Ellen Bry is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse-turned-vigilante Shirley Daniels on the hospital drama '' St. Elsewhere''. Bry gained acting experience in school plays, community theater productions, and

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. At one point, she left acting and worked as a paralegal for New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs. A scripted fight on an episode of ''

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'' led to Bry's working for a while as a stuntwoman in New York. Bry also appeared as medical student Jean Hallinan in three episodes of the television series ''

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'' (Season Four, 1981) and as photographer Julie Masters on the 1978

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series ''

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''. Bry's family moved to Stamford, Connecticut, when she was a child.

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* * American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from Connecticut 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-tv-actor-1950s-stub