Lillian Ellison

Known for ActingBorn 1923-07-22Died 2007-11-02Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Then, Now, Forever: The Evolution of WWE’s Women’s Division

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995

Wrestling's Most Embarrassing Moments

The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano

Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams

WWE The Brawl to End it All

Tuesday Night Titans

WWE Survivor Series 1999

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time

Dark Side of the Ring

WWE WrestleMania XX

WWE Survivor Series 1987

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event

WWE No Mercy 1999

WWF Superstars

WWE Friday Night SmackDown

WWE Divas: Undressed

WWE WrestleMania 2000

WWE WrestleMania III

Raw

WrestleMania

WWE Velocity

Lipstick & Dynamite

WrestleMania II

Nikki

WWF Championship Wrestling

Ballerina I'm Not

WWE Insurrextion 2000

Women of the WWF

Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports

The Best of the WWF: volume 12

The Best of the WWF: volume 13

WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show

The Best of the WWF: volume 5

Best of the WWF Volume 1

The WWF's Amazing Managers

WWE Pay Per View

WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa

WWF All-Star Wrestling

WWE Old School