What is Ella Mitchell?
{{Infobox person | name = Ella Mitchell | image = https://media.gettyimages.com/videos/ella-mitchell-at-the-big-mommas-house-premiere-at-the-cinerama-dome-video-id75665969?s=640x640 | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|09|14}} | birth_place = Ahoskie, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|07|02|1935|09|14}} | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | occupation = Soul singer, actress | notable_works = Hattie Mae Pierce (Big Momma) in ''[[Big Momma's House]]'' }} '''Ella Mitchell''' (September 14, 1935 – July 2, 2024) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Soul music|soul]] [[singer]] and [[actress]]. She is best remembered for playing Hattie Mae Pierce (Big Momma) in the 2000 [[comedy]] [[movie]] ''[[Big Momma's House]]''. She also played the evil witch Evillene in the [[Broadway theatre]] musical ''[[The Wiz]]''.<ref name=nyc>{{cite web|title=LEONARD LOPATE AT THE NEWARK MUSEUM|date=29 March 2011|publisher=[[WNYC]]|url=http://www.wnyc.org/events/wnyc-events/2011/mar/29/evening-leonard-lopate-newark-museum/|accessdate=26 September 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0593312}} * {{IBDB name}} * [http://thewizthemusical.com/productions/bway75/replacement.php?castreplace=5000911&type=C&var=200000146 The Wiz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208024011/http://thewizthemusical.com/productions/bway75/replacement.php?castreplace=5000911&type=C&var=200000146 |date=2009-02-08 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Ella}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actors from Ohio]] [[Category:singers from Ohio]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:comedians from Ohio]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:African-American actors]] [[Category:African-American singers]] [[Category:African-American voice actors]] [[Category:African-American comedians]] [[Category:African-American movi