Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene (born February 22, 1951) is an American singer and actress. Greene has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actor and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films (notably in Little Shop of Horrors) and television programs. She starred as Vivian Charles on the ABC series Pushing Daisies. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Léon: The Professional (1994)

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Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Besson
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Natalie Portman  •  Gary Oldman  •  Danny Aiello

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Besson
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Natalie Portman  •  Gary Oldman  •  Danny Aiello

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

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Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Oz
CAST:  Rick Moranis  •  Levi Stubbs  •  Ellen Greene  •  Vincent Gardenia

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Oz
CAST:  Rick Moranis  •  Levi Stubbs  •  Ellen Greene  •  Vincent Gardenia

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

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Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Moyle
CAST:  Christian Slater  •  Andy Romano  •  Keith Stuart Thayer  •  Cheryl Pollak

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Moyle
CAST:  Christian Slater  •  Andy Romano  •  Keith Stuart Thayer  •  Cheryl Pollak

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Bluth
CAST:  Glen Campbell  •  Eddie Deezen  •  Toby Scott Ganger  •  Kathryn Holcomb

Chanticleer is a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Bluth
CAST:  Glen Campbell  •  Eddie Deezen  •  Toby Scott Ganger  •  Kathryn Holcomb

Talk Radio (1988)

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A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Eric Bogosian  •  Ellen Greene  •  Leslie Hope  •  John C. McGinley

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Eric Bogosian  •  Ellen Greene  •  Leslie Hope  •  John C. McGinley

The Cooler (2003)

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Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Kramer
CAST:  William H. Macy  •  Alec Baldwin  •  Maria Bello  •  Shawn Hatosy

Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wayne Kramer
CAST:  William H. Macy  •  Alec Baldwin  •  Maria Bello  •  Shawn Hatosy

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Segal
CAST:  Leslie Nielsen  •  Priscilla Presley  •  O.J. Simpson  •  Anna Nicole Smith

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Segal
CAST:  Leslie Nielsen  •  Priscilla Presley  •  O.J. Simpson  •  Anna Nicole Smith

Wagons East! (1994)

After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Markle
CAST:  Joe Bays  •  Abraham Benrubi  •  Jill Boyd  •  John Candy

After the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers - including ex-doctor Phil Taylor, prostitute Belle, and homosexual bookseller Julian - decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west. They hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Markle
CAST:  Joe Bays  •  Abraham Benrubi  •  Jill Boyd  •  John Candy

One Fine Day (1996)

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Hoffman
CAST:  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  George Clooney  •  Mae Whitman  •  Alex D. Linz

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one morning when overwhelmed Jack is left unexpectedly with Maggie and forgets that Melanie was to take her to school. As a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Hoffman
CAST:  Michelle Pfeiffer  •  George Clooney  •  Mae Whitman  •  Alex D. Linz

Love Object (2004)

The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Parigi
CAST:  Desmond Harrington  •  Melissa Sagemiller  •  Udo Kier  •  Rip Torn

The twisted tale of Kenneth, socially insecure technical writer who forms an obsessive relationship with "Nikki", an anatomically accurate silicone sex doll he orders over the Internet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Parigi
CAST:  Desmond Harrington  •  Melissa Sagemiller  •  Udo Kier  •  Rip Torn

Glory! Glory! (1989)

A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lindsay Anderson
CAST:  Ellen Greene  •  James Whitmore  •  Richard Thomas  •  Winston Rekert

A rock singer revives a failing TV ministry, but the cost may be high when she falls for a reporter planning an exposé.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lindsay Anderson
CAST:  Ellen Greene  •  James Whitmore  •  Richard Thomas  •  Winston Rekert

States of Control (1997)

A provocative and honest journey deep into the world of a woman determined to buck the sterility of modern life. (Or, a bunch of ennui-ridden hooey. You decide.)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zachary Winestine
CAST:  Jennifer Van Dyck  •  Stephen Bogardus  •  John Cunningham  •  Ellen Greene

