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 ''

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'', 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 Interview
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