14 Facts About Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley was born on June 5,1951 and is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the hit NBC sitcom Night Court during its second season.

Ellen Foley's part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character.

Ellen Foley recorded a duet with Ian Hunter in 1980, "We Gotta Get Outta Here".

Ellen Foley released her third solo album Another Breath in 1983; it failed to chart.

Ellen Foley was one of four female vocalists to front the group Pandora's Box, formed by Jim Steinman in the late 1980s.

Ellen Foley studied acting at HB Studio in New York City.

Ellen Foley has appeared on Broadway in such shows as Me and My Girl and the revival of Hair, and off-Broadway in Beehive.

Ellen Foley originated the role of The Witch in Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, but was replaced by Bernadette Peters before the musical opened on Broadway.

Ellen Foley eventually played the role on Broadway from August 1,1989 until the show's closing on September 3,1989.

Ellen Foley's best known television acting role is that of Billie Young on Night Court for season two, after which she was succeeded by Markie Post as Christine Sullivan, who had been Reinhold Weege's first choice for the public defender part, but Post had been unavailable while under contract on the television series The Fall Guy on ABC.

Ellen Foley was reportedly let go from the series because producers felt her relationship with star Harry Anderson was more like that of a brother and sister than as potential paramours.

Ellen Foley had roles in Milos Forman's film adaptation of the stage musical Hair, as well as in the movies Fatal Attraction, Married to the Mob and Cocktail.

Ellen Foley was in the short-lived 1977 series 3 Girls 3, co-starring with Debbie Allen and Mimi Kennedy.

In 1990, Ellen Foley married writer Doug Bernstein, co-author of the Off-Broadway revue Showing Off.