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Ellen Foley‌

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Female

Birthday

calendar1951-06-05

Popularity

star3.5

Ellen Foley

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Ellen Foley

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1951-06-05

Popularity

star3.5

Biography

Ellen Foley (born 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the hit NBC sitcom Night Court during its second season. In music, she has released five solo albums, but she is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf, particularly the 14× Platinum selling 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. Foley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of John and Virginia B. Foley. She attended Webster University. Foley gained public recognition through singing a duet with Meat Loaf on the hit single "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" from the 1977 album Bat Out of Hell. Foley's part was recorded individually and in one take with Meat Loaf present in the room so she could sing in character. Although Karla DeVito (who toured with Meat Loaf in support of the album) is featured in the music video, DeVito is lip synching to Foley's vocals. Her debut album Night Out was released in 1979; the album's single "What's a Matter Baby" reached No. 7 in the Dutch charts and No. 92 on the US charts. The single "We Belong to the Night" reached No.1 in the Netherlands. The album, which peaked at No. 152, was produced by Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson. Foley recorded a duet with Ian Hunter in 1980, "We Gotta Get Outta Here". Her creative relationship with Hunter led her to singing backing vocals on the Iron City Houserockers' 1980 album Have a Good Time but Get Out Alive!, produced by Hunter, Ronson, and The E Street Band's Steven Van Zandt. She also sings in the title cut of the 1979 Blue Öyster Cult album Mirrors and on The Clash album Sandinista! (released in 1980) in the songs "Hitsville UK" and "Corner Soul", and on the unreleased track "Blonde Rock 'n' Roll". In 1981, all four members of The Clash appeared on her album The Spirit of St. Louis, and Mick Jones and Joe Strummer co-wrote a number of songs for the album. Jones produced the album, which featured members of The Blockheads and peaked at No. 137 on the US charts. In 1982, she provided backing vocals on The Clash's song "Car Jamming" from the album Combat Rock. The Clash's hit song "Should I Stay or Should I Go", written and sung by Jones, was about the turbulent relationship he shared with Foley at the time. She released her third solo album Another Breath in 1983; it failed to chart. In 1984, she sang backing vocals on Joe Jackson's album Body & Soul and had a large role in the music video for Utopia's "Crybaby". Foley was one of four female vocalists to front the group Pandora's Box, formed by Jim Steinman in the late 1980s. Their album Original Sin, released in 1989, was the first to feature the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (vocals by Elaine Caswell); both Celine Dion and a duet between Meat Loaf and Marion Raven had separate chart successes with that song in some countries, years later. ... Source: Article "Ellen Foley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movie Credits

Married to the Mob

Married to the Mob‌
star5.9
calendar 1988

Tootsie

Tootsie‌
star7.2
calendar 1982

Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell‌
star7.3
calendar 1999

Random Hearts

Random Hearts‌
star5.5
calendar 1999

Hair

Hair‌
star7.3
calendar 1979

Cocktail

Cocktail‌
star6.1
calendar 1988

Lies I Told My Little Sister

Lies I Told My Little Sister‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction‌
star6.8
calendar 1987

Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell

Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell‌
star9.0
calendar 2015

The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy‌
star7.8
calendar 1982

Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta

Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Murder in Black and White

Murder in Black and White‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

The Tribe Remembers

The Tribe Remembers‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

Tv Credits

Night Court

Night Court‌
star7.3
calendar 1984

Okay

Okay‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Body of Proof

Body of Proof‌
star7.0
calendar 2011

Classic Albums

Classic Albums‌
star7.8
calendar 1997

3 Girls 3

3 Girls 3‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Midi Première

Midi Première‌
star10.0
calendar 1975

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990