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Biography

Elizabeth Ashley began her acting career on Broadway in the early 60's. Winning a Tony for supporting actress in "Take Her, She's Mine" in…more

Born

8/30/1939, Ocala, Florida, USA

Birth Name

Elizabeth Ann Cole

Gender

Female

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Hey Arnold!
  Mrs. Vitello
  - S 5: Ep 24 Grandpa's Packard / Phoebe's Little Problem
    6/8/04
  - S 5: Ep 22 A Day in the Life of a Classroom / Big Bob's Crisis
    11/15/03
  - S 5: Ep 23 Ghost Bride / Gerald v.s. Jamie O.
    11/11/03
  - S 5: Ep 21 Timberly Loves Arnold / Eugene, Eugene!
    1/28/03
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Journal (1)
    11/11/02
  - + 97 More Credits
- Evening Shade
  Frieda Evans
  - S 4: Ep 26 I Left My Ring in Evening Shade
    5/23/94
  - S 4: Ep 25 The Odder Couple
    5/16/94
  - S 4: Ep 24 Mama Knows Best
    5/9/94
  - S 4: Ep 23 Wood Climbs to New Heights
    4/11/94
  - S 4: Ep 22 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?
    3/28/94
  - + 92 More Credits
- Another World
  Emma Frame Ordway [#3] (1990)
  - S 6: Ep 2 Ep. #1278
    7/1/69
  - S 6: Ep 1 Ep. #1277
    6/30/69
  - S 5: Ep 22 Ep. #1014
    6/10/68
  - S 5: Ep 21 Ep. #1013
    6/7/68
  - S 5: Ep 20 Ep. #1012
    6/6/68
  - + 153 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 66 Show #4477
    2/11/92
  - S 29: Ep 94 Show #4324
    4/9/91
  - S 24: Ep 72 Show #3772
    5/1/86
  - S 23: Ep 69 Show #3669
    2/1/85
  - S 21: Ep 84 Show #3484
    7/5/83
  - + 21 More Credits
Guest Star (65)

