Ellen Greene - Biography

The energetic Brooklyn-born Ellen Greene had already made a name for herself with a prolific career in both singing and stage before she made her film debut in Paul Mazursky's Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976). Having already performed the role of Audrey in the musical comedy "Little Shop of Horrors" (1982). She reprised the role in Frank Oz's film adaptation of La petite boutique des horreurs (1986). While Ellen has first and foremost been a product of the stage, we should acknowledge her performances before-the-camera in Conversations nocturnes (1988), Stepping Out (1991), and ABC's adored and well received Pushing Daisies (2007). She played the role of the agoraphobic Vivian Charles.