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Mary Elizabeth Ellis is an American actress. She is best known for her role as The Waitress on the FX sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Ellis also starred in the NBC sitcom Perfect Couples and the Fox sitcom The Grinder. She also appeared as Nick's ex-girlfriend Caroline in the sitcom New Girl. From 2017 to 2019, she starred as Lisa Palmer on the Netflix horror-comedy Santa Clarita Diet.- Actress
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A promising star first with the Metropolitan Opera than on the Broadway and London stages, soprano Mary Ellis had little chance to prove herself as either a musical or dramatic film star with only a few creaky vehicles left for audiences to ponder. Her versatility on stage, however, was extensive, ranging from heavy doses of Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill to the Restoration comedies of Sheridan and the light operettas of Oscar Hammerstein.
Born May Belle Elsas on June 15, 1897 of humble means in New York City, her family had emigrated to the States earlier from Alsace. Her father eventually prospered as a successful paper merchant. Mary inherited any artistic leanings from her mother who was a gifted pianist. She initially delved into painting before the desire to dedicate herself to song took hold. Studying with Madame Ashworth, Mary's had the makings of a great classical singer and was offered a multiple year contract with the Metropolitan Opera company at the age of 21. Given the stage name of Mary Ellis by the company, she made her debut with Puccini's "Suor Angelica" (1918) and went on to appear in "The Blue Bird" and "Boris Gudunov", among others. Arguably the highlights of her brief operatic career include her appearances opposite the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso in his final performance (Christmas Eve, 1920) of "The Elixir of Love" (he died the following year of pneumonia), and the renowned prima donna Geraldine Farrar in "Louise". However, in 1922, Mary's burgeoning desire to act on the legitimate stage took over and, against all advice, left the Met in 1922 to pursue her "new dream".
Already a name in opera, Mary joined the David Belasco theatre company. Belasco produced and directed her in her first Broadway production "The Merchant of Venice". A lovely, vibrant presence on stage, she subsequently appeared in "Casanova" and "The Merry Wives of Gotham", but did not become a full-fledged star until playing the titular heroine in Hammerstein's operetta "Rose-Marie". Career-threatening problems incurred when the impulsive Mary decided to leave the show before her tightly binding contract with Hammerstein was completed. As a result, she was prevented from ever performing again as a singer in America. She was now forced to return to high drama in straight plays. She subsequently appeared in a series of Broadway productions co-starring British actor Basil Sydney, which included her playing of Katherine to his Petruchio in "The Taming of the Shrew". Sydney became her third husband (following two short-lived marriages) in 1929.
Unable to escape her career restrictions, she and Sydney moved to England in 1931. She met with instantaneous success in O'Neill's epic drama "Strange Interlude" the following year. She also became a lovely muse for Ivor Novello on the 30s British stage, as noted in their successful teaming of "Glamorous Night" (1935) and "The Dancing Years" (1939). England gave her the opportunity to try films and she starred in two in 1934, the drama Bella Donna (1934) with John Stuart, Cedric Hardwicke and Conrad Veidt, and in the musical All the King's Horses (1935) in which she played the Queen of Langenstein. She also managed to return to America to star in the films Paris in Spring (1935) and Fatal Lady (1936). After filming her stage triumph Glamorous Night (1937) co-starring Otto Kruger back in England, she retired from the screen, unable to gain a strong footing.
Her marriage to Basil Sydney lasted but a few years. Her fourth and last husband, Jock Muir Stewart Roberts, a Scotsman, was a happy one until his tragic death twelve years later in a 1950 mountain-climbing accident. A volunteer nurse during WWII, Mary appeared sporadically on the post-war stage (notably the Old Vic) in such successful productions as "John Gabriel Borkman", "The School for Scandal", "The Browning Version" and "Hattie Stowe" in which she portrayed Harriet Beecher Stowe. After her husband's death she was seen less and less and took her last curtain call in "Mrs. Warren's Profession" in 1970. Isolated film appearances included The Magic Box (1951) and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960).
Mary was seen briefly as late as the 1990s playing octogenarian roles, and during her twilight years published two autobiographies: Those Dancing Years (1982) and Moments of Truth (1986. Mary, who was childless, died in London at the ripe old age of 105 on January 30, 2003.- Mary Jo Ellis was born on 8 July 1918 in Henrietta, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Pirate (1948), Make Way for a Lady (1936) and Gunfire (1934). She was married to Alfred De Gaetano. She died on 1 May 2016.
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Marry H. Ellis is an American production sound mixer, known for her work on Baby Driver (2017) for which she was co-nominated with Julian Slater, and Tim Cavagin for the BAFTA Award for Best Sound at The EE British Academy Film Awards (2018) and the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at The Oscars (2018). She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie for her work on Warm Springs (2005).- Mary Ellis was born on 2 February 1917 in Leafield, Oxfordshire, England, UK. She was married to Donald Gordon Ellis. She died on 24 July 2018 in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
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Mary-Ellis Bunim was born on 9 July 1946 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for Road Rules (1995), Starting Over (2003) and Santa Barbara (1984). She died on 29 January 2004 in Burbank, California, USA.- Producer
Mary Ellis is known for Banditos (2008).- Art Department
- Animation Department
Mary Ellis is known for DC Super Hero Girls (2019) and DC Super Hero Girls: Sweet Justice (2019).- Actress
- Make-Up Department
Mary Ellis is known for Tainted (1987) and Pharaoh's Army (1995).- Mary Ellis is known for For Better or for Worse (2000).
- Mary Ellis is known for La sacrée (2011) and The fires of Joanna (1998).
- Mary Jane Ellis is known for Folded in Grey (2024).
- Additional Crew
Mary McLaughlin Ellis is known for Mimi Goes to Rehab.- Additional Crew
Mary Ellis is known for Not Now, Comrade (1976), Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979) and Dick Barton: Special Agent (1979).- Mary Ellis is known for Body Not Included (2018).
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- Make-Up Department
Mary Ellis is known for Over the Summer (1985).- Actress
Mary Ellis is known for Hidalgo (2004).