Ellen Hall

Ellen Hall was born on April 18, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Ellen J. Johnson.

Hall achieved fame as an American B-movie actress of the 1940s and early 1950s. Early in her career, her attractiveness opened doors to becoming one of the members of the famed Goldwyn Girls in 1943. Later on, she played mostly supporting roles in the popular Westerns of the period. She also acted in several family-oriented comedies and musicals. She retired from movies and television in 1952.

She was known for Range Law (1944), Lawless Code (1949) and Brand of the Devil (1944).

Hall's mother was silent film actress Ella Hall. Her father was actor turned director Emory Johnson. She spent most of her life in Los Angeles.

Hall's first role in a movie is listed as a young girl in All Quiet on the Western Front. Ellen was seven when she got the role.

In 1941, Hall turned 18 years old and made her cinematic debut. She managed to get an uncredited part in the musical The Chocolate Soldier starring Nelson Eddy. Her film career included parts in several musicals. In the latter part of 1943, the 21-year-old Hall became one of the thirty-four glamorous Goldwyn girls scoring a part in the musical Up in Arms starring Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore.

Hall found work on a television series in the early 1950s. She appeared in three episodes of The Cisco Kid. Coincidentally, while she was working on The Cisco Kid, her brother Richard Emory was in the early stages of his acting career and found work in the same television series.

Hall's last Hollywood film was the 1951 production of the Bowery Battalion featuring The Bowery Boys. In 1952, she retired from making films. She was 29 years old.

Ellen Hall was married to Marine fighter pilot Captain Lee Langer.

On a Sunday afternoon in December 1944, they married at the Hollywood home of Frances Marion. Hall was 21 at the time of her marriage.

Ellen Hall died on March 24, 1999 in Bellevue, Nebraska, USA.

Goldwyn Girl of 1943