Ellen Greene

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.

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

Occupation

television actor / film actor / singer / stage actor / voice actor

High school

W. Tresper Clarke High School

• Official sitehttp://www.ellengreene.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen%20Greene
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513009

Tags

• New York
• television actor
• film actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.