Ellen Bowen — Royal Wedding Character Profile

About Ellen Bowen

A Broadway star and Tom's sister, co-starring in 'Every Night at Seven.' She travels to London, meets Lord John Brindale on the ship, and quickly falls in love with him. She decides to marry on the day of the royal wedding.

Ellen Bowen — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Jane Powell

Appears in

Royal Wedding (1951)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Ellen Bowen — Alliance Wedding Allies — Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill)

  Ellen and Anne share the joint wedding plan that shapes the finale.

  The plot states that the two couples are inspired by the royal wedding and decide that they will also be married that day.

• Ellen Bowen — Alliance Wedding Supporter — Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger (Keenan Wynn)

  Edgar helps Ellen overcome the official obstacles to her planned wedding.

  Edgar uses his contacts in the archbishop's office and with a cooperative minister to arrange the couples' weddings.

• Ellen Bowen — Romantic Partners — Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford)

  Their romance is one of the film's two central love stories.

  Ellen meets John on the ship to London and quickly falls in love with him. They later decide to marry on the day of the royal wedding.

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More characters from Royal Wedding

• Tom Bowen (Fred Astaire)
• Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford)
• Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill)
• Cabby (uncredited) (James Finlayson)
• Irving Klinger / Edgar Klinger (Keenan Wynn)
• Ellen's Maid (Uncredited) (Margaret Bert)
• James Ashmond (Albert Sharpe)
• Dancer in Haiti Number (uncredited) (Shirley Jean Rickert)
• Singing Elevator Boy (uncredited) (Richard Lupino)
• Information Clerk at Dock (uncredited) (Frank McLure)
• Steward (uncredited) (Andre Charisse)
• Military Officer on Street (uncredited) (Bert Stevens)