Ellen M Travolta was born on October 6,1939 and is an American actress known for playing Louisa Arcola Delvecchio in Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi as well as Lillian in Charles in Charge.
13 Facts About Ellen Travolta
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Ellen M Travolta was born on October 6,1939, in Englewood, New Jersey to Salvatore Travolta and Helen Cecilia Travolta.
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Ellen Travolta's father was a semi-professional football player before becoming a tire salesman and a partner in a Firestone franchise called Travolta Tires.
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Ellen Travolta attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Ellen Travolta later became a drama coach, actress, and director of student productions.
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Ellen Travolta is probably best known for her portrayal of Louisa Arcola Delvecchio, the aunt of Fonzie and mother of Chachi Arcola, in five episodes during the 1980s of the 1950s-era American sitcom Happy Days and in episodes of its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi.
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Ellen Travolta played the mother of Baio's character on the syndicated comedy series Charles in Charge from 1987 to 1990.
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Ellen Travolta had already portrayed Jimmy Baio's mother on a 1978 episode of The Love Boat.
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Ellen Travolta played Mrs Horshack-O'Hara in three episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter, a comedy series on which her brother, actor John Ellen Travolta, starred as Vinnie Barbarino.
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Ellen Travolta appeared alongside her brother in the 1978 summer blockbuster Grease.
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Ellen Travolta played Marion Keisker in John Carpenter's 1979 television film Elvis.
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Ellen Travolta loved the theater, and she was always involved with the community theater and she encouraged all of us to be in it.
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Ellen Travolta then married actor Jack Bannon on April 9,1983.