Ellen Crawford

Ellen Crawford
Born
Ellen Ann Crawford

(1951-04-29) April 29, 1951 (age 73)
Other namesEllen Genovese
OccupationTelevision actress
Years active1975-present
Spouse(s)Mike Genovese
(m. 1982)[1]
AwardsTV Land Icon Award[2]

Ellen Ann Crawford (born April 29, 1951) is an American actress.[3] She is known for her role as Nurse Lydia Wright on ER from 1994 through 2003 and then again in 2009 for the series finale.[4]

Crawford has also performed on stage, in A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O'Neill. Crawford also made a couple of guest appearances in 2010 in comedy-drama Desperate Housewives.[5]

Life and career

Crawford was born in Normal, Illinois, graduating from Carnegie Mellon University's college of Fine Arts in 1975. She is married to veteran character actor Mike Genovese. On ER, Genovese portrayed officer Alfred Grabarsky, whom Nurse Wright wed during the show's third season.[6]

Crawford previously performed on stage at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, in Cedar City, Utah, where she was Mrs Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Romance Theatre Liz (5 episodes)
1983 Three's Company Brenda McNair ("Grandma Jack")
Newhart Mrs. Putnam ("Animal Attractions")
1984 Hill Street Blues Reporter ("Ewe and Me, Babe")
Dynasty Woman at Phone ("The Mortgage")
Teachers Social Worker
Murder, She Wrote Muriel ("The Murder of Sherlock Holmes")
At Your Service Mrs. Anderson TV movie
Best Defense Sonya, Dynatechnics
Riptide Cynthia ("Double Your Pleasure")
AfterMASH Shelly Lucas ("Up and Down Payments")
The Master Cannery Worker ("State of the Union")
1985 Stitches Miss Marshall
Otherworld Head Supervisor ("Princess Metra")
1986 The Art of Being Nick Depressed customer TV movie
Picnic Olive
1987 Werewolf Marta ("Nightmare at the Braine Hotel")
Night Court Leona Cowen/Davide ("Safe")
Who's That Girl
1988 The Invisible Kid Teacher
The Bronx Zoo Mrs. Feeney ("Truancy Blues")
Mr. Belvedere Claire ("Heather's Monk")
1989 The War of the Roses Nurse #1
Thirtysomething Dr. Price ("Payment Due")
1990 The Giant of Thunder Mountain Agnes Macgruder
Who's the Boss? Professor Wallace ("Who's Minding the Kid?")
China Beach Julie Martin ("You, Babe")
Faith Beatrice
1991 The Story Lady Rita TV movie
Growing Pains Dr. Whiteside ("Jason Sings the Blues")
The Whereabouts of Jenny Clerk
1992 When No One Would Listen Judge Beckerman TV movie
Ulterior Motives Elizabeth
Tales from the Crypt Dorothy Chalmers ("Seance")
Baby Talk Diane ("The Prince and the Pooper")
1994 Where Are My Children? TV movie
Untamed Love Ellen
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy Lorna Gill
ER Nurse Lydia Wright (113 episodes) 1994 - 2003, 2009
1996 Diagnosis Murder Mrs. Underwood ("X Marks the Murder: Part 1" and "Part 2")
Sister Island Esther Lynch
1997 The Tony Danza Show Eugenia Cooper ("Pilot")
1998 Twice Upon a Time Peg Sager TV movie
Soldier Ilona
1999 Entropy Molly Gustke short
2000 7th Heaven Mrs. Pierce 2000 - 01 ("Surprise!" and "One Hundred")
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lt. Jane Gribbs scenes deleted ("Cool Change")
2001 Escaping Jersey Lucy
Free Barbara Jenkins
Last Writes short
Harvey's Speech Anita
The Division Mrs. Wyle ("Hide and Seek")
2003 Remember Cheryl short
2005 Boston Legal Frances Stadler ("The Black Widow" and "Schadenfreude")
2006 Without a Trace Clinic Receptionist ("Fade-Away")
2007 The Man from Earth Edith
2009 Mental Andrea Jennings ("Life and Limb")
2010 Desperate Housewives Iris Beckley {"Chromolume No. 7" and "My Two Young Men")
2012 Petunia Martha McDougal
Model Minority Nurse Alice Stanton
Grey's Anatomy Carrie Reisler ("Have You Seen Me Lately?")
2013 Angel's Perch Betsy
2014 Blue Jay Sue short
2017 Suburbicon Eileen
Weekend Encounter Shirley short
2018 Boomers Ruth Sutton (18 episodes)
2022 Days of Our Lives Mother Superior

References

  1. ^ "STT Interviews: Ellen Crawford & Mike Genovese". Setting the Tone: An ER Retrospective. Retrieved June 13, 2021. between the 52:19 - 52:29 minutes.
  2. ^ Reyes, Vanessa (2009-04-08). "Legendary Medical Drama 'ER' to Receive the Icon Award at the '2009 TV Land Awards' on Sunday, April 19th". Viacom. Archived from the original on 2019-12-03. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
  3. ^ Brennan, Patricia (1995-07-23). "NURSES OFFER A DOSE OF REALITY". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. ^ Kiel, Mark. "Yes, They Said That…Ellen Crawford". The Peorian. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. ^ "Ellen Crawford - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. ^ "Ellen Crawford". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-03.