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Birthday:
Feb 22, 1951
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Ellen Greene Biography

Supercharged American stage and screen actress Ellen Greene was educated at Ryder College. After her leading-lady film debut in Next Stop Greenwich Village (1978), Ellen's career was steady but unspectacular until she was cast as airheaded heroine Audrey in the 1982 Broadway musical hit Little Shop of Horrors. She was among the few cast members to recreate her role for the 1986 screen version; so winning was her performance in this film and the subsequent Talk Radio (1988), that critics and pundits predicted major stardom. So far as Ellen was concerned, she was already a star, and behaved accordingly. Cast as a neurotic rock 'n' roller-turned-evangelist in the 1989 TV movie Glory! Glory!, Ms. Greene became difficult and demanding, throwing her weight around in a manner suggesting that she been on top long enough to be permitted this behavior. Evidently her imperiousness paid off; Glory! Glory! was an excellent effort, thanks in no small part to the towering performance of its leading lady. After Glory! Glory!, Ellen Greene continued to get good roles on stage and in television; in 1992, the actress joined several other musical comedy veterans as a voice artist for the animated cartoon feature Rock a Doodle. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Quotes from Ellen Greene's Characters

    1. Seymour Krelborn: That's it, after tomorrow we can leave together!
    2. Audrey: Togetha'?
    3. Seymour Krelborn: If you'l have me...Audrey, will you have me?
    4. Audrey: Whaddya mean?
    5. Seymour Krelborn: ....Marry me, Audrey!
    6. Audrey: Oh, Seymour, this is so sudden!
    7. Seymour Krelborn: Well, will ya?
    8. Audrey: ....Sure.
    9. Seymour Krelborn: Then that's it! We'll go get married right now. Tomorrow Ill be on TV, get the money, and then we'll live happily ever after. Oh, Audrey, I'll give you a wonderful life, with no plants, I promise--no plants at all!
    10. Audrey: You're talkin peculiar again...
    11. Seymour Krelborn: We'll start tonight. We'll go to City Hall, get married, and spend the night somewhere safe, some nice hotel.
    12. Audrey: Oh, Seymour!
    13. Seymour Krelborn: Oh, Audrey....
    14. Audrey: Oh, I gotta get ready!
    15. Seymour Krelborn: Hurry, hurry!
    From Little Shop of Horrors. Submitted by Theresa C (13 months ago)
    1. Seymour Krelborn: We started doing business, and making money and you liked me.
    2. Audrey: Do you really think I liked you because of that? I liked you from the day I came to work here!
    3. Seymour Krelborn: You mean....you'd still like me even if I was wasn't famous?
    4. Audrey: I'd still love you. Seymour.
    5. Seymour Krelborn: Really?
    6. Audrey: All I ever wanted was you....and a sweet little house.
    From Little Shop of Horrors. Submitted by Theresa C (13 months ago)
    1. Orin Scrivello D.D.S.: [yells] Is somebody talking to you?!
    2. Audrey: [says nervously] Oh, no...excuse me.
    3. Orin Scrivello D.D.S.: Excuse me what?!
    4. Audrey: Excuse me.....doctor.
    From Little Shop of Horrors. Submitted by Theresa C (13 months ago)
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