Lillian Ellison

Acting

Lillian Ellison

Born — Died

1923-07-22 — 2007-11-02

Place of birth

Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

43 titles

Mary Lillian Ellison was an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah. She began her career working with promoter Billy Wolfe and his wife, wrestler and trainer Mildred Burke, as well as working alongside professional wrestler "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. She won the NWA World Women's Championship in 1956 and was the most prominent holder of the title for approximately the next 30 years. In the 1980s, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) as part of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection storyline, feuding with Cyndi Lauper and Wendi Richter, the latter of whom defeated her for the WWF Women's Championship in 1984. Ellison was marketed by…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

2000s · 5 titles

WWE WrestleMania XX poster
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WrestleMania XX was the twentieth annual WrestleMania . It took place on March 14, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main match for the Raw brand was a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship between champion Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit. The main match for the SmackDown! brand featured Eddie Guerrero versus Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship. The event featured the return of The Undertaker, who challenged Kane. Also on the card was a match between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the special guest referee. WrestleMania XX was the third WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden but the fifth to take place in the New York metropolitan area (following WrestleMania I, WrestleMania 2, WrestleMania X and Wrestlemania 29). The event grossed US$2.4 million in ticket sales, making the Pay-Per-View the highest grossing event ever for WWE at Madison Square Garden. More than 20,000 people attended the event.

WWE WrestleMania XX

2004

Lipstick & Dynamite poster
6.4

Ring legends such as The Fabulous Moolah and Gladys "Kill 'Em" Gillem Long provide candid insights into the history of women's professional wrestling.

Lipstick & Dynamite

2005

WWE Divas: Undressed poster
7.2

It doesn't get any better than this! A superstar studded extravaganza from The World in the heart of Times Square. This is what the networks thought was too hot for TV, but now you'll see it all! Who will the coveted WWE Golden Thong Award? Then get a close, personal look at whats hidden in the Divas top drawers and under their clothes. Sometimes naughty but always nice! You'll agree in or out of the ring the Divas are at their best when they're undressed!

WWE Divas: Undressed

2002

WWE WrestleMania 2000 poster
7.3

WWF Champion Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mick Foley vs. The Big Show, Two Falls Match: WWF Intercontinental & European Champion Kurt Angle vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit, Ladder Match: WWF Tag Team Champions the Dudley Boyz vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz, Hardcore Battle Royal: WWF Hardcore Champion Crash Holly vs. The Acolytes vs. The Mean Street Posse vs. The Headbangers vs. Kaientai vs. Tazz vs. Viscera vs. Hardcore Holly, X-Pac & The Road Dogg vs. Kane & Rikishi Phatu, Too Cool & Chyna vs. Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn, HEAD Cheese vs. T&A, D'Lo Brown & The Godfather vs. Bull Buchanan & The Big Boss Man, The Kat vs. Terri.

WWE WrestleMania 2000

2000

WWE Insurrextion 2000 poster
4.8

Insurrextion (2000) took place on May 6, 2000 at the Earls Court in London, England. The main event was a Triple Threat that saw The Rock, Triple H, and Shane McMahon compete for the WWF Championship, Eddie Guerrero defended the European Championship against Chris Jericho, Edge & Christian defended the Tag Team Championships from The Hardy Boyz. Crash Holly defended his WWF Hardcore title against The British Bulldog (In the Bulldog's final PPV appearance), and 6 more matches filled out the under card.

WWE Insurrextion 2000

2000

1990s · 3 titles

1980s · 19 titles

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments poster
10.0

Hilarious mistakes, miscues, and other annoying curve balls perpetrated by various WWE Superstars of the 1980s; host "Mean" Gene Okerlund presents a variety of funny incidents that found their way to national television.

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

1987

WrestleMania poster
6.6

The first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event taking place on March 31, 1985, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show featured nine professional wrestling matches with the main event match pitting Hulk Hogan and Mr. T against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff.

WrestleMania

1985

WWE WrestleMania III poster
7.4

Hulk Hogan goes up against André the Giant for the WWE Championship, while Randy "Macho Man" Savage battles Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at The Pontiac Silverdome in suburban Detroit, Michigan.

WWE WrestleMania III

1987

WrestleMania II poster
6.4

Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper in a Boxing match Battle Royal featuring superstars and athletes from the WWF and NFL Hulk Hogan (c) vs. King Kong Bundy in a Steel Cage match for the WWF Championship

WrestleMania II

1986

WWE Survivor Series 1987 poster
8.4

November 26th, 1987, Thanksgiving Day from the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio. Matches featured Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Matches • Brutus Beefcake, Jake Roberts, Jim Duggan, Randy Savage & Ricky Steamboat vs. Danny Davis, Hercules, King Harley Race, Ron Bass & The Honky Tonk Man • Rockin' Robin, The Fabulous Moolah, Itsuki Yamazaki & Noriyo Tateno & Velvet McIntyre vs. Dawn Marie, Donna Christianello, Judy Martin, Leilani Kai & The Sensational Sherri • Demolition, The Bolsheviks, The Dream Team, The Hart Foundation & The Islanders vs. Strike Force, The British Bulldogs, The Killer Bees, The Rougeau Brothers & The Young Stallions • World Champion Hulk Hogan, Bam Bam Bigelow, Don Muraco, Ken Patera & Paul Orndorff vs. Butch Reed, Andre The Giant, King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude & The One Man Gang. The event was broadcast live on pay per view and was promoted by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The venue attendance was reported to be 21,300.

