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Ellen Hall | |
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Born | Ellen Joanna Johnson April 18, 1923 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Died | March 24, 1999 Bellevue, Nebraska, U.S. | (aged 75)
Other names | Ellen Langer |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1941–1952 |
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Spouse |
Lee Langer
(m. 1944; died 1995) |
Parents | |
Relatives | Richard Emory (brother) |
Ellen Hall was an American actress and showgirl. She was introduced to the film industry when her mother, Ella Hall, got an uncredited cameo as a nurse in the 1930 Universal production All Quiet on the Western Front.
In 1943, Hall joined the Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company of female dancers formed by Samuel Goldwyn, based on the Ziegfeld Girls. In 1944, 20th Century Fox invited her to join the newly formed Diamond Horseshoe Girls.
During her career, she acted in Westerns, a popular genre in the 1940s, as well as family comedies and musicals. In 1951, she appeared in the television series The Cisco Kid.
Hall performed her last acting role in 1952, when she was 28.