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Evelyn Ellis (February 2, 1894 – June 5, 1958) was an African American character actress of stage and film. Devoting herself to the theatre, her film roles were few but she appeared in films like ''The Joe Louis Story'' and ''Lady from Shanghai''. An attractive woman who could have been a leading lady, she chose character roles. Ellis made her theatrical debut at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem in 1919. She debuted on Broadway in 1927 in a revival of ''Goat Alley''. Appeared with Rose McClendon and Frank H. Wilson in ''Porgy''. Later Broadway plays were ''Native Son'', ''Deep are the Roots'' all-black version of ''Tobacco Road'' and revival in 1951 of ''The Royal Family''. She appeared off Broadway in the course of her career. She made her last Broadway appearance in 1953.〔''Great Actors and Actresses on the American Stage in Historic Photographs'' p.69 c.1983 by Stanley Appelbaum〕 She was born in Boston and died at Saranac Lake, New York on June 5, 1958.〔''Who Was Who On Screen'' 2nd Edit. page 141 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt〕 ==Selected filmography== *''Lady from Shanghai'' (1948) *''The Joe Louis Story'' (1952) *''Interrupted Melody'' (1955) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evelyn Ellis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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