Lillian Ellison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1923
- Died
- November 2, 2007 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA
Biography
Mary Lillian Ellison was an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah. She began her career working with promoter Billy Wolfe and his wife, wrestler and trainer Mildred Burke, as well as working alongside professional wrestler "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. She won the NWA World Women's Championship in 1956 and was the most prominent holder of the title for approximately the next 30 years. In the 1980s, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) as part of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection storyline, feuding with Cyndi Lauper and Wendi Richter, the latter of whom defeated her for the WWF Women's Championship in 1984. Ellison was marketed by the WWF as holding the record for the longest title reign by any athlete in any professional sport. According to WWE, she was also the first WWF Women's Champion and held the title a total of four times. In addition, Ellison was a prominent trainer and promoter in women's professional wrestling. In the 1990s, she returned to the WWF in a comedic role with longtime friend Mae Young. Ellison became the first woman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995 and became the oldest champion in the history of professional wrestling when she won the WWF Women's Championship at age 76, in 1999. In 2010, WWE recognized her as the 27th best wrestler ever.
Known For
Filmography
Dark Side of the Ring
TV · 1 ep
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah (archive footage)
Ballerina I'm Not
Movie · as (archive footage)
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
Lipstick & Dynamite
Movie · as Fabulous Moolah /Herself
WWE WrestleMania XX
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Divas: Undressed
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Velocity
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 1 ep
WWE Insurrextion 2000
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
Nikki
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 1 ep
WWE No Mercy 1999
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 5 eps
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Movie · as Self
Raw
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 1 ep
Women of the WWF
Movie · as Spider Lady/ The Fabulous Moolah
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE WrestleMania III
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie · as Moolah
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Movie · as The Spider Lady
WrestleMania II
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWF Superstars
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 2 eps
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
Best of the WWF Volume 1
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WrestleMania
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah (Manager)
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 1 ep
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWE The Brawl to End it All
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
Tuesday Night Titans
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 5 eps
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Movie · as The Fabulous Moolah
WWF Championship Wrestling
TV · as The Fabulous Moolah · 3 eps
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV · as Fabulous Moolah · 2 eps
WWE Old School
TV · as Fabulous Moolah, The Fabulous Moolah · 1 ep