Ellen Cleghorne
Biography
Ellen Cleghorne is an American actress and comedian from Red Hook, Brooklyn, best known for her four seasons on Saturday Night Live, from 1991 to 1995. She was the first African-American woman to remain a cast member for more than one season, and Rolling Stone ranked her the 69th greatest performer in the show's history. Her SNL work included impressions of Tina Turner, Whoopi Goldberg and Toni Morrison and the recurring characters Zoraida and Queen Shenequa. After leaving in 1995 she starred in the sitcom Cleghorne! for one season on The WB. Her films include Mr. Wrong (1996), Armageddon (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), Little Nicky (2000) and Old School (2003), and she later appeared in Grown Ups 2 (2013) and Second Act (2018). She has voiced Mayor Sitwell for the PBS series City Island and earned a PhD in Performance Studies from NYU.
60years old
Turns 61 on November 29in 18 days
- Born Brooklyn
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Ellen Leslye Cleghorne
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 28 years1995 to 2023
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Worked with
Ellen Cleghorne shares two films with Bud Cort, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Alfred Molina's page
Peter Stormare's page
Luis Guzmán's page
All films by David McNally
All films by Wim Wenders
Sam BoydDirector, 1 film, 2023
All films by Sam Boyd
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