Ellen Wheeler
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Ellen Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA) is an actress and producer.
Acting
She has appeared in several soap operas, including Another World and All My Children. In 1986 she won the Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series" for her work as twins Marley and Vicky Love Hudson on Another World. In 1988 she won another Daytime Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" for her work as Cindy Parker Chandler on All My Children. Ellen's character was one of the first AIDS patients on daytime television.In 1998, she briefly reprised the role of Marley on Another World. Rather than have the same actress play the role of both twins, the show made the unprecedented move to have Wheeler, the first actress to play the twins, portray Marley, and have actress Jensen Buchanan continue to play Vicky; their differences in appearance were explained by plastic surgery after Marley was disfigured in a fire.
Wheeler was once married to her Another World costar Tom Eplin. They were married during the time that their characters "Vicky/Marley" and "Jake" were involved.
Directing and producing
After the cancellation of Another World in 1999, she began to focus on a second career in production. Wheeler began to direct episodes of "As The World Turns". She became part of the directorial group at "As The World Turns" and was for a time a production assistant at another Procter and Gamble serial, Guiding Light.
After returning to ATWT and directing the show for several years, she was promoted to executive producer of "Guiding Light" in April 2004. Under her direction, the show named a new head writer, David Kreizman, and has gone through numerous changes, particularly in terms of the cast (the show lost a number of actors who left and released several others.)
External links
- article at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki
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