| Ellen Dolan joined AS THE WORLD TURNS as policewoman Margo Hughes in November 1989, after having been asked to consider the part by the late Doug Marland, the head writer for the CBS daytime drama. (Marland had created Dolan's former role of Maureen Bauer on Guiding Light.)
Dolan debuted as Bauer on Guiding Light in 1982 and portrayed the popular character for the next four years. Her additional television credits include various series and the made-for-television movies Mother's Day; Mothers, Daughters and Lovers with Helen Shaver and Claude Atkings; and Dancing with Danger, with Cheryl Ladd and Ed Marinaro.
Her stage career began in 1980 at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater with roles such as Katrin in Mother Courage. Her subsequent roles in numerous regional productions have included Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Virginia Stage Company; May in How the Other Half Loves at the Pennsylvania Stage Company; and Clelia in The Nerd at the Capitol Repertory in Albany, NY. She also started a theater company in New York called The Studio Three Group.
Dolan earned her BA and M.F.A. degrees in theater from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. While working toward her bachelor's degree, she spent a summer studying dramatic arts at the Webber Douglas Academy in London.
Dolan was born in Monticello, IA, raised in Decorah, IA, and currently lives in New York City's Greenwich Village. Her birthdate is October 16. She and businessman Doug Jeffrey recently welcomed a daughter, Angela Emmett (b. 4/15/00). |
