Lillian Ellison
Acting • Born 1923-07-22 – Died 2007-11-02
Biography
Mary Lillian Ellison was an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name The Fabulous Moolah. She began her career working with promoter Billy Wolfe and his wife, wrestler and trainer Mildred Burke, as well as working alongside professional wrestler "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. She won the NWA World Women's Championship in 1956 and was the most prominent holder of the title for approximately the next 30 years. In the 1980s, she joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) as part of the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection storyline, feuding with Cyndi Lauper and Wendi Richter, the latter of whom defeated her for the WWF Women's Championship in 1984. Ellison was marketed by the WWF as holding the record for the longest title reign by any athlete in any professional sport. According to WWE, she was also the first WWF Women's Champion and held the title a total of four times. In addition, Ellison was a prominent trainer and promoter in women's professional wrestling. In the 1990s, she returned to the WWF in a comedic role with longtime friend Mae Young. Ellison became the first woman to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1995 and became the oldest champion in the history of professional wrestling when she won the WWF Women's Championship at age 76, in 1999. In 2010, WWE recognized her as the 27th best wrestler ever.
Filmography
41 credits
Ballerina I'm Not
Movie • 2017
(archive footage)
WWE Divas: Undressed
Movie • 2002
The Fabulous Moolah
Women of the WWF
Movie • 1988
Spider Lady
Lipstick & Dynamite
Movie • 2005
Fabulous Moolah /Herself
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
Movie • 1987
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Insurrextion 2000
Movie • 2000
The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
Movie • 1980
The Fabulous Moolah
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Movie • 1985
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Movie • 2010
The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Movie • 1986
The Spider Lady
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
Movie • 1987
The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
Movie • 1987
The Fabulous Moolah
Best of the WWF Volume 1
Movie • 1985
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE WrestleMania 2000
Movie • 2000
The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
Movie • 1987
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
Movie • 1984
The Fabulous Moolah
WrestleMania
Movie • 1985
The Fabulous Moolah (Manager)
WWE The Brawl to End it All
Movie • 1984
The Fabulous Moolah
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
Movie • 1980
The Fabulous Moolah
WrestleMania II
Movie • 1986
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Movie • 1987
Moolah
WWE WrestleMania III
Movie • 1987
The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE WrestleMania XX
Movie • 2004
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE No Mercy 1999
Movie • 1999
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Survivor Series 1999
Movie • 1999
The Fabulous Moolah
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Movie • 1985
The Fabulous Moolah
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
Movie • 1986
The Fabulous Moolah
Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments
Movie • 1987
The Fabulous Moolah
Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division
Movie • 2018
The Fabulous Moolah (archive footage)
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Movie • 1995
Self
Dark Side of the Ring
TV • 2019
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
TV • 1999
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Velocity
TV • 2002
The Fabulous Moolah
Raw
TV • 1993
The Fabulous Moolah
Nikki
TV • 2000
The Fabulous Moolah
Saturday Night's Main Event
TV • 1985
The Fabulous Moolah
WWF All-Star Wrestling
TV • 1975
Fabulous Moolah
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
Fabulous Moolah
WWE Old School
TV • 1973
The Fabulous Moolah
Tuesday Night Titans
TV • 1984
The Fabulous Moolah
WWF Championship Wrestling
TV • 1980
The Fabulous Moolah