Ellen Sandweiss

Acting

Ellen Sandweiss

Born 1958-12-30 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Ellen Sandweiss (born December 30, 1958) (MA University of Michigan) is an American B-movie actress. She has also performed in musical theatre as a dancer and pop singer, and in a one-woman show of Jewish music.[1] She gained notoriety in the 1981 horror cult-classic The Evil Dead, playing Ash's sister Cheryl. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Ellen Sandweiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Evil Dead poster
7.3

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

The Evil Dead

1982

Evil Dead poster
6.7

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

Evil Dead

2013

Oz the Great and Powerful poster
5.9

Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus illusionist and con-artist, is whisked from Kansas to the Land of Oz where the inhabitants assume he's the great wizard of prophecy, there to save Oz from the clutches of evil.

Oz the Great and Powerful

2013

No artwork available
2.0

Boxing / action movie.

Speedbag

2006

Dark Fields poster
3.2

A farmer unearths an old top hat on his property and with it an ancient Indian curse that lays waste to all the farmers crops. All of the adults of the farming community are afflicted by a strange sickness that slowly dries them up until they are dust. It is only when the farmer communes with the hat does he find what it is that will save them all.

Dark Fields

2009

Within the Woods poster
6.0

While spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.

Within the Woods

1979

My Name Is Bruce poster
5.8

B-movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

My Name Is Bruce

2007

Sundowners poster
NR

Ali and her father cook, drink, and ignore what's going on in the next room.

Sundowners

2019

Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead poster
5.0

Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker and Sarah York talk about The Evil Dead.

Life After Dead: The Ladies of the Evil Dead

2007

Hail to the Deadites poster
5.8

Through interviews with the cast, crew, collectors, fans, freaks and geeks, Hail to the Deadites seeks to illuminate the darkest reaches of the Evil Dead franchise's undying and still-growing popularity, a popularity that has spawned four films, a TV series, comic books, figurines, and surpassed even its creator's wildest dreams. Hail to the Deadites puts the spotlight on the fans that cultivated and spread this groovy pop-culture infection!

Hail to the Deadites

2020

Brutal Massacre: A Comedy poster
4.4

Harry Penderecki, a once heralded horror auteur, finds himself on the outside looking in at Hollywood. He hasn't had a hit film in years, and most in the industry, including his close friends, think he's washed up. Harry is given one last chance to redeem himself with what could be his best or last picture. Brutal Massacre becomes just that, as the cast and crew find themselves battling one mishap after another as Harry struggles to keep his sanity against overwhelming resistance to finish the picture and find himself at the top once again.

Brutal Massacre: A Comedy

2008

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead poster
8.3

Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity of making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead.

One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

2007

The Dread poster
4.0

A young woman becomes filled with a horrible dread when she discovers that her brother may actually be something other than he appears.

The Dread

2007

The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell poster
NR

Interview with the female cast of The Evil Dead and lead Bruce Campbell.

The Ladies of the Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell

2007

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor poster
6.7

An hour of deleted and alternative footage shot for the 1981 horror classic; The Evil Dead.

The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor

2007

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist poster
8.5

Invaluable is the feature-length documentary film about Tom Sullivan, creator of the special make-up effects in "The Evil Dead", "Evil Dead II", and "Army of Darkness". This film contains footage and places never before seen until now and features interviews with Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel, Josh Becker, Ted Raimi, Hal Delrich, Betsy Baker, Sarah York, Ellen Sandweiss, Tom Sullivan, and many more.

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist

2014

The Case of the Topanga Pearl poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Case of the Topanga Pearl

1976

Satan's Playground poster
3.6

A family gets lost in the Pine Barrens and becomes the prey of the Jersey Devil.

Satan's Playground

2006

No artwork available
NR

A down and out actor plays the role of his life as he trades places with his hit man brother.

The Other Way

2010

Behind the camera