Ellen O'Rourke

Ellen O'Rourke was born in Sunnyvale, California. She started acting at the age of 8 under the direction of Lou Anne (Ethel of I Love Lucy's sister) and Ross Graham (from ACT) at Los Altos Children's Theater. Her first line was "Oh Let us eat corn from Corn Tassle's Cooking Basket" in a play called Indian Captive. Other roles followed including Tiny Tim in Scrooge, Piglet in Winneh the Pooh, Peppermint Patty in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown and The Jester in Once Apon A Mattress. The next directors there were Jeffra and Michael Cook and under them Ellen did roles such as The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Bet in Oliver, Glinda the Good Witch in the Wizard of Oz. Ellen did over 30 productions with Los Altos Children's Theater by the time she was 16 and at one point Scott Williams was the director. Ellen did several plays in college including playing Marta in the Sound of Music and various Shakespearean roles for a show including one acts from Shakespeare. Ellen took every theate