Ellen Greene

Ellen Greene (born February 22, 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress and singer. In a career that spanned the cabaret stage and musical theatre, she is best known for her role as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors; On television, he is remembered for his TV series Pushing Daisies.

Stage career

She grew up in New York and started singing in cabarets. Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It), which was supposed to hit Broadway in 1973, closed before its premiere. In 1977, she played Jenny in The Threepenny Opera, performed at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.

He made his breakthrough in the musical Little Shop of Horrors, which opened Off-Broadway in 1982. Her performance as shy flower shop worker Audrey earned her a Drama Desk nomination; He also played the same production in London and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award. In 1986, he reprized the role in the film adaptation of the musical, opposite Rick Moranis.

Cinema and television

In the cinema, he appeared in films such as Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), Talk Radio (1988), Pump Up the Volume (1990) and Léon (1994). On television, he appeared as a guest on TV series such as The X-Files and Heroes. She played Vivian Charles, a retired synchronized swimmer, in Pushing Daisies, which aired on ABC between 2007 and 2009; This role also brought his stage singing to the fore again.