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Ellen Cleghorne Biography

Birth Name:Ellen Cleghorne

Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession Actress, Writer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

  • Is a graduate of Hunter College from the early 1980s
  • Began performing in New York comedy clubs after graduation and joined the comedy troupe "The Family, Inc․"
  • Was discovered by "Saturday Night Live" producers after appearing on "In Living Color" in 1991
  • Best known as a "Saturday Night Live" cast member and Ellen Carlson in "Cleghorne!"
  • Wrote and appeared in the TV series "The Roseanne Show" in 1998
  • Played the original "Saturday Night Live" characters Queen Shenequa and Zoraida and also did impersonations of Whoopi Goldberg, Dr․ Dre, Patti LaBelle, and Anita Baker, among others