Ellen Hanley

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Ellen Hanley (May 15 1926 - February 12 2007) was a musical theater performer best known for playing Fiorello H. LaGuardia's first wife in the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Fiorello!".

Biography

Ellen Hanley was born in Lorain, Ohio and made her Broadway debut in "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1946 playing the part of "Mary". The following year she appeared in "Barefoot Boy With Cheek" and won a Theater World award for her performance as Clothilde Pfefferkorn. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/theater/14hanley.html?ref=obituaries Ellen Hanley, 80, Actress in Musicals, Dies] ]

In 1951, Hanley married Ronnie Graham, a fellow actor. They had two children, Nora and Julian. The couple divorced in 1963.

In 1952 she had a part in the musical revue "Two's Company", introducing the song "Roundabout". In 1959 she took over the leading role in "First Impression" from Polly Bergen, playing Elizabeth Bennett in a musical based on "Pride and Prejudice".

Later that year she appeared in "Fiorello!". The Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick musical was a hit which ran for nearly 800 performances. In 1963 she performed in "The Boys From Syracuse", a Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical based on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors".

Ellen Hanley died on February 12 2007, aged 80, in Norwalk, Connecticut of a stroke after a long battle with cancer. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-02-13-hanley-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA Broadway performer Ellen Hanley dies] ]

Appearances

*"Annie Get Your Gun" (1946 — 1949) as Mary
*"Barefoot Boy With Cheek" (1947) as Clothilde Pfefferkorn
*"Two's Company" (1952 - 1953)
*"First Impressions" (1959) as Elizabeth Bennett
*"Fiorello!" (1959 - 1961) as Thea
*"The Boys from Syracuse" (1963)

Awards

*Theatre World Award (1947) for Clothilde Pfefferkorn in "Barefoot Boy With Cheek"

Notes

References

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/14/theater/14hanley.html?ref=obituaries Ellen Hanley, 80, Actress in Musicals, Dies] , "New York Times", February 14, 2007.
* [http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-02-13-hanley-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA Broadway performer Ellen Hanley dies] , "USA Today", February 12, 2007.

External links

* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=44021 Internet Broadway Database entry]

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NAME= Hanley, Ellen
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= musical theater performer
DATE OF BIRTH= May 15 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH= Lorain, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH= February 12 2007
PLACE OF DEATH= Norwalk, Connecticut