Ella Smith (other)
Ella Smith may refer to: * Ella Gaunt Smith (1868–1932), American doll manufacturer *Ella May Dunning Smith (1860-1934) American author, composer and pianist * Ella Smith (actress) (born 1983), Welsh actress *Ella Smith (footballer) Ella Smith may refer to: *Ella Gaunt Smith (1868–1932), American doll manufacturer *Ella Smith (actress) Ella Smith (born 6 June 1983) is an English actress. Early life While at drama school, Smith was a winner of the Carleton Hobbs Award a ...

Ella Gaunt Smith
Ella Gauntt Smith (née Gauntt, Ella Louise, April 12, 1868 – April 2, 1932) was an innovative American doll manufacturer. After graduating from LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia, and marrying Samuel Swainswright Smith, Ella began working as a seamstress. She spent years repairing broken bisque dolls brought in by her neighbors and experimenting with ways to produce sturdier dolls. She eventually turned to doll manufacturing full-time, selling mostly to friends and neighbors. After experiencing early success, she exhibited her dolls at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, winning a Grand Prize for Innovation and helping establish a nationwide market for her product, and later displayed dolls at the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta, Ga. and at Jamestown Exposition. She received a patent for her design in 1905, in which she described her doll as follows: :“I made the body or trunk, the arms, legs and feet of stuffed fabric and apply over the feet and hands and as high up on the l ...
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Ella May Dunning Smith
Ella May Dunning Smith (also known as Ella Mae Dunning Smith) (March 12, 1860 - September 28, 1934) was an American author, composer, pianist, and activist who was active in the settlement movement and served as the first female president of the Ohio State Music Teachers’ Association. Smith was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio, Ulrichsville, Ohio, to Sarah Ann Price and Rufus Libbie Dunning. She was the sixth of eight children. She married railroad employee Dan Laws Smith in 1878, and they had three sons and one daughter. Smith studied music with Caleb Croswell, Edgar Stillman Kelley, Paula de Branco de Olivera, and M. Segund du Sape. Minstrel show operator Al G. Field planned to include several of her songs in his 1895 season. From 1903 to 1916, Smith was president of the Columbus, Ohio, Women’s Music Club. Under her guidance, it became the largest women’s music club in the world, arranging for symphony orchestras from Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and New York to perform in Columbus ...
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Ella Smith (actress)
Ella Smith (born 6 June 1983) is an English actress. Early life While at drama school, Smith was a winner of the Carleton Hobbs Award and has since performed in more than fifteen BBC Radio productions. Career Smith made her television debut in a 2006 episode of BBC hospital drama ''Holby City''. She subsequently appeared in ITV drama '' Strictly Confidential'', alongside Suranne Jones, in one episode as the character Tanya Melton. Smith made her stage debut in the 2006 play ''The Pocket Orchestra'' at the Trafalgar Studios in London. She returned to the same venue in 2008 to play the title character in the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's ''Fat Pig''. In 2007, she was in Channel 4's ''Cape Wrath'', in which she played the regular role of Jezebel Ogilvie, the daughter of Brenda Ogilvie (Melanie Hill). She also starred in ITV's series ''Sold'' as Phoebe. In 2009, she appeared in the film '' St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold'', and in 2010, the film ''Womb'' and BBC T ...
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