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 land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

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

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 Lieutenan ...

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

Perry Mason Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and 4 short stories, all of which involve a c ...

'' episode, "The Case of the Cheating Chancellor". Other credits include the TV shows ''

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'', '' 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 chaperoned dormitory, sometimes referred to as a sorority, for young women involved in the motion picture business from 1916 to 1975. Located in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, the Studio Club was ...

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

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'', ''

Logan's Run ''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...

''). 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 Benn ...

(''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who ...

'', ''

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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 c ...

'' (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 & Gam ...

'' (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 ''Mrs. G. Goes to College'' (retitled ''The Gertrude Berg Show'' starting with episode 14) is a 26-episode American sitcom which aired on CBS from October 4, 1961, to April 5, 1962. The series starred Emmy Award-winning actress Gertrude Berg. S ...

'' (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 re ...

'' (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