Adrienne Ellis

Adrienne Ellis Biography

Adrienne Ellis (born February 9, 1944) is an American-Canadian actress, and the mother of actress Laurie Holden.

Early life

Adrianne Ellis was born in Canada and raised in California. She attended Van Nuys High School, where she was president of her Honors Drama Society, and then went on to UCLA, where she distinguished herself in the theater and acted in the first student film directed by then fellow student Francis Ford Coppola.

Career

Ellis began her career in 1960, when she played Shirley on the TV series Dan Raven. In 1965 she played Myra Finlay in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Cheating Chancellor." Others credits includes the TV shows Suspicion, The Virginian and Morning Star (1965-1966), where she had one of the main roles, and the movie The New Interns. During the 1960s she lived at the Hollywood Studio Club. Her roommate was model Gloria Dawn. Her other stage roles includes as Nora in The Doll's House, and Desdemona opposite the great William Marshall's Othello.

Adrienne produced a theatrical version of The Servant starring Eric McCormick, and Keir Dullea at the former Bayview Playhouse in Toronto and co-produced, Rugged Gold, a family movie directed by Michael Anderson.

Personal life

Ellis was the wife of actor Glen Corbett (the screen name of Larry Holden). After her divorce from him, she married in 1977 British film director Michael Anderson (Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run).

Adrienne Ellis is the mother of actress Laurie Holden (The X-Files, Silent Hill, The Mist, The Walking Dead) and actor/assistant director Christopher Holden.

Filmography

Dan Raven (episode Buy a Nightmare) (1960) .... Shirley
The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (episode Quiet Night) (1961) .... Ruth
The Donna Reed Show (episode Military School) (1961) .... Claudette
The Gertrude Berg Show (2 episodes) (1961) .... Laurie
Straightaway (episode A Moment in the Sun) (1962) .... Jennifer
Target : The Corruptors (episode Play It Blue) (1962) .... Glory Anders
The Dick Powell Show (episode 330 Independence S.W.) (1962) .... Connie
The New Interns (1964) .... Nurse
Suspicion (episode Thanatos Palace Hotel) (1965) .... The Young Woman
The Virginian (episode Legend for a Lawman) (1965) .... Nora Buckman
Perry Mason (episode The Case of Cheating Chancellor) (1965) .... Myra Finlay
Morning Star (1965-1966) .... Jan Elliott
The Accident (1983) .... Gloria (as Adrienne Anderson)
Rugged Gold (1994) (TV) (Co-Producer) (as Adrianne Anderson)
The Next Gift (2008) .... Grocery Store Clerk
Breaking Wind (2011) .... Grandma
Major Crimes (episode Pick Your Poison) (2013) .... Irina Pushkin

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