Ellen Hanley

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Ellen Hanley
Publicity Photo of Ellen Hanley
Born(1926-05-15)May 15, 1926
DiedFebruary 12, 2007(2007-02-12) (aged 80)
SpouseRonny Graham (1951-1963)

Ellen Hanley (May 15, 1926 – February 12, 2007) was a

Fiorello H. LaGuardia's first wife in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello!. She was related to the British writers James and Gerald Hanley, and the playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter William Hanley
was her brother.

Early life

Ellen Hanley was born in Lorain, Ohio, one of three children of William Gerald and Anne Rodgers Hanley.[1] William Hanley, Sr. was born in Liverpool, England in 1899,[2] of Irish Catholic immigrants. He was a seaman prior to settling in the US, and then worked as a housepainter.[3]

Career

Ellen Hanley made her Broadway debut in

Fiorello LaGuardia's first wife, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning in Fiorello!, the Jerry Bock-Sheldon Harnick musical hit which ran for nearly 800 performances, from late 1959.[4] She acted, in 1963, in a successful off-Broadway revival of The Boys From Syracuse, a Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.[5]

Personal life

In 1951, Hanley married Ronny Graham, a fellow actor. They adopted two children, Nora and Julian. The couple divorced in 1963.[4]

Death

Hanley died on February 12, 2007, aged 80, in Norwalk, Connecticut, of a stroke after a long battle with cancer.[5]

Appearances

Awards

  • Theatre World Award (1947) for Clothilde Pfefferkorn in Barefoot Boy With Cheek.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Heves, Dennis (June 3, 2012). "William Hanley, Playwright and TV Writer, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  2. ^ "James Hanley's Life" in James Hanley's The Closed Harbour. London: Oneworld Classics, 2009, p. 202
  3. ^ James Hanley, Broken Water: An Autobiographical Excursion. London: Chatto & Windus, 1937, p.130, 134, 140, 246; Lorain Public Library System, local authors, Lorain.lib.oh.us
  4. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  5. ^ a b "Broadway performer Ellen Hanley dies". USATODAY.com. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. ^ "Musical of the Month: Barefoot Boy With Cheek". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2023-03-10.

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