WWE Survivor Series 1987

1987

The Best of the WWF: volume 12 poster
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Your favorite WWE superstars in the hottest action from the squared circle

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

1987

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa poster
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"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes faces perennial rival Harley Race for the very last time in a best 2 of 3 Falls contest with an undercard filled with wrestling superstars from all over the landscape.

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

1980

Best of the WWF Volume 1 poster
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The best action that the WWF has to offer.

Best of the WWF Volume 1

1985

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports poster
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Bob Uecker hosted this show in the mid to late 1980's, featuring sports bloopers and comedy with Mr. Baseball himself.

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

1987

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano poster
10.0

Relive one of the most influential men in wrestling as he does it all in this special look at Captain Lou Albano!

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

1986

Women of the WWF poster
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They're HOT! They're TOUGH! They're Exploding In Non-Stop WWF WRESTLING ACTION!

Women of the WWF

1988

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams poster
10.0

Gorilla Monsoon treats the WWE Universe to a hilarious collection of surprises involving top Superstars of the '80s; from Hulk Hogan and "Rowdy" Roddy Piper to Andre the Giant and Capt. Lou Albano, this show is full of unforgettable moments.

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

1985

The WWF's Amazing Managers poster
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Featuring footage from Wrestlemania 2, a "Manager of the Year" ceremony, "Macho Man" Randy Savage's introduction of his new manager (Miss Elizabeth) and matches including Nikolai Volkoff vs George "The Animal" Steele and Captain Lou Alabano & Afa the Samoan vs Andre the Giant & Pedro Morales! Additionally, there are appearances by Cyndi Lauper, Mr. Fuji, The Grand Wizard, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart, "Luscious" Johnny Valiant, "Classy" Freddie Blassie & much more!

The WWF's Amazing Managers

1985

The Best of the WWF: volume 13 poster
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Coliseum Video brings you the biggest and baddest WWE suoerstars!

The Best of the WWF: volume 13

1987

WWE The Brawl to End it All poster
10.0

The Brawl to End It All was a professional wrestling event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and broadcast live on MTV. It took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on July 23, 1984. The show was a major event in the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection in the mid-1980s WWF. The main event featured The Fabulous Moolah defending the WWF Women's Championship against Wendi Richter. Richter pinned Moolah to win the Women's Championship. It was the only match of the event that was shown on national television. The entire event was recorded and shown on the Madison Square Garden network however.

WWE The Brawl to End it All

1984

The Best of the WWF: volume 5 poster
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Wendi Richter defends her title against Leilani Kai. Island Fury! The Magnificent Muraco vs. Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Great Tag Team action! The British Bulldogs - send tremors through the squared circle! The Killer Bees - their sting can paralyze any opponent!

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

1986

WWE Showdown at Shea '80 poster
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WWF stadium show in the summer of 1980 from Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York.

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

1980

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WWE's biggest superstars converge in the Lone Star State for some incredible mat action. Features WWE Champion Hulk Hogan taking on The One Man Gang for the gold.

WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show

1987

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The wrestling capital of the world gets slammed by the WWE's mightiest superstars when Hulk Hogan defends the WWE Championship against George "The Animal" Steele.

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

1984

Series credits

Raw poster
6.8

A regularly scheduled, live, year-round program featuring some of the biggest WWE Superstars.

Raw

1993

WWE Friday Night SmackDown poster
7.4

The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every Friday on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

1999

WWE Friday Night SmackDown poster
7.4

The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every Friday on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

1999

WWF Superstars poster
7.2

WWE's flagship show of the early-90s featuring great in-ring action, news from the world of sports-entertainment, and more.

WWF Superstars

1986

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event poster
8.3

A professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation banner on NBC airing in place of Saturday Night Live. The series was made up entirely of star vs. star bouts in a time when weekly programming consisted primarily of established stars dominating enhancement talent.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

1985

WWF All-Star Wrestling poster
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The greatest WWE Superstars of the 1975s & 1982s, including Andre the Giant, Bob Backlund, and Bruno Sammartino compete in exciting matches.

WWF All-Star Wrestling

1975

WWF Championship Wrestling poster
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The first nationally syndicated WWE television series, Championship Wrestling features numerous WWE Hall of Famers and Legends in action.

WWF Championship Wrestling

1980

WWE Old School poster
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Discover rarely-seen matches from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s featuring countless WWE Hall of Famers such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.

WWE Old School

1973

WWE Old School poster
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Discover rarely-seen matches from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s featuring countless WWE Hall of Famers such as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.

WWE Old School

1973

Dark Side of the Ring poster
8.3

Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.

Dark Side of the Ring

2019

Nikki poster
5.8

Nikki White pursues her dream of being a Las Vegas showgirl, while her husband, Dwight, tries to break into professional wrestling.

Nikki

2000

Tuesday Night Titans poster
9.0

Hosts Vince McMahon and Lord Alfred Hayes welcome the popular WWE Superstars and feature entertaining segments in WWE's original talk show.

Tuesday Night Titans

1984

WWE Velocity poster
6.4

WWE Velocity was a professional wrestling television program produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It replaced two syndicated WWE shows, Jakked/Metal. Once a weekly Saturday night show on Spike TV and on Sky Sports 2 in the UK on Sunday mornings, Velocity became a webcast from 2005 to 2006. The newest episode would be uploaded to WWE.com on Saturdays and be available for the next week. Older webcast episodes were also archived. It was the counterpart show to WWE SmackDown and WWE Raw and was recorded before the television taping of SmackDown. Get up to speed on the week's high-octane events from the SmackDown brand and see exclusive matches only on WWE Velocity.

WWE Velocity

2002