Ellen O'Mara(1949-2004)
- Actress
The late Ellen O' Mara was born and raised in Manhattan. In 1966 she
won a contest to be the "Red Cross Girl", for a year. After a run of
appearing on posters, and dressing in nurse's outfits she auditioned
for parts in films, she won the part of her best-known role, Alice
Blake, in
Up the Down Staircase (1967).
On September 29, 2004, her life was taken after a long battle with
Pancreatic cancer, she died at Margaret Tietz Center.