Ellen Dolan

For the comics character, see Ellen Dolan (comics).
Ellen Dolan
Born (1955-10-16) October 16, 1955 (age 69)
Monticello, Iowa
Years active1981–present
Children1

Ellen Dolan (born October 16, 1955 in Monticello, Iowa, USA) is an American actress.

Early life and career

Dolan earned her B.A. and M.F.A. degrees in theater from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. While working toward her bachelor's degree, she spent a summer studying dramatic arts at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Dolan is best known for two daytime soap opera roles. She originated the role of Maureen Reardon Bauer on Guiding Light, and played the role from 1982 to 1986. She replaced Hillary Bailey Smith in late 1989 as Margo Hughes on As the World Turns. Dolan played Margo until 1993, when she moved to California to pursue nighttime television work.[1]

Dolan returned to As the World Turns in 1994 and played Margo until the show ended in 2010.

In 1992, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress.

Her additional television credits include the made-for-television movies Mother's Day, Mothers, Daughters and Lovers with Helen Shaver and Claude Akins, and Dancing with Danger, with Cheryl Ladd and Ed Marinaro.

Theatre

Her stage career began in 1980 at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater with roles such as Katrin in Mother Courage. Her subsequent roles in numerous regional productions have included Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Virginia Stage Company, Mary in How the Other Half Loves at the Pennsylvania Stage Company, and Clelia in The Nerd at the Capitol Repertory in Albany, NY. She also started a theater company in New York called The Studio Three Group. She joined a repertory group called the WorkShop Theater Company in 2004 and has had leading roles in several mainstage productions there.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Molly's Girl Ginger Feature film
2013 After Life Lynn Feature film
2014 A Place For Heroes Lillian Feature film
2015 The Southside Joanie Feature film
2016 A Timeless Love Charlie Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1982-1986 Guiding Light Maureen Reardon Bauer Daytime serial (contract role)
1987 Leg Work Nina Episode: "Life Itself"
1989 Another World District Attorney Morgan Graves Episode: #6271
Mother's Day a/k/a Lethal Error Lucille TV movie (aired on Christian Broadcasting Network Family Channel)
Mothers Daughters and Lovers Erica TV movie (aired on NBC)
12/1989-1/1993;
6/1994-9/2010 		As The World Turns Margo Montgomery Hughes Daytime serial (contract role)
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1992)
1993 Angel Falls Lola Faye Episode: "Only the Lonely"
CBS Schoolbreak Special Janet Deevers Episode: "If I Die Before I Wake"
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger Trish Kingston Episode: "Something in the Shadows"
Episode: "Something in the Shadows: Part 2"
Dancing With Danger Wendy TV movie (possible direct-to-video)
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lisbeth Sander Episode: "Beef"
2011 Selling New York Herself Episode: "Smells Like a Deal"
2024 (post-production) Them Marge Mindley Original comedy series on YouTube Comedy

Personal life

Dolan and businessman Doug Jeffrey had their first child, a daughter, Angela Emmett Jeffrey (born 2000).

After ATWT ended, Dolan and Jeffrey sold their New York City home, the sale of which was featured as a story on the reality TV program Selling New York.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ellen Dolan in Hollywood Boot Camp". Chicago Tribune. 7 October 1993.
  2. ^ "Selling New York Episodes 1 & 2: Now with More Selling!". 7 January 2011.