Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne was born on January 28, 1932 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. She was married to Dominick Dunne. She died on January 9, 1997 in Nogales, Arizona, USA.
She and husband Dominick Dunne had 5 children in a marriage which lasted fifteen years: 3 daughters and 2 sons. Two daughters died in infancy, and daughter Dominique Dunne was murdered in 1982, and sons Griffin Dunne and Alex survived to mature adulthood.