# Ellen Crawford

Ellen Ann Crawford (born April 29, 1951) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Lydia Wright on ER from 1994 through 2003 and then again in 2009 for the series finale.
Crawford has also performed on stage, in A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O'Neill. Crawford also made a couple of guest appearances in 2010 in comedy-drama Desperate Housewives.

## Life and career

Crawford was born in Normal, Illinois, graduating from Carnegie Mellon University's college of Fine Arts in 1975. She is married to veteran character actor Mike Genovese. On ER, Genovese portrayed officer Alfred Grabarsky, whom Nurse Wright wed during the show's third season.
Crawford previously performed on stage at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, in Cedar City, Utah, where she was Mrs Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Romance Theatre | Liz | (5 episodes) |
| 1983 | Three's Company | Brenda McNair | ("Grandma Jack") |
| 1983 | Newhart | Mrs. Putnam | ("Animal Attractions") |
| 1984 | Hill Street Blues | Reporter | ("Ewe and Me, Babe") |
| 1984 | Dynasty | Woman at Phone | ("The Mortgage") |
| 1984 | Teachers | Social Worker | |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Muriel | ("The Murder of Sherlock Holmes") |
| 1984 | At Your Service | Mrs. Anderson | TV movie |
| 1984 | Best Defense | Sonya, Dynatechnics |
| 1984 | Riptide | Cynthia | ("Double Your Pleasure") |
| 1984 | AfterMASH | Shelly Lucas | ("Up and Down Payments") |
| 1984 | The Master | Cannery Worker | ("State of the Union") |
| 1985 | Stitches | Miss Marshall | |
| 1985 | Otherworld | Head Supervisor | ("Princess Metra") |
| 1986 | The Art of Being Nick | Depressed customer | TV movie |
| 1986 | Picnic | Olive | TV movie |
| 1987 | Werewolf | Marta | ("Nightmare at the Braine Hotel") |
| 1987 | Night Court | Leona Cowen/Davide | ("Safe") |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl | | |
| 1988 | The Invisible Kid | Teacher | |
| 1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Mrs. Feeney | ("Truancy Blues") |
| 1988 | Mr. Belvedere | Claire | ("Heather's Monk") |
| 1989 | The War of the Roses | Nurse #1 | |
| 1989 | Thirtysomething | Dr. Price | ("Payment Due") |
| 1990 | The Giant of Thunder Mountain | Agnes Macgruder | |
| 1990 | Who's the Boss? | Professor Wallace | ("Who's Minding the Kid?") |
| 1990 | China Beach | Julie Martin | ("You, Babe") |
| 1990 | Faith | Beatrice | |
| 1991 | The Story Lady | Rita | TV movie |
| 1991 | Growing Pains | Dr. Whiteside | ("Jason Sings the Blues") |
| 1991 | The Whereabouts of Jenny | Clerk | |
| 1992 | When No One Would Listen | Judge Beckerman | TV movie |
| 1992 | Ulterior Motives | Elizabeth | |
| 1992 | Tales from the Crypt | Dorothy Chalmers | ("Seance") |
| 1992 | Baby Talk | Diane | ("The Prince and the Pooper") |
| 1994 | Where Are My Children? | | TV movie |
| 1994 | Untamed Love | Ellen | TV movie |
| 1994 | Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy | Lorna Gill | TV movie |
| 1994 | ER | Nurse Lydia Wright | (113 episodes) 1994 - 2003, 2009 |
| 1996 | Diagnosis Murder | Mrs. Underwood | ("X Marks the Murder: Part 1" and "Part 2") |
| 1996 | Sister Island | Esther Lynch | |
| 1997 | The Tony Danza Show | Eugenia Cooper | ("Pilot") |
| 1998 | Twice Upon a Time | Peg Sager | TV movie |
| 1998 | Soldier | Ilona | |
| 1999 | Entropy | Molly Gustke | short |
| 2000 | 7th Heaven | Mrs. Pierce | 2000 - 01 ("Surprise!" and "One Hundred") |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lt. Jane Gribbs | scenes deleted ("Cool Change") |
| 2001 | Escaping Jersey | Lucy | |
| 2001 | Free | Barbara Jenkins | |
| 2001 | Last Writes | | short |
| 2001 | Harvey's Speech | Anita | |
| 2001 | The Division | Mrs. Wyle | ("Hide and Seek") |
| 2003 | Remember | Cheryl | short |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Frances Stadler | ("The Black Widow" and "Schadenfreude") |
| 2006 | Without a Trace | Clinic Receptionist | ("Fade-Away") |
| 2007 | The Man from Earth | Edith | |
| 2009 | Mental | Andrea Jennings | ("Life and Limb") |
| 2010 | Desperate Housewives | Iris Beckley | {"Chromolume No. 7" and "My Two Young Men") |
| 2012 | Petunia | Martha McDougal | |
| 2012 | Model Minority | Nurse Alice Stanton | |
| 2012 | Grey's Anatomy | Carrie Reisler | ("Have You Seen Me Lately?") |
| 2013 | Angel's Perch | Betsy | |
| 2014 | Blue Jay | Sue | short |
| 2017 | Suburbicon | Eileen | |
| 2017 | Weekend Encounter | Shirley | short |
| 2018 | Boomers | Ruth Sutton | (18 episodes) |
| 2022 | Days of Our Lives | Mother Superior | |