Lillian Ellison
Known for: Acting
Born: July 21, 1923 in Kershaw County, South Carolina, USA - Died: November 1, 2007
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.
Known for
Showing 24 of 40 titles
Ballerina I'm Not
(archive footage)
WWE Divas: Undressed
The Fabulous Moolah
Women of the WWF
Spider Lady
Lipstick & Dynamite
Fabulous Moolah /Herself
Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE Insurrextion 2000
The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
The Fabulous Moolah
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
The Spider Lady
The Best of the WWF: volume 12
The Fabulous Moolah
The Best of the WWF: volume 13
The Fabulous Moolah
Best of the WWF Volume 1
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE WrestleMania 2000
The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84
The Fabulous Moolah
WrestleMania
The Fabulous Moolah (Manager)
WWE The Brawl to End it All
The Fabulous Moolah
NWA The Last Tangle in Tampa
The Fabulous Moolah
WrestleMania II
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE WrestleMania III
The Fabulous Moolah (Ringside)
WWE Survivor Series 1987
Moolah
WWE WrestleMania XX
The Fabulous Moolah
WWE No Mercy 1999
The Fabulous Moolah