Ellen Hall was introduced to the film industry when her mother, Ella Hall, got an uncredited cameo as a nurse in the 1930 Universal production All Quiet on the Western Front.
16 Facts About Ellen Hall
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In 1943, Hall joined the Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company of female dancers formed by Samuel Goldwyn, based on the Ziegfeld Girls.
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Ellen Hall performed her last acting role in 1952, when she was 28.
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Ellen Hall's mother was the actress Ella Hall, and her father was actor-turned-director Emory Johnson.
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The oldest of Ellen Hall's siblings, Emory Waldemar Johnson Jr, was born on January 27,1919.
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Ellen Hall was born Ellen Joanna Johnson on April 19,1923.
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In 1924, Ellen Hall's mother filed for divorce, though the couple reconciled in late 1925.
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Ellen Hall appeared in her first large-scale production when she was seven.
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Ellen Hall's mother secured roles for her and her ten-year-old brother, Waldmar, in the 1930 Universal production All Quiet on the Western Front.
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At the age of 18, Ellen Hall was chosen to play one of the background autograph seekers in the 1941 musical comedy The Chocolate Soldier.
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At 21, in 1943, Ellen Hall became one of the thirty-four Goldwyn Girls, created by Sam Goldwyn.
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In late 1944, Ellen Hall was selected by 20th-Century Fox producer William Perlberg to join the fourteen Diamond Horseshoe Girls.
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Ellen Hall would act in five Westerns in 1944: in January, she got top female billing in Raiders of the Border; in April, she appeared in Lumberjack; in June, Range Law; and in July, Call of the Rockies and Brand of the Devil.
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Ellen Hall retired from making films at the age of 28.
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In February 1944, Ellen Hall was working with actress Ann Sheridan on a scene for the Warner Bros.
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Ellen Hall's ashes were transported west and interred with her mother and sister at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.