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name: "Ellen Strauss"
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:10:19.310782+00:00"
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# Ellen Strauss

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor

## Biography

Ellen Strauss is an attorney based in Weston, Connecticut, and a friend of Kathie Durst. She has appeared as herself in numerous true crime documentaries examining the disappearance of Kathie Durst and the cases surrounding Robert Durst.

Her credits include *The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst* (2015), in which she discussed her early investigations into Kathie's 1982 disappearance, as well as appearances in *48 Hours*, *Mugshots* (2002), *Power, Privilege & Justice* (2009), *Vanity Fair Confidential* (2015), *Robert Durst: An ID Murder Mystery* (2019) and *Very Scary People* (2020).

*Sources: imdb.com, hbomax.com, fox61.com, milfordmirror.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jinx* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-jinx.md)

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