Ellen Wagstaff Arden — Something's Got to Give Character Profile

About Ellen Wagstaff Arden

Photographer and mother declared legally dead after being stranded at sea for five years; returns home assuming a foreign alias to navigate her husband's remarriage and resolve his suspicions.

Character Facts

Played by

Marilyn Monroe

Appears in

Something's Got to Give (1962)

Role

Supporting

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• Nicholas Arden (Dean Martin)
• Bianca Russell Arden (Cyd Charisse)
• Stephen Burkett (Tom Tryon)
• Insurance Salesman (Phil Silvers)
• Shoe Salesman (Wally Cox)
• Judge (John McGiver)
• Psychiatrist (Steve Allen)
• Timmy Arden (Robert Christopher Morley)
• Lita Arden (Alexandria Heilweil)