1. Ellen Harvelle is a fictional character on The CW Television Network's Supernatural, portrayed by Samantha Ferris.
11 Facts About Ellen Harvelle
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An old friend of John Winchester, Ellen Harvelle is the wife of hunter William Anthony Harvelle and the mother of Jo Harvelle.
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When Sam and Dean Winchester arrive there in the second-season episode "Everybody Loves a Clown", a wary Ellen Harvelle holds them at gunpoint until she learns that they are John's sons.
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Ellen Harvelle gives them information regarding a dangerous hunter named Gordon Walker in "Bloodlust", while Sam and Dean later explain to her in "Simon Said" about the demon Azazel's planned war against humanity.
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Sam and Dean break War's spell just as Ellen Harvelle is about to be killed by one of the town's residents.
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Ellen Harvelle stays behind and opens the front doors while the Winchesters escape onto the roof.
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The angel Balthazar changes history in the sixth-season episode "My Heart Will Go On" so that the Titanic never sank, Ellen Harvelle is restored to life, and is married to Bobby.
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Everyone always loved her because they thought she was this kick-ass broad, but to see Ellen Harvelle go out with pride, dignity, and emotion was necessary.
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Ferris feels that, despite Ellen Harvelle having gone through a lot in her life, she is cautious rather than jaded, and is "very protective of the things she has in her life", especially her daughter Jo and the Winchesters.
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When she realizes that she can no longer stop Jo from doing what she wants, Ellen Harvelle becomes her hunting partner, deciding it is the best way to look after her.
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Ellen Harvelle was meant to have a "true and honest platonic friendship" with John Winchester, and her backstory of her husband having been killed due to John's mistake was added to the storyline to explain why John never mentioned the Roadhouse to his sons.