Ellen Drew

Ellen Drew

1915-11-23 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 59 Credits

Biography

Ellen Drew (born Esther Loretta Ray; November 23, 1914 – December 3, 2003) was an American actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Drew, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Outlaw's Son

Outlaw's Son

1957

as Ruth Sewall

5.8
Acting

A young boy grows to adulthood believing his father was the man responsible for a murder committed during a bank robbery.

America for Me

1953

as School Teacher

Acting

A vacationing school teacher and her friend meet a cowboy on his way to a rodeo. The teacher and the cowboy fall in love while the travelogue camera t...

Man in the Saddle

Man in the Saddle

1951

as Nan Melotte

6.4
Acting

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself ...

The Great Missouri Raid

The Great Missouri Raid

1951

as Bee Moore

6.6
Acting

During the American Civil War (1861-1865), farmers Jesse and Frank James decided to form an armed gang to face the Union troops using guerrilla warfar...

Stars in My Crown

Stars in My Crown

1950

as Harriet Gray

6.9
Acting

Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a ...

Cargo to Capetown

Cargo to Capetown

1950

as Kitty Mellar

5.9
Acting

A sailor and his captain fight over a beautiful girl.

The Baron of Arizona

The Baron of Arizona

1950

as Sofia de Peralta-Reavis

6.7
Acting

The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical eviden...

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950

as Frances Oatman

4.9
Acting

It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous names...

The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way

1949

as Nina Martin

6.2
Acting

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his crimin...

The Man from Colorado

The Man from Colorado

1948

as Caroline Emmet

6.7
Acting

Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to ...

The Swordsman

The Swordsman

1948

as Barbara Glowan

Acting

Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.

Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock

1947

as Nelle Marchettis

6.2
Acting

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partn...

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

1946

as Irene Cotter / Natalie Cotter

5.8
Acting

A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.

Sing While You Dance

Sing While You Dance

1946

as Susan Kent

Acting

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song b...

Man Alive

Man Alive

1945

as Connie McBride

5.1
Acting

A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.

Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead

1945

as Thea

6.0
Acting

On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people—a supers...

China Sky

China Sky

1945

as Louise Thompson

4.6
Acting

During World War II, an American mission hospital is headed up by Dr. Gray Thompson and Dr. Sara Durand. Sara is secretly in love with Gray but hides ...

That's My Baby!

That's My Baby!

1944

as Betty Moody

5.0
Acting

A love triangle occurs between the publisher's daughter Betty Moody. comic book artist Tim Jones, and the company's wily manipulative manager Hilton P...

Dark Mountain

Dark Mountain

1944

as Kay Downey

4.9
Acting

A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a murder he committed, she turns to an ex-boyfriend...

The Impostor

The Impostor

1944

as Yvonne

6.0
Acting

The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his ...

Night Plane from Chungking

Night Plane from Chungking

1943

as Ann Richards

6.0
Acting

Without lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road en route from Chunking to the Indian border. Passengers include a ...

Ice Capades Revue

Ice Capades Revue

1942

as Ann Porter

5.7
Acting

Promoter Ann Porter decides to start her own Ice Show despite the efforts of ex-racketeer Duke Baldwin who owns a rival show. Jeff Stewart, a rich, su...

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1942

as Teresa 'Terry' Kyser

5.2
Acting

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

as Peggy Tobin

8.2
Acting

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he i...

Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

as Ellen Drew (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...

The Night of January 16th

The Night of January 16th

1941

as Katherine "Kit" Lane

5.0
Acting

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-on-leave Steve Van Ruyle, who has a vested interes...

Our Wife

Our Wife

1941

as Babe Marvin

5.7
Acting

A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

The Parson of Panamint

The Parson of Panamint

1941

as Mary Mallory

5.0
Acting

As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the tow...

Reaching for the Sun

Reaching for the Sun

1941

as Rita

6.0
Acting

Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.

The Monster and the Girl

The Monster and the Girl

1941

as Susan Webster

5.8
Acting

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape ...

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor

1940

as Linda Booth

6.0
Acting

A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

1940

as Ellen 'Slats' Dangerfield

5.5
Acting

With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the g...

Christmas in July

Christmas in July

1940

as Betsy Casey

6.9
Acting

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford Ho...

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again

1940

as Joan Cameron

Acting

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing ...

Women Without Names

Women Without Names

1940

as Joyce King

4.8
Acting

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts...

French Without Tears

French Without Tears

1940

as Diana Lake

6.0
Acting

It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in ...

Geronimo

Geronimo

1939

as Alice Hamilton

5.0
Acting

The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud betwee...

The Escape

The Escape

1939

as Reporter

5.5
Acting

An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is engaged to policeman Eddie Farrell, and also finds that his ...

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939

as Ann Wilson

5.5
Acting

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

The Lady's from Kentucky

The Lady's from Kentucky

1939

as Penelope 'Penny' Hollis

Acting

Good-natured gambler Marty Black falls into ownership of a booking joint but soon falls on hard times. His one out is a marker for half-ownership in a...

If I Were King

If I Were King

1938

as Huguette

6.8
Acting

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash...

Sing, You Sinners

Sing, You Sinners

1938

as Martha Randall

6.7
Acting

Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thin...

You and Me

You and Me

1938

as Cashier (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Am...

Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove

1938

as Radio Station Receptionist

Acting

Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know

1938

as Secretary on Intercom (voice) (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), wit...

Scandal Street

Scandal Street

1938

as (uncredited)

Acting

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the smal...

Night of Mystery

Night of Mystery

1937

as Secretary

Acting

One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

as Usherette (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with d...

Murder Goes to College

Murder Goes to College

1937

as Lil

3.0
Acting

The policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and the underworld trying to “beat the numbers-racket” with ...

College Holiday

College Holiday

1936

as Dancer on Train

5.2
Acting

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.

Rose Bowl

Rose Bowl

1936

as Mary Arnold

6.0
Acting

Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant colleges; Paddy at a small school in the East, where he is ba...

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

1936

as Wife

4.7
Acting

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sente...

The Big Broadcast of 1937

The Big Broadcast of 1937

1936

as Telephone Girl

5.4
Acting

The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.

Murder with Pictures

Murder with Pictures

1936

as Bit Role (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for t...

Wives Never Know

Wives Never Know

1936

as Information Clerk at Flowerland Nurseries (uncredited)

Acting

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marr...

Lady Be Careful

Lady Be Careful

1936

as Girl in Sailboat

4.5
Acting

Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The...

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

as Terry Ray - Casting Office Secretary (uncredited)

2.5
Acting

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to w...

Yours for the Asking

Yours for the Asking

1936

as Woman (uncredited)

1.0
Acting

Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. ...

Rhythm on the Range

Rhythm on the Range

1936

as Party Guest

4.0
Acting

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner o...