Ellen Janet Bourdeau was born on September 22, 1942.  Her parents were Joseph E. Bourdeau and Gertrude E. English Bourdeau.  Ellen had a twin sister, Elaine Bourdeau Musante.

Ellen married Charles W. Piendle on February 13, 1965 at St. Catherine of Siena church in Trumbull.  They later divorced on February 6, 1969.

In 1990, Ellen lived at 11 Abbey Lane in Shelton.  She died in Los Angeles, California on February 24, 1990.  Ellen is buried in St. Michael's Cemetery in Stratford, Connecticut.