Mary Ellis

Biography

Mary Ellis was a talented American actress and singer born May Belle Elsas on June 15, 1897. She began her career at the Metropolitan Opera, creating roles in operas like Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica, before immigrating to England in 1930. There, she achieved enduring fame in leading roles of Ivor Novello pieces and later returned to acting in London with works by Noël Coward and Terence Rattigan.