Cleghorne, Ellen 1965–

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Cleghorne, Ellen 1965–

(Ellen Cleghorn, Ellen L. Cleghorne, G. Ellen Cleghorne)

PERSONAL

Born November 29, 1965, in Brooklyn, New York, NY; divorced; children: Akeyla. Education: Hunter College, City University of New York, B.A., theatre, 1989.

Addresses:

Agent—Frederick Levy, Management 101, 5527 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601.

Career:

Actress and comedienne. Performed stand-up comedy at clubs in New York City. Member of the acting group The Family, Inc. and performed at various venues.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Regular performer, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live '80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1991-95.

(As G. Ellen Cleghorne) Ellen Carlson, Cleghorne!, The WB, 1995.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Herself, I Love the '70s, VH1, 2003.

Herself, I Love the '80s Strikes Back, VH1, 2003.

Host, The National Body Challenge, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lauren Amber, Midnight Blue, Black Entertainment Television (BET), 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, 1989 Johnnie Walker National Comedy Search, 1989.

Retaining Laughter, 1991.

Why Bother Voting?, 1992.

The Second Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special, NBC, 1993.

Whoopi Goldberg, Saturday Night Live Presents President Bill Clinton's All-Time Favorites, NBC, 1994.

But … Seriously, Showtime, 1994.

Def Comedy Jam Primetime, HBO, 1994.

The Ms. Foundation's Women of Comedy at Caroline's, 1998.

Audience member, Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary (also known as Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Primetime Special), NBC, 1999.

Comedy Central Presents Behind-the-Scenes at the American Comedy Awards, Comedy Central, 1999.

My Funny Valentine, American Movie Classics and Romance Classics, 2000.

Television Appearances; Uncredited Appearances in Archive Footage; Specials:

Anita Hill, Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash, NBC, 1992.

Herself and various characters, Saturday Night Live: Bad Boys (also known as The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live), NBC, 1998.

Shakira's mother, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman, NBC, 1998.

Various characters, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998.

Serena Williams and other characters, Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies, NBC, 1998 and 2000.

Chocolate Pudding, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler, NBC, 1999.

Herself, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin, NBC, 1999.

Herself and various characters, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock, NBC, 1999.

Airline passenger, Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade, NBC, 2005.

Herself and various characters, Saturday Night Live in the 90s: Pop Culture Nation, NBC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Ellen Cleghorn) Woman in courtroom, In Living Color, Fox, 1991.

Woman in restaurant, In Living Color, Fox, 1991.

Performer, Def Comedy Jam (also known as Russell Simmons' "Def Comedy Jam"), HBO, various episodes, beginning c. 1992.

Bus driver Sally Knorp, "Day of the Dot," The Adventures of Pete & Pete (also known as Pete and Pete), Nickelodeon, 1993.

Bus driver Sally Knorp, "Yellow Fever," The Adventures of Pete & Pete (also known as Pete and Pete), Nickelodeon, 1994.

Herself, Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show and Late Show Backstage), CBS, 1995 (multiple episodes).

Tamara, "Radio FBI," C-16: FBI (also known as C-16), ABC, 1997.

Tamara, "The Sandman," C-16: FBI (also known as C-16), ABC, 1997.

Jackie, "An Affair to Forget," The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1998.

Herself, Uta Sven, and various characters, The Roseanne Show, syndicated, multiple episodes, 1998-2000.

Herself, "Her Ego's Got Its Own Zip Code," Rendez-View, syndicated, 2001.

Herself, The Test, FX Network, 2001.

Herself, "Saturday Night Live," TV Tales, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

Esperanza, "Hell Mall," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

Esperanza, "The Mists of Avalon Parkway," The Chronicle (also known as News from the Edge), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

Herself, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn (also known as Tough Crowd), Comedy Central, 2002.

Commentator, 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (also known as E's "101"), E! Entertainment Television, 2004 (multiple episodes).

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Marsha, What's Alan Watching?, CBS, 1989.

Tamara, C-16: FBI (also known as C-16), ABC, 1997.

Neurotic Tendencies, NBC, 2001.

Film Appearances:

Turk 182! (also known as Turk 182), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985.

Cocktail waitress, Strictly Business (also known as Go Natalie!), Warner Bros., 1991.

Television talk show host, This Is My Life, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

Officer Rhoades, The Perez Family, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1995.

Doris, Rescuing Desire, 1996.

Jane, Mr. Wrong, Buena Vista, 1996.

Marguerite, Dear God (also known as Cher bon Dieu, Deus nos Acuda!, Hej gud, Hilfe, ich Komm' in den Himmel, Querido Deus, Suoraan sydaemestae, and Un timador con alas), Paramount, 1996.

Helga (a nurse), Armageddon (also known as Armageddon—Das juengste Gericht, Armageddon—giudizio finale, and Armagedon), Buena Vista, 1998.

Marlene, The Million Dollar Hotel (also known as The Billion Dollar Hotel), Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Mother, Little Nicky, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Music publishing representative, Coyote Ugly (also known as Coyote Bar, Coyote Girls, Show Bar, El Bar Coyote, Le ragazze del Coyote Ugly, Sakaltanya, and Wygrane marzenia), Buena Vista, 2000.

Hoover Blue, MacArthur Park, Northshire Entertainment Group/Wirthwhile, 2001.

(As Ellen L. Cleghorne) Lady number one, Kingdom Come (also known as El reino que se viene, Mejor en el cielo, Tjocka slaekten, Um ritual do barulho, Um ritual muito louco, and Venga il tuo regno), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2001.

(Uncredited) Trustee, Old School, DreamWorks, 2003.

Ma Dukes, Full Clip (also known as Blood Money), Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Al Lewis, Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe, Marvista Entertainment, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Gertha, clerk, wife, and mistress, Insurrection: Holding History, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, LuEsther Hall, New York City, 1996.

Behind the Funny (solo show), HBO Workspace, Los Angeles, 1999, and Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City, beginning 2002.

The Vagina Monologues, Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, c. 2001.

Appeared in Looking for Tomorrow and Marriage Proposal, both New York Shakespeare Festival.