Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley

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.

  • Title: Ellen Foley
  • Popularity: 3.674
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1951-06-05
  • Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Ellen Foley Movies

  • 1988
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    Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

    5.9 1988 HD

    Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an...

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  • 1982
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    Tootsie

    Tootsie

    7.215 1982 HD

    When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a...

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  • 1999
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    Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

    Classic Albums: Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

    7.3 1999 HD

    Never one for understatement, the aptly named singer known as Meat Loaf (aka Marvin Lee Aday) teamed with operatically-minded pianist-composer Jim...

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  • 1999
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    Random Hearts

    Random Hearts

    5.531 1999 HD

    After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones'...

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  • 1979
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    Hair

    Hair

    7.3 1979 HD

    Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on...

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  • 1988
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    Cocktail

    Cocktail

    6.104 1988 HD

    After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine...

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  • 2014
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    Lies I Told My Little Sister

    Lies I Told My Little Sister

    1 2014 HD

    After the death of her oldest sister, a 30 year old globe-trotting nature photographer is guilted onto a family trip to Cape Cod - along with the...

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  • 1987
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    Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

    6.846 1987 HD

    A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

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  • 2015
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    Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell

    Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell

    9 2015 HD

    Documentary featuring an intimate profile of American rock legend Meat Loaf, spanning from his childhood of domestic violence, through a decade of...

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  • 1982
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    The King of Comedy

    The King of Comedy

    7.782 1982 HD

    Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own...

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  • 1984
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    Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta

    Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta

    1 1984 HD

    A ghost appears from a laundromat dryer seeking vengeance against her husband for leaving her for another woman.

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  • 1990
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    Murder in Black and White

    Murder in Black and White

    1 1990 HD

    A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

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  • 2020
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    The Tribe Remembers

    The Tribe Remembers

    1 2020 HD

    In this new program, actors Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus, Ellen Foley, Annie Golden, John Savage, and Dorsey Wright recall how they became involved...

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  • 1984
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    Night Court

    Night Court

    7.3 1984 HD

    An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

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  • 1979
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    Okay

    Okay

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2011
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    Body of Proof

    Body of Proof

    7 2011 HD

    Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But her world is turned upside down when a devastating car...

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  • 1997
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    Classic Albums

    Classic Albums

    7.7 1997 HD

    A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a...

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  • 1977
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    3 Girls 3

    3 Girls 3

    1 1977 HD

    Three show-business unknowns (a singer, a dancer and a comic) played themselves on stage and off in this combination sitcom and variety show from...

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  • 1975
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    Midi Première

    Midi Première

    10 1975 HD

    Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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