Alison Elliott
Born (1970-05-19) May 19, 1970
San Francisco, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1989–present

Alison Elliott (born May 19, 1970)[1] is an American actress. She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for the 1997 film The Wings of the Dove. Her other film appearances include The Spitfire Grill (1996), Birth (2004), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and 20th Century Women (2016).

Early life

Elliott was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Barbara, a teacher of nursing, and Bob Elliott, a computer executive. She moved with her family to Tokyo when she was four years old, and moved back to San Francisco when she was eight, where she later attended the Urban School of San Francisco, an independent arts high school.[2]

Career

At 14, Elliott began her modeling career with Ford Models, and in 1989, she moved to Los Angeles to star as a teen-aged model on the TV sitcom Living Dolls (1989).

Elliott is known for the films The Underneath (1995), The Spitfire Grill (1996), The Wings of the Dove (1997) (for which she received a SAG Awards nomination), The Miracle Worker (2000), and Birth (2004). She also portrayed Virginia "Jinny" St. George in the BBC mini-series production of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers (1995).

In 2007's critically acclaimed western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Elliott appeared alongside Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Paul Schneider in the role of Martha Bolton, the older sister of Robert Ford.

In addition to her film and television roles, Elliott has narrated multiple audio books, including Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White and its sequel, The Search for Belle Prater.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Monkey Trouble Tessa
Wyatt Earp Lou Earp
1995 The Underneath Rachel
1996 The Spitfire Grill Percy Talbott
1997 The Wings of the Dove Milly
1998 The Eternal Nora / Niamh
2003 Red Betsy Winifred Rounds
2003 12 Marie-Noel
2004 Birth Laura
2006 Griffin & Phoenix Terry
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Martha Bolton
2011 Magic Valley Martha Garabrant
2016 The Phenom Susan Gibson
20th Century Women Julie's Mother
2017 Counting for Thunder Sis Stalworth
Lean on Pete Aunt Margy

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Who's the Boss? Martha Lambert Episode: "Living Dolls"
Living Dolls 12 episodes
1990 ABC Afterschool Special Cindy Episode: "The Perfect Date"
1993 Black Tie Affair Eve Saskatchewan 5 episodes
1995 The Buccaneers Virginia St. George 6 episodes
1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial Peggy Ann Buckey Television film
2000 The Wonderful World of Disney Anne Sullivan Episode: "The Miracle Worker"
2001 The Song of the Lark Thea Kronborg Television film
2003 A Wrinkle in Time Mrs. Who
2003 ER Paula Martin Episode: "Out of Africa"
2006 A House Divided Ruth Television film
2008 Long Island Confidential Kate Larkin
2008–2009 Law & Order Rita Shalvoy 3 episodes
2010 Terriers Laura Ross 4 episodes
2013 Hello Ladies Nicole Morgan Episode: "The Wedding"
2020–2021 Servant Aunt May 3 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Willis, John; Monush, Barry (2006-04-01). Screen World: 2005 Film Annual. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-55783-668-7.
  2. ↑ Shelley Levitt (May 29, 1995). "Warily, She Rolls Along". People. Retrieved August 11, 2018. When she was 14 and attending San Francisco's alternative Urban School, where students design their own curriculums, Elliott began modeling locally and went on to spend the next four summers doing fashion shoots in Tokyo and Paris.


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