Sure", "Every Time You Turn Away", "These Hands", "Taka Look at Yourself"
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1987	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Little Shop of Horrors	1986	performer: "Skid Row Downtown", "Somewhere That's Green", "Suddenly, Seymour"

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Rock-A-Doodle	1991	featured vocalist - uncredited

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Show People with Paul Wontorek	2011	TV Series	Herself
10 Year Retrospective: Cast and Crew Look Back	2005	Video documentary short	Herself - 'Mathilda's Mother'
Standing Ovations 2	2004	Video	Herself - Performer
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh	1998	TV Special documentary	Audrey (segment "Somewhere That's Green")
Liza Minnelli Live from Radio City Music Hall	1992	TV Movie documentary	Herself
Showbiz Today	1992	TV Series	Herself
Late Night with David Letterman	1989	TV Series	Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1987-1988	TV Series	Herself - Guest
The 31st Annual Tony Awards	1977	TV Special	Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Musical

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2013	TV Series	Audrey

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1990	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Actress in a Movie or Miniseries	Glory! Glory! (1989)



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#	Quote
1	The Public Theater, under Joseph Papp, was my real education. When you walked in there, you left your ego at the door. Everybody was talented.
2	It's a very hard thing for all of us to accept ourselves at all the different stages - the horrible side, the wonderful side, the adorable side - and who you are as a grownup. And then to bring what you learned as a child to that grownup: that is the magic of creativity.
3	Life is going by, and if you don't do something about your dreams and make them a reality and start to love who you are as yourself, then you will not be able to embrace any of those dreams. Who you are is the immense magic.



#	Trademark
1	Her characters have a different hairstyle
2	Brown eyes



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