Ellen Cleghorne
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