Adrianne Ellis (born March 8, 1941) is a Canadian-born American actress.

Early life

Adrianne Ellis was born in Canada and raised in California, where she attended

Van Nuys High School Van Nuys High School (VNHS) is a public high school in the Van Nuys district of Los Angeles, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. The school is home to a Residential Program and three Magnet Programs—Math/Science, P ...

, where she was president of her Honors Drama Society. She went on to study at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

, where she distinguished herself in the theater and acted in the first student film directed by then fellow student

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five ...

Career

Ellis began her career in 1960, when she played Shirley on the TV series ''

Dan Raven ''Dan Raven'' is an American police drama that aired on NBC during the 1960–1961 television season. It stars Skip Homeier and Dan Barton as Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives whose beat is the Sunset Strip. Synopsis Lieutenant ...

''. In 1965 she played Myra Finlay in the ''

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'' episode, "The Case of the Cheating Chancellor". Other credits include 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 ''The New Interns'' is a 1964 American drama film directed by John Rich, and the sequel to the 1962 film '' The Interns'', itself based on the novel of the same name by Richard Frede. It stars Michael Callan and Dean Jones. For his performance, ...

''. During the 1960s she lived at the

Hollywood Studio Club The Hollywood Studio Club was a chaperone (social), chaperoned dormitory, sometimes referred to as a sorority, for young women involved in the Classical Hollywood cinema, motion picture business from 1916 to 1975. Located in the heart of Hollywood ...

. Her roommate was model

Gloria Dawn Gloria Dawn (born July 27, 1940) was a Canadian model who appeared in numerous softcore men's magazines in the 1960s. She began her career in January 1962, and modeled for photographers Peter Gowland, Ron Vogel, Donald G. Klumpp, Sam Wu, El ...

. Her other stage roles includes as Nora in ''The Doll's House'', and Desdemona opposite William Marshall's ''Othello''. She Adrienne produced a theatrical version of ''The Servant'' starring

Keir Dullea Keir Atwood Dullea (; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor. He played astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' and its 1984 sequel, '' 2010: The Year We Make Contact''. His other film roles include '' David and Lisa ...

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 Gloria Anna Holden (September 5, 1903 – March 22, 1991) was an English-born American film actress, best known for her role as '' Dracula's Daughter''. She often portrayed cold society women. Early life Holden was born in London, England. She ...

(the screen name of Larry Holden). After her divorce from him, she married in 1977 British film director Michael Anderson (''

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'', ''

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''). Adrienne Ellis is the mother of actress

Laurie Holden Heather Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1969) is a Canadian-American actress, producer, and human rights activist, known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in ''The X-Files'' (1996–2002), Adele Stanton in '' The Majestic'' (2001), Cybil Ben ...

(''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Mist'', '' The Walking Dead'') and actor/assistant director Christopher Holden.

Select filmography

* ''

The Tom Ewell Show ''The Tom Ewell Show'', also known as ''The Trouble With Tom'', is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS during the 1960-61 television season. It depicts the challenges a husband and father faces as he resides in a household otherwise co ...

'' (1960) .... Mrs. Sidney * ''

'' (episode ''Buy a Nightmare'') (1960) .... Shirley * ''

The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor ''The Detectives'' (also known as ''The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor'', ''Captain of Detectives'', and ''Robert Taylor's Detectives'') is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons (sponsored by Procter & Gamb ...

'' (episode ''Quiet Night'') (1961) .... Ruth * ''

The Donna Reed Show ''The Donna Reed Show'' is an American sitcom starring Donna Reed as the middle-class housewife Donna Stone. Carl Betz co-stars as her pediatrician husband Dr. Alex Stone, and Shelley Fabares and Paul Petersen as their teenage children, Mary ...

'' (episode ''Military School'') (1961) .... Claudette * '' The Gertrude Berg Show'' (2 episodes) (1961) .... Laurie * '' Straightaway'' (episode ''A Moment in the Sun'') (1962) .... Jennifer * ''

The Dick Powell Show ''The Dick Powell Show'' is an American television anthology series that ran on NBC from September 26, 1961, until September 17, 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. Overview The series was an anthology of various dramas ...

'' (episode ''330 Independence S.W.'') (1962) .... Connie * ''

'' (1964) .... Nurse * '' Billie'' (1965) * ''

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers and mysteries. Between 1962 and 1965 it was rena ...

'' (episode ''Thanatos Palace Hotel'') (1965) .... The Young Woman * '' The Virginian'' (episode ''Legend for a Lawman'') (1965) .... Nora Buckman * ''

'' (episode ''The Case of Cheating Chancellor'') (1965) .... Myra Finlay * '' Morning Star'' (12 episodes) (1965–1966) .... Jan Elliott * '' Major Crimes'' (2013) (episode ''Pick your Poison'') .... Irina Pushkin

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellis, Adrianne 1941 births American film actresses Living people Canadian emigrants to the United States Actresses from California University of California, Los Angeles alumni American television actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses