- Born
- Birth nameEllen Anna Muth
- Nickname
- Elle
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Not only is Ellen an actress but she is a member of Mensa, a student at the Lee Strasberg School, drives and races a six speed SS and collects Burmese cats. Her awards include Best Actress at the AFI for The Young Girl and the Monsoon (1999) and best supporting actress at the Japanese Film Festival for Dolores Claiborne (1995).
Her father, Dr. Erich Muth, was national optician of the year, has an entire museum named after him, has written numerous books on optics from which he donates the profits to The Erich Muth Scholarship; there is a section in the Smithsonian Museum donated by him. Her mother, Rachel Muth, helped make it possible for Ellen to be an actress, by taking her to all her auditions until she was 18.- IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous - Ellen Muth became interested in acting as a child and started studying to be an actor at age 10. At 14, she received acclaim starring as the young "Selena" in Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne (1995), starring with Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh. After "Dolores Claiborne", Ellen also appeared on stage in the off-Broadway production, "Nine Armenians", before taking time off from acting to finish school. Since then, she has been seen in such features as Rain (2001), written and directed by Katherine Lindberg, and A Gentleman's Game (2002), directed by 'J. Mills Goodloe'. She got her first starring role as 'Constance" in The Young Girl and the Monsoon (1999), which earned her the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival Best Actress Award in 1999. On TV, she has credits which included episodes of Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), the television movies, Two Against Time (2002) and The Truth About Jane (2000). She also appeared in the miniseries, Superfire (2002) and Only Love (1998). Ellen is now best known for her leading role as "Georgia 'George' Lass" in all 29 episodes of the Showtime series, Dead Like Me (2003) (2003-2004), now in syndication. She has, since then, lent her voice to "Addie Vost" in the animated short, Tofu the Vegan Zombie in Zombie Dearest (2007), starred in the film short, Jack N Jill (2008), and directed her first film, Coffee, Tea or Me (2008), in October 2008. Ellen's latest project is to lend her voice to another lead animated character.- IMDb Mini Biography By: webmaster@ellenmuth.tv
- ParentsRachel MuthErich Muth
- Received a full scholarship to "The Lee Strasberg Institute" by 'Marlo Thomas'.
- Last name pronounced "Myooth" (like youth).
- Has played characters named Georgia twice - first in Dead Like Me as Georgia Lass and then as Georgia Madchen in Hannibal, both shows created by Bryan Fuller.
- First ABC TV appearance was in 1994 as "Laura" on the soap opera, All My Children (1970).
- I feel most comfortable playing and creating characters who are least like myself.
- Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress.
- If I did anything 'next,' I would do writing.
- I hope the film will help mothers and fathers to be aware that 15 is a very vulnerable age.
- There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.
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