Ellen Orridge (1856-1883); English contralto.
From 1875 until 1878 she studied singing with Manuel Gatrcia Jr. at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she won several singing competitions. While still a student she sang in a provincial tour with Sims Reeves in 1877. The same year she made a successful debut at the Ballad Concerts and was engaged for the whole season. In 1878 she sang at the Birmingham Festival and the following years also at other similar events. She excelled as a soloist in oratorios and religious musical works. She died at the age of only twenty-seven of typhoid fever at Guernsey, where she had gone for a short holiday. The news of her death was received with universal regret on account of her amiability and kindliness.