Ella Lane
Family	Sam Lane (husband), Moira Sullivan (sister), Lois Lane (daughter), Lucy Lane (daughter), Chloe Sullivan (niece), Gabe Sullivan (brother-in-law)
Played By	Teri Hatcher
Status	Deceased

"I will always be your mother Lois, and I'll always love you." - Ella to Lois, Abandoned

Ella Lane was the wife of General Sam Lane and the mother of Lois Lane and Lucy Lane. She died in 1996.

Season FourEdit

When Lois was searching in her father's office in an army base, she told Clark that Ella had died when she was young (age 6) and Clark sympathized with her.

Season TenEdit

Before Sam Lane left the Kent farm he, brought a box filled with memorabilia that Ella had specifically prepared for Lois to find when she was ready to open it. Inside, Lois found a blue crystallized bird named "Old Blue" that belonged to her mother, as well as a series of video tapes Ella made before she died.

In the first tape, Lois learned that her mother had requested that she not be brought to see her in the hospital because she wanted Lois to have happy memories of her. Ella admitted her regret in not being able to be a part of Lois's life but was sure that Lois would become a great woman under the upbringing of the General and that she would one day find someone very special to share he life with. Ella tells Lois in the tape that she didn't want Lois to feel that her absence from her life would prevent her from sharing her love wholeheartedly with the man she was meant to be with. Ella reassured her daughter that, no matter what, she would always be her mother and she would deeply loved her. Lois later found a card in the box that Ella had made specifically for her wedding day.

See alsoEdit

• Old Blue

In the ComicsEdit

Elinore is the mother of Lois and Lucy Lane, wife to General Sam Lane and the mother in law to both Clark Kent and at one point, Ron Troupe. Unlike in the Smallville universe, Ella has been a constant factor in Lois and Lucy's life, and has always done her best to be a supportive mother to her children. While she was deeply in love with her husband Sam, they varied greatly in personal opinions, primarily in regards to Lois' choice of boyfriend and later husband, Clark. Ella also seemed to appreciate the existence of Superman, while Sam thought the Alien to be a constant danger to humanity.

During an intergalactic space war with Apokolips and another alien species, Sam was apparently killed saving the world. Lois, Lucy, Ron, Clark and then-President Lex Luthor all attended his funeral with Ella, and Clark even made an appearance as Superman, saluting the fallen soldier.

During the Planet Krypton storyline, it was revealed that Sam Lane was still alive, and had manipulated his daughter Lucy into joining the military and becoming the mysterious Superwoman. How Ella felt about her husband's resurrection was never shown, nor was her reaction to Sam killing himself at the end of the Kryptonian-Earth War.

In Superman Secret Origin# 5 it is revealed that Ella Lane died a long time ago and even though Lois had pictures of them together she is basically a stranger to her.

TriviaEdit

• In the comics Ella's full name is Elinore "Ellen" Lane.
• Actress Teri Hatcher is no stranger to the Superman franchise as she portrayed Lois Lane for 4 seasons on the 90's hit TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
• Teri Hatcher & Dana Delany both former Lois Lane's starred together on ABC's Desperate Housewives, although Dana Delany was only voice acting for Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League.
• Smallville has continued the pattern that originated in Superman: The Movie of former actresses who portrayed Lois Lane to return as Ella Lane in a different media . Noel Neill portrayed a young Ella in Superman the movie, While Phyllis Coates portrayed an older Ella, in the first season of the 1990s television series Lois and Clark.
• In season 4 Lois says her mother died when she was 6, but in season ten she says that Ella Lane died when she was ten.