A STAR of one of the most iconic Christmas films of all time looks worlds apart from her iconic childhood role 33 years later.
Ellen Hamilton Latzen is most recognisable for her role in 1989 hit movie National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation known for starring legends such as Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo.
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She played adorable kid Ruby Sue Johnson, the daughter of Eddie and Catherine and part of the extended Griswald family.
Whilst never seen on screen, Ellen’s character Ruby Sue had recently recovered from being cross-eyed as she fell into a well.
As part of the movie’s hillarious plot, Ruby Sue had the issue fixed by being kicked by a mule.
Ruby Sue and her family arrived at the Griswald house unannounced and thus thre Christmas chaos onto the family.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was the third instalment of the National Lampoon’s Vacation film series.
It was written by John Hughes, who based it on a short story he wrote for National Lampoon magazine in 1980 called Christmas ’59.
It stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as the Griswolds, whose screen children Audrey and Rusty are played by Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki.
However some fans may also recognise child star Ellen from another all important movie role.
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She appeared in the hit 1987 film Fatal Attraction as the daughter of Michael Douglas and Anne Archer’s characters.
Ellen eventually turned her back on showbiz and shunned the limelight after attending a boarding school in Vermont.
She admitted that after four years of school and no focus on her acting career she ultimately decided that it was not worth going back.
She told Huffington Post: “It would’ve been a lot of effort to get back into it, and I wasn’t really ready to do that. And even though I loved acting and was passionate about it, at that point, I really wanted to be another person, and I decided to walk away.”
These days Ellen has turned her focus to her brand new blog.
She recently revelaed that she has set up a blog which cronicles her pregnancy and life as an expectant mum.
Writing on Instagram about the launch of her new venture, she said: “It’s called Road to Momma and I’d love you to join me! Oh, I’m also on TikTok now, so please follow me there too. Love to you all!”
She closed off the post by including a cheeky hashtag and throwback to her Christmas Vacation days, saying: “#rubysueisknockedup.”
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