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- Birth nameAgnes Estelle Powell
- Ellis Powell was born in 1904 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hugh and I (1962). She was married to Ralph Truman. She died on May 2, 1963 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseRalph Truman(March 9, 1928 - May 2, 1963) (her death)
- Her father was 'London Financial News' editor Dr. Ellis Powell (1868-1922), and her brother Sidney made films.
- It was thought that the firing of Ellis Powell from "Mrs. Dale's Diary" inspired writer Frank Marcus to write his famous play "The Killing Of Sister George" (filmed 1968).
- Father: Ellis Thomas Powell; Mother: Rose Alberta E. Badhams.
- She was famous for playing "Mrs. Dale" in the long-running radio soap opera "Mrs. Dale's Diary", starting in the late 1940s. However, in the early 1960s, the BBC decided to revamp the show, recasting the leading roles and moving the Dale family to a new town and thus giving the show a new supporting cast, too. Jessie Matthews took over the role of Mrs. Dale. Ellis Powell, whose marriage to actor Ralph Truman had foundered, and who had never appeared on television or in films, took the rejection very badly and her drinking (rumored to be part of the reason she was replaced) got worse. She did a little television work, but died, still only in her fifties, in 1963.
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