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Ellen Wheeler
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| Ellen Wheeler | |
| Born | October 09, 1961 (age 45) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Notable roles | Marley and Vicky Love Hudson, Another World Cindy Parker Chandler, All My Children |
| Emmy Awards | |
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| Outstanding Ingenue in a Drama Series 1986 Another World Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series 1988 All My Children |
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Ellen Wheeler (born October 9, 1961 in Hollywood, California) is an American actress, director and producer.
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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. Wheeler'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.
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 & 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.)
- Actress: Karen Parker (1989)
- Actress: Cindy Parker Chandler (1987-1989, 2000, 2001)
- Actress: Marley Hudson (1984-1986, 1998-1999)
- Actress: Vicky Hudson (1985-1986)
- Director (August 1999-July 2002, January 2003-March 2004)
- Actress: Marley Hudson (Cameos from 2000- 2003)
- Executive Producer (March 16, 2004 - present)
- Producer (July 2002-January 2003)
- Daytime Emmy NOMINATION (2006; Best Drama Series; Guiding Light)
- Daytime Emmy NOMINATION (2001-2003; Best Directing; As the World Turns)
- Daytime Emmy WIN (1988; Best Supporting Actress; All My Children)
- Daytime Emmy WIN (1986; Best Younger Actress; Another World)
- Ellen Wheeler at the Internet Movie Database
- Ellen Wheeler article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
| Preceded by John Conboy |
Executive Producer of Guiding Light 2004-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |