Ella Marie Stout was an Iowa native who was active in Phoenix theater during the 1950s and ’60s.

She won Phoenix Little Theatre’s best actress role for her performance in 1959’s Bus Stop.

She was also active with the Scottsdale Community Players, where she co-starred as one of Henry VIII’s wives in 1961’s Royal Gambit, and the Scottsdale Roadrunners, the children’s troupe formed by actress-playwright Charlotte Francis.