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Acting

Ellen Gerstein

Career

Active from 1977 to 2025, with a break from 2001 to 2019, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score48/100
Highest rated
Poster for Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast
GoodWatch score50/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ellen Gerstein Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Warfare
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Adrenaline
    4.0, average 4.8
  • Tension
    5.2, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      39
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      9 titles · average score 55
      Monster: The Ed Gein Story
      Monster: The Ed Gein Story (2025)
      GoodWatch score 32

      TV show · as Clerk

      Rhythm Is a Dancer
      Rhythm Is a Dancer (2025)

      as Linda

      Aloha Means I Love You
      Aloha Means I Love You (2025)

      as Bertie

      Nobody Wants This
      Nobody Wants This (2024)
      GoodWatch score 74

      TV show · as Bessie

      The Lincoln Lawyer
      The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
      GoodWatch score 77

      TV show · as Judge Mary Elizabeth Mercer

      God Save the Queens
      God Save the Queens (2022)

      as Eloise

      The Dead of Night
      The Dead of Night (2021)
      GoodWatch score 36

      as Nana

      The Golden Age
      The Golden Age (2020)

      as Kathryn O'Malley

      Speed of Life
      Speed of Life (2020)
      GoodWatch score 56

      as Older Woman / Jean

      2010s

      9 titles · average score 69
      The Morning Show
      The Morning Show (2019)
      GoodWatch score 65

      TV show · as Woman

      The Planters
      The Planters (2019)
      GoodWatch score 70

      as Judy Fine / Lady with a Lisp (voice)

      Turnover
      Turnover (2019)
      GoodWatch score 85

      as Cherub

      9-1-1
      9-1-1 (2018)
      GoodWatch score 74

      TV show · as Dessie

      Venom
      Venom (2018)
      GoodWatch score 50

      as Hospital Lady with Dog / Mrs. Manfredi

      Liza on Demand
      Liza on Demand (2018)
      GoodWatch score 49

      TV show · as Seymour's Wife

      Fresh Off the Boat
      Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show · as Lillian

      Shameless
      Shameless (2011)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show · as Aunt Rande

      Treasure of the Black Jaguar
      Treasure of the Black Jaguar (2010)

      as Ms. Shaneberg

      2000s

      3 titles · average score 60
      Break a Leg
      Break a Leg (2005)
      GoodWatch score 51

      as 'Secret Scruples' Casting Director

      James Dean
      James Dean (2001)
      GoodWatch score 81

      as Jane Deacy

      Boys Life 3
      Boys Life 3 (2000)
      GoodWatch score 47

      as Lawyer (segment "Inside Out")

      1990s

      8 titles · average score 61
      Annie
      Annie (1999)
      GoodWatch score 63

      as Sophie

      A Murder of Crows
      A Murder of Crows (1999)
      GoodWatch score 62

      as Landlady

      Inside Out
      Inside Out (1997)
      GoodWatch score 56

      as Lawyer

      Friends
      Friends (1994)
      GoodWatch score 79

      TV show · as Aunt Lisa

      Witch Hunt
      Witch Hunt (1994)
      GoodWatch score 53

      as Sidney's Wife

      Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
      Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
      GoodWatch score 76

      TV show · as Fortune Teller

      There Was a Little Boy
      There Was a Little Boy (1993)
      GoodWatch score 64

      as Tina

      I'm Dangerous Tonight
      I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
      GoodWatch score 39

      as Server

      1980s

      9 titles · average score 62
      Seinfeld
      Seinfeld (1989)
      GoodWatch score 87

      TV show · as Carol

      Quantum Leap
      Quantum Leap (1989)
      GoodWatch score 72

      TV show · as Woman

      Daddy's Boys
      Daddy's Boys (1988)

      as Madame Wang / Henrietta

      My Demon Lover
      My Demon Lover (1987)
      GoodWatch score 24

      as Policewoman

      The Abduction of Allison Tate
      The Abduction of Allison Tate (1986)

      as Secretary

      It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
      It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984)
      GoodWatch score 72

      as Nurse

      Body Rock
      Body Rock (1984)
      GoodWatch score 42

      as Secretary

      Cheers
      Cheers (1982)
      GoodWatch score 84

      TV show · as Mo McSweeney

      Coast to Coast
      Coast to Coast (1980)
      GoodWatch score 50

      as Nurse #1

      1970s

      1 title · average score 47
      The Billion Dollar Hobo
      The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977)
      GoodWatch score 47

      as Waitress