Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley is an American singer and actress who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended Webster University, and later trained at HB Studio in New York City. She first gained wide recognition by duetting with Meat Loaf on the song Paradise by the Dashboard Light, from Bat Out of Hell (1977), and she has released five solo albums, starting with Night Out in 1979. Her stage work includes Broadway appearances in Me and My Girl and a revival of Hair, the off-Broadway show Beehive, and originating the Witch in Into the Woods, the Stephen Sondheim musical, at the Old Globe Theater before she played the role on Broadway in 1989. On television, she co-starred as Billie Young during the second season of Night Court. Her films include Fatal Attraction (1987), Cocktail (1988) and Married to the Mob (1988), plus Miloš Forman's Hair (1979).