Alison Elliott (born May 19, 1970) 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.
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 Supporting Actress nominations for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and Boston Society of Film Critics Award, and a win from the Las Vegas Film Critics Society), 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 +YearTitleRoleNotes1994Monkey TroubleTessaWyatt EarpLou Earp1995The UnderneathRachel1996The Spitfire GrillPercy Talbott1997The Wings of the DoveMilly1998The EternalNora / Niamh2003Red BetsyWinifred Rounds200312Marie-Noel2004BirthLaura2006Griffin & PhoenixTerry2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordMartha Bolton2011Magic ValleyMartha Garabrant2016The PhenomSusan Gibson20th Century WomenJulie's Mother2017Counting for ThunderSis StalworthLean on PeteAunt Margy
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1989Who's the Boss?Martha LambertEpisode: "Living Dolls"Living Dolls12 episodes1990ABC Afterschool SpecialCindyEpisode: "The Perfect Date"1993Black Tie AffairEve Saskatchewan5 episodes1995The BuccaneersVirginia St. George6 episodes1995Indictment: The McMartin TrialPeggy Ann BuckeyTelevision film2000The Miracle WorkerAnne SullivanTelevision film2001The Song of the LarkThea KronborgTelevision film2003A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. Who2003ERPaula MartinEpisode: "Out of Africa"2006A House DividedRuthTelevision film2008Long Island ConfidentialKate Larkin2008–2009Law & OrderRita Shalvoy3 episodes2010TerriersLaura Ross4 episodes2013Hello LadiesNicole MorganEpisode: "The Wedding"2020–2021ServantAunt May3 episodes
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