Ellen Sandweiss is an American
actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
. She is best known for her role as
Cheryl Williams in
''The Evil Dead'' franchise.
Career
Sandweiss was born in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
.. She went to
Groves High School, where she participated in plays and later Super 8 movies with
Sam Raimi and
Bruce Campbell. She gained notoriety in the 1981 horror cult-classic ''
The Evil Dead'', playing
Ash Williams' sister Cheryl. Afterwards, she went on a hiatus from acting for over 20 years. In 2006, Sandweiss starred in ''
Satan's Playground''. The following year, she appeared in ''
My Name is Bruce''. In 2013, Sandweiss had a
cameo role
A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly ei ...
in
Sam Raimi's ''
Oz the Great and Powerful
''Oz the Great and Powerful'' is a 2013 American fantasy adventure film directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner from a story by Kapner. Based on L. Frank Baum's early 20th century ''Oz'' novels and set 20 y ...
''. In 2016, Sandweiss reprised her role as Cheryl Williams in ''
Ash vs. Evil Dead
Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...
'', the character being reborn as a Deadite after a Kandarian demon possesses a photo of her.
Personal life
Sandweiss has performed in
musical theatre as a
dancer and
pop singer
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...
, and in a one-woman show of Jewish music.
Her daughter is actress
Jessy Hodges.
Filmography
Video Games
References
External links
Ellen Sandweiss Interviewat Deadites Online
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Living people
University of Michigan alumni
American female dancers
American women pop singers
American musical theatre actresses
American stage actresses
American film actresses
Dancers from Michigan
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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