William Hartshorne Ellis

Background

Ellis, William Hartshorne was born on December 5, 1929 in Cincinnati. Son of William Hartshorne and Mary Morris (Louisiana Boiteaux) Ellis.

Education

Student, St. Pauls School, 1943—1947. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art. Institute Chicago, 1953.

Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1975.

Career

Actor, director, 1953—1955. Programmer trainee International Business Machines Corporation, 1955. International Business Machines Corporation system & procedures administrator Singer Manufacturing Company, 1956—1959.

Private practice individual & group psychotherapy New York City, since 1961. Creator & conductor Growtheatre Workshops, creator & conductor applications principles sport psychology performing arts, since 1985. Director Hartshorne Productions, since 1981, actor, director, producer, since 1981.

Director American Premiere Pirandello's Pensace Giacomino, Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs, Thomas Stearns Eliot's Murder Cathedral, Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Numerous Other Scripts, Operas & Musicals. With United States Navy, 1948-1949.

Achievements

• William Hartshorne Ellis has been listed as a notable actor, director, writer, social psychologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding member patentee drainbd. Artist-Therapists Artists, New York City, 1982. Founder, president Henderson Manor Revival Association, New Brighton, 1983.

Member of American Federation of television and Radio Artists, Stage Managers Association, Society Stage Directors & Choreographers, Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association, Richmond County Psychological Association, International Society Sport Psychology, New York State Psychological Association, American Academy Psychotherapists, Canada Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, Players Club, Princeton Club.

Interests

• Boardsailing, bicycling, flying.

Connections

Married Miriam Hubbard Roelofs Ellis, December 22, 1950. Children: Miriam, Howard, David, Jonathan.

Father:

William Hartshorne Ellis

Mother:

Mary Morris (Louisiana Boiteaux) Ellis

Spouse:

Miriam Hubbard Roelofs

child:

David Ellis

child:

Miriam Ellis

child:

Howard Ellis

child:

Jonathan Ellis