Diane Ellis
Diane Ellis | |
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British India | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1927–1930 |
Diane Ellis (December 20, 1909 – December 15, 1930) was an American actress.
Biography
A native of Los Angeles and the only child of Frank Ellis and Ida Peterson, Diane Ellis graduated from Fairfax High School,[1] then worked as a secretary for the Film Research Bureau before making her movie debut for Fox Film Corporation, credited as Dione Ellis, in Is Zat So?.[2]
The performance was followed the same year by a co-starring role opposite Louise Fazenda in Cradle Snatchers. Ellis then played the romantic lead in a Western opposite Buck Jones in Chain Lightning (1927); and after appearing in four other films, she was cast in a supporting role in Happiness Ahead (1928), a high-profile release that starred the popular actresses Colleen Moore and Lilyan Tashman.[3]
Ellis's next-to-last film,
On October 14, 1930, Ellis married Stephen Caldwell Millett, Jr., in
Filmography
- Is Zat So? (1927)
- Cradle Snatchers (1927)
- Paid to Love (1927)
- Chain Lightning (1927)
- Hook and Ladder No. 9 (1927)
- Love is Blonde (1928)
- Happiness Ahead (1928)
- The Leatherneck (1929)
- High Voltage (1929)
- Laughter (1930)
References
- ^ a b "Body of Actress to Be Cremated; Diane Ellis". The Los Angeles Times. p. 19. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
- ^ "Diane Ellis ~ The Tragic Newlywed". Retrieved May 3, 2022.
- ^ "Happiness Ahead (1928)". www.silentfilmstillarchive.com. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
- ISBN 0-8065-0278-9.
- ISBN 0-8065-0413-7.
- ^ Former Diane Ellis, Film Star, Dies in India, Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Tuesday, December 16, 1930, page 16, accessed on Newspapers.com
External links
- Diane Ellis at IMDb
- Diane Ellis at the Internet Broadway Database