Photo: HBO / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Ellen Greene is the kind of performer I'd call a craftsperson rather than a celebrity, and I mean that as high praise. Her career spans cabaret singing, musical theatre, film, and television, and that breadth tells me she followed the work wherever it was strongest rather than chasing one lane. A Brooklyn upbringing fits the scrappy, stage-trained image I have of her. What I appreciate is how she's stayed visible across decades and formats without ever feeling typecast. Actors who can genuinely sing and act at that level are rarer than people assume, and she's quietly been doing both for a very long time.
Overview
Ellen Greene (born February 22, 1951) is an American actress and singer. She has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actress and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films and television series.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ellen Greene
- Name (Japanese)
- エレン・グリーン
- Reading
- えれん・ぐりーん
- Born
- February 22, 1951 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rabbit
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / singer / stage actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- W. Tresper Clarke High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.ellengreene.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.