Ellen Drew
Ellen Drew, actually Esther Loretta Ray (born November 23, 1915 in Kansas City , Missouri , † December 3, 2003 in Palm Desert , California ), was an American actress .
Ellen Drew worked in a variety of jobs and won several beauty pageants before becoming an actress. She went to Hollywood and initially worked as an ice cream seller. There she was discovered by actor William Demarest . After a few minor roles, she received a studio contract with Paramount Pictures in 1938 . Here she played a variety of female lead roles, for example at the side of Dick Powell in the comedy Christmas in July by Preston Sturges or in Stuart Heisler's B-horror film The Monster and the Girl (1941).
In 1944 Drew switched to RKO . In the following years she appeared in many westerns and some film noirs . Her film partners included well-known actors such as Glenn Ford , Joel McCrea , Vincent Price , John Payne and Randolph Scott . After her contract with RKO expired in 1951, she turned to television work and guest roles in a few series, but overall her success waned. In the cinema she was only seen once, in a supporting role in the Western Outlaw's Son (1957). Her last television work appeared in an episode of the Barbara Stanwyck Show in 1961 .
Drew was married four times to, among others, the screenwriter Sy Bartlett .
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: Um den Krügerdiamanten (The Return of Sophie Lang) - Director: George Archainbaud
- 1937: No Place for Parents (Make Way for Tomorrow) - Director: Leo McCarey
- 1938: You and Me (You and Me) - Director: Fritz Lang
- 1938: If I'd king (If I Were King) - Director: Frank Lloyd
- 1939: Geronimo, the Scourge of the Prairie (Geronimo) - Director: Paul Sloane
- 1940: Buck Benny Rides Again - Director: Mark Sandrich
- 1940: Christmas in July (Christmas in July) - Director: Preston Sturges
- 1941: The Monster and the Girl - Director: Stuart Heisler
- 1941: The Mad Doctor - Directed by Tim Whelan
- 1942: My Favorite Spy - Directed by Tay Garnett
- 1945: Man Alive - Directed by Ray Enright
- 1945: Am Himmel von China (China Sky) - Director: Ray Enright
- 1945: Isle of the Dead - Director: Mark Robson
- 1946: Crime Doctor's Man Hunt - Directed by William Castle
- 1947: Johnny O'Clock - directed by Robert Rossen
- 1948: Blood Feud (The Swordsman) - Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
- 1948: The Man from Colorado (The Man from Colorado) - Director: Henry Levin
- 1949: The Lord of the Underworld (The Crooked Way) - Director: Robert Florey
- 1950: On the Warpath (Davy Crockett, Indian Scout) - Director: Lew Landers
- 1950: Stars in My Crown - Director: Jacques Tourneur
- 1950: The Baron of Arizona (The Baron of Arizona) - Director: Samuel Fuller
- 1951: United in Revenge (The Great Missouri Raid) - Directed by Gordon Douglas
- 1951: Man in the Saddle - Director: André De Toth
- 1957: Outlaw's Son - Director: Lesley Selander
Web links
- Ellen Drew in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Images by Ellen Drew In: Virtual History
- Ellen Drew in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drew, Ellen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 2003 |
| Place of death | Palm Desert , California , United States |