Shot on location in cities across the U.S., Jail follows prison inmates from their initial booking through their first moments behind bars.
This article is about people named Ellen. For other uses, see Ellen (disambiguation). Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen is the 666th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004). People named Ellen include: Ellen AlakÃ¼la (1927â2011), Estonian actress.
Ellen Corby died on Wednesday, April 14, 1999 at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 87. In a career that spanned almost 60 years, Ellen delighted in playing characters rich in flavor and a no-nonsense flair. Her most famous character was that of matriarch Esther Walton. She was born Ellen Hansen in Racine, Wisconsin but grew up in Philadelphia.