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Mary Ellen Ruffalo (née Keaggy, August 29, 1929 – 2017), better known as Mary Ellen Kay, was an American television and film actress.
Mary Ellen Kay was a 1950s starlet who appeared in westerns, musicals and TV shows. She also founded a cosmetics company that bears her name and became a billionaire. Learn more about her life, career and legacy on IMDb.
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Mary Ellen Kay was a 1950s actress who starred in westerns with Rex Allen and appeared on The Lone Ranger. She was also the sister of Christian rocker Phil Keaggy and the mother of two children.
By 1954 the rapid encroachment of television and the small screen Western had spelled the demise of the theatrical Saturday afternoon program, or series, Western. And Mary Ellen Kay was the last leading lady to make a definite mark on this unique brand of entertainment, co-starring in six of Rex Allen’s 19 Westerns.
Mary Ellen Kay was a Republic Pictures actress who starred in 14 B-Westerns from 1950 to 1961. She also married a cosmetics executive and appeared in some crime and adventure films.
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Mary Ellen Kay. August 29, 1929 — 2017 • 87 y.o. (94) Actress. Facts. Bernard A. Drew. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013. Year. Actress — 59. 1962. A Public Affair. 1962 — Joyce. Drama, 1 hr 15 min. United States • Bernard Girard. Friends. : — Kinorium. : — IMDb. : 7.5. Critics: — 1961. 2. Buffalo Gun.
Mary Ellen Kay began her career as a singer at the...Read more age of six. Her first movie was Girls' School (1950), then she continued her cinematic and television work and co-starred in 19 Western films with the star Rex Allen, and her last work was the television series The Fisher Family 1966.
