Ella Mae Smith

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Ella Mae is a Resident of ash Stop Road in Evans City, The Farmhouse location was right behind her home, She and her husband Philip Smith were sat on the front lawn one day when a car pulled up. A woman asked them both"Hey, do you guys want to be in a movie?" Philip replied "NO!" but Ella Mae decided she wanted to do it, so she persuaded her husband to check it out. Both ended up being Ghouls in the Movie.

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Ella Mae Smith, who played one of the zombies in "Night of the Living Dead" (1968); poses for a photo with Michael J. Tomaso at The Living Dead Fest in Evans City, PA in October, 2014.

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Researched and compiled by Daz Sargeant

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Cast and crew

Ella Mae Smith