A provocative and honest journey deep into the world of a woman determined to buck the sterility of modern life. (Or, a bunch of ennui-ridden hooey. You decide.)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zachary Winestine
CAST:  Jennifer Van Dyck  •  Stephen Bogardus  •  John Cunningham  •  Ellen Greene

Me and Him (1988)

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doris Dörrie
CAST:  Griffin Dunne  •  Ellen Greene  •  Kelly Bishop  •  Carey Lowell

A man's enthusiastic penis starts talking to him, getting him into awkward situations and convincing everyone he tells that he's completely insane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Doris Dörrie
CAST:  Griffin Dunne  •  Ellen Greene  •  Kelly Bishop  •  Carey Lowell

Jaded (1998)

When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town bar, she discovers that they have more planned than just a party-and she's central to the action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caryn Krooth
CAST:  Carla Gugino  •  Aida Turturro  •  Catherine Dent  •  Christopher McDonald

When an innocent young girl finds herself befriended by two sexy, uninhibited girls at a small-town bar, she discovers that they have more planned than just a party-and she's central to the action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caryn Krooth
CAST:  Carla Gugino  •  Aida Turturro  •  Catherine Dent  •  Christopher McDonald

Murdered Innocence (1996)

Twenty years after his mother was stabbed to death, a young man is determined to find the truth behind the coverup of her brutal murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Coraci
CAST:  Fred Carpenter  •  Jacqueline Macario  •  Jason Miller  •  Gary Aumiller

Twenty years after his mother was stabbed to death, a young man is determined to find the truth behind the coverup of her brutal murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Coraci
CAST:  Fred Carpenter  •  Jacqueline Macario  •  Jason Miller  •  Gary Aumiller

An Occasional Hell (1996)

A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomé Breziner
CAST:  Tom Berenger  •  Valeria Golino  •  Kari Wuhrer  •  Robert Davi

A former policeman-turned college professor of forensics, is asked by a widow to solve the murder of her unfaithful husband and the disappearance of his mistress who may have been linked to some drug dealers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salomé Breziner
CAST:  Tom Berenger  •  Valeria Golino  •  Kari Wuhrer  •  Robert Davi

Alex in Wonder (2001)

A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Drew Ann Rosenberg
CAST:  Angela Gots  •  Robert Hays  •  Ellen Greene  •  Lynnda Ferguson

A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Drew Ann Rosenberg
CAST:  Angela Gots  •  Robert Hays  •  Ellen Greene  •  Lynnda Ferguson

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder (2005)

Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life crime-untangles a record-breaking murder. Mystery Woman bookshop owner, Samantha Kinsey, has offered to host a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Bridgewater
CAST:  Kellie Martin  •  Clarence Williams III  •  Nina Siemaszko  •  Casey Sander

Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life crime-untangles a record-breaking murder. Mystery Woman bookshop owner, Samantha Kinsey, has offered to host a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Bridgewater
CAST:  Kellie Martin  •  Clarence Williams III  •  Nina Siemaszko  •  Casey Sander

Fielder's Choice (2005)

Phillip Fielder is a man who is struggling to rise up in his competitive career. Then his sister passes away leaving him custody of her 8 year old autistic son. Soon Fielder learns responsibilities of being a father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  George Segal  •  Chad Lowe  •  Marin Hinkle  •  Bodhi Elfman

Phillip Fielder is a man who is struggling to rise up in his competitive career. Then his sister passes away leaving him custody of her 8 year old autistic son. Soon Fielder learns responsibilities of being a father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  George Segal  •  Chad Lowe  •  Marin Hinkle  •  Bodhi Elfman

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Hofsiss
CAST:  Jill Clayburgh  •  Nicol Williamson  •  Dianne Wiest  •  Joe Pesci

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Hofsiss
CAST:  Jill Clayburgh  •  Nicol Williamson  •  Dianne Wiest  •  Joe Pesci
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