11 Facts About Evelyn Ellis

Evelyn Ellis was an American character actress of stage and film.

Evelyn Ellis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 2,1894.

Evelyn Ellis made her theatrical debut at the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem in a production of Othello in 1919.

Evelyn Ellis then moved to Broadway, making her debut in the production of Roseanne by Nan Bagby Stephens.

Evelyn Ellis was inactive a few years due to the stock market crash of 1929 that led to the Great Depression, but she came right back and even started directing.

Evelyn Ellis played in various other theatrical plays, such as Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow's Deep Are the Roots on Broadway in 1945, in which she played Bella Charles, the mother of the returned African-American war veteran, and The Royal Family in 1952.

Evelyn Ellis played the same role a year later in a successful revival of the play.

Evelyn Ellis continued to play various lead roles through her year working with the Dunbar Players of Philadelphia.

Evelyn Ellis directed Horse Play in 1937 and then put on the play Little Woman in 1938 with the junior department at the Negro Little Theatre.

Evelyn Ellis made her last Broadway appearance in 1953 and ended her acting career in 1955 with the film Interrupted Melody.

Evelyn Ellis was hospitalized from December 1957 until her death at the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in Saranac Lake, New York.