Ellen Greene began singing in such Manhattan clubs as Reno Sweeney's and The Brothers & Sisters while attending Rider College in NJ, and was discovered by a scout for The New York Shakespeare Festival. She won a Tony for her role in "The Threepenny Opera" and also appeared in "Funny Face" (1978-79). She scored a great hit as the lovelorn Audrey in the musical comedy "Little Shop of Horrors." Green reprised her role of Audrey in the 1986 film version of "Little Shop of Horrors". She had already appeared in Paul Mazursky's "Next Stop, Greenwich Village" (1976) and "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" (1982). Among her other credits are "Me and Him" and Oliver Stone's "Talk Radio" (both 1988), "Pump Up the Volume" (1990), and the Liza Minnelli musical "Stepping Out" (both 1991), and John Candy's swan song "Wagons East!" (1994). TV has kept the actress busy since her debut in the 1977 miniseries "Seventh Avenue" (NBC). In addition to guest spots on such series as "Miami Vice", "Law & Order" and "Cybil", Greene scored a big hit as Sister Ruth, a rock singer turned TV evangelist, in the miniseries "Glory! Glory!" (HBO, 1989).