Ellen Gardner

Ellen Gardner is a fictional character featured in Tobe Hooper's 1986 remake of Invaders from Mars. Played by actress Laraine Newman, she was a supporting character in the film.

Overview
Ellen Gardner was a thirty-something housewife and the wife of George Gardner. They had a young son named David. David Gardner had a terrible nightmare in which he saw his parents assimilated by evil body-swapping aliens from the planet Mars.

David awakened from the dream and it appeared as if his parents were okay, but that was before the Martians actually did land on the planet Earth. What became of Ellen Gardner, or whether her son's dream was merely a portent of things to come remains unclear.

Notes & Trivia



 * Actress Laraine Newman is best known for her work as a comedienne, and was one of the "Not Ready for Prime Time" players on the original Saturday Night Live line-up.


 * Playing the role of Ellen Gardner is Laraine Newman's seventh work in a feature film. It is her first work in the science fiction and horror genres.


 * In the scene where actress Laraine Newman's necks explode, the sparks caught the actress' hair on fire and singed a large part of it. She did not realize this until afterwards.