Role
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Serena Benson
  - S 1: Ep 1 Payback
    9/20/99
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Madeleine Pitt
  - S 7: Ep 16 Truth Will Out
    3/26/99
- Caroline in the City
  Natalie
  - S 2: Ep 23 Caroline and the Bad Trip (1)
    5/6/97
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
  Margery Lipton
  - S 10: Ep 6 May and June, Part Two
    2/14/97
  - S 10: Ep 5 May and June, Part One
    2/7/97
- Hey Arnold!
  Mrs. Vitello
  - S 1: Ep 3 Arnold's Hat / Stoop Kid
    10/30/96
- The Big Easy
  Larissa Fontaine
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Dead Man Is Hard to Find
    9/15/96
- Caroline in the City
  Natalie Karinsky
  - S 1: Ep 21 Caroline and Richard's Mom
    4/25/96
- Dave's World
  Jeanette
  - S 3: Ep 22 Double Fault
    4/10/96
- Touched By an Angel
  Sandy Latham
  - S 2: Ep 5 Angels on the Air
    10/21/95
- Murder, She Wrote
  Emily Broussard
  - S 12: Ep 4 Big Easy Murder
    10/12/95
- Women of the House
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 13 Women in Film
    9/8/95
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Mary Burton
  - S 2: Ep 2 Who Killed the Motorcar Maverick?
    4/14/95
- Law & Order
  Gwen Young
  - S 5: Ep 1 Second Opinion
    9/21/94
- In the Heat of the Night
  Maybelle
  - S 7: Ep 14 Maybelle Returns
    1/12/94
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 16 Off Camera
    9/15/93
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 103 June 23, 1992
    6/23/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 87 January 28, 1991
    1/28/91
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 228 December 12, 1989
    12/12/89
- Hunter
  Felicia Green
  - S 6: Ep 4 A Girl Named Hunter
    11/4/89
- The Joan Rivers Show
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 42 November 1, 1989
    11/1/89
- B.L. Stryker
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 5 Blues For Buder
    5/15/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Vera Gerakaris
  - S 5: Ep 16 Truck Stop
    4/2/89
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  Karen Lawson/Kate Lawson
  - S 4: Ep 9 Mirror, Mirror
    2/3/89
- Eisenhower & Lutz
  Eleanor
  - S 1: Ep 11 Pride and Prejudice
    6/6/88
- Miami Vice
  Linda Colby
  - S 3: Ep 21 Knock, Knock, Who's There?
    3/27/87
- The Hitchhiker
  Woman
  - S 1: Ep 15 Out of the Night
    10/29/85
- The Love Boat
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 27 Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discretion/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go (2)
    5/4/85
  - S 8: Ep 26 Caribbean Cruise: Call Me Grandma/A Gentleman of Discretion/The Perfect Divorce/Letting Go (1)
    5/4/85
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 128 Show #0303 (831031)
    10/31/83
- Saturday Night Live
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 13 Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates
    2/27/82
- Dinah!
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 199 July 11, 1979
    7/11/79
  - S 5: Ep 68 December 19, 1978
    12/19/78
  - S 4: Ep 201 July 24, 1978
    7/24/78
  - S 4: Ep 177 June 7, 1978
    6/7/78
  - S 4: Ep 85 January 18, 1978
    1/18/78
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Herself
  - S 17: Ep 36 November 8, 1978
    11/8/78
  - S 13: Ep 103 February 5, 1975
    2/5/75
  - S 13: Ep 47 November 5, 1974
    11/5/74
  - S 12: Ep 215 July 5, 1974
    7/5/74
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Herself
  - S 15: Ep 41 October 31, 1977
    10/31/77
  - S 9: Ep 26 October 11, 1971
    10/11/71
- Family
  Elizabeth Kraft
  - S 2: Ep 12 Lovers and Strangers
    1/11/77
- $10,000 Pyramid
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 9 Elizabeth Ashley & George Maharis
    10/28/74
- Celebrity Bowling
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 1 August 31, 1974
    8/31/74
  - S 4: Ep 2 September 15, 1973
    9/15/73
- The F.B.I.
  Claire
  - S 9: Ep 18 Diamond Run
    3/10/74
- Ironside
  Laura Keyes
  - S 7: Ep 21 Close to the Heart
    2/28/74
- Mannix
  Karen Wislow
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Dark Hours
    1/20/74
- The Six Million Dollar Man
  Dr. Erica Bergner
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Solid Gold Kidnapping
    11/17/73
- Police Story
  Jeanette Johnson
  - S 1: Ep 3 Dangerous Games
    10/2/73
- The Magician
  Sallie Baker
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Magician (Pilot -- 90 min)
    3/17/73
- Mission: Impossible
  Andrea
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Question
    1/19/73
- Ghost Story
  Karen
  - S 1: Ep 4 At the Cradle Foot
    9/29/72
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 125 March 27, 1972
    3/27/72
- Insight
  Anne
  - S 12: Ep 20 The War of the Eggs
    1/15/72
- Mission: Impossible
  Lois Stoner
  - S 6: Ep 7 Encounter
    10/30/71
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 25 October 16, 1970
    10/16/70
  - S 1: Ep 39 August 4, 1970
    8/4/70
- The Virginian
  Faith
  - S 9: Ep 1 The West vs. Colonel MacKenzie
    9/16/70
- Medical Center
  Anne Forley
  - S 2: Ep 1 Brink of Doom
    9/16/70
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 55 Love and the Banned Book
    2/6/70
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Sally Devlin
  - S 19: Ep 1 The File on Devlin
    11/21/69
- Hawk
  Donna
  - S 1: Ep 13 H Is A Dirty Letter
    12/1/66
- Run for Your Life
  Diana Fuller
  - S 2: Ep 8 Grotenberg Mask
    10/31/66
- Password
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 103 EPISODE
    5/13/65
  - S 5: Ep 89 Elizabeth and Roddy
    2/4/65
  - S 4: Ep 44 EPISODE
    2/20/64
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 37: Ep 1 The 37th Annual Academy Awards
    4/5/65
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 16: Ep 12 EPISODE #739
    11/22/64
- Stoney Burke
  Donna Weston
  - S 1: Ep 30 Tigress by the Tail
    5/6/63
- Route 66
  Maria
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Cage Around Maria
    3/15/63
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 10: Ep 10 The Young Avengers
    1/9/63
- Ben Casey
  Jane Brewster
  - S 2: Ep 8 And Even Death Shall Die
    11/19/62
- The Nurses (1962)
  Barbara Bowers
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Barbara Bowers Story
    10/18/62
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 25 Art Carney / Fats Domino / Phyllis Diller / Connie Stevens / Tommy Sands
    3/4/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Joyce Harkavy
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Prowler
    12/16/61
- The United States Steel Hour
  Jeanne Gorman
  - S 8: Ep 12 The Big Splash
    2/8/61
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 3 Heaven Can Wait
    11/16/60

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Trivia
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- She appeared March 22-26, 2000 in a festival celebrating the works of Tennessee Williams in a staged reading of "Night of the Iguana" featuring Alec Baldwin, Elizabeth Ashley, Stephanie Zimbalist, and Kent McCord.
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- "The Carpetbaggers" was Alan Ladd's final screen appearance, and the film debut for Elizabeth Ashley.
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- In a story Carroll Baker told in her autobiography, George Peppard showed up drunk at Baker's door during the filming of The Carpetbaggers, loudly telling her he wanted her. When Baker said she was not interested, Peppard threatened, "If you don't have a love affair with me, I'll make love to Elizabeth Ashley." Baker was resolute, and Peppard, true to his word, had an affair with Ashley, destroying both their marriages. Peppard and Ashley then married.
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Quotes
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- Elizabeth: I see the mind of the 5-year-old as a volcano with two vents: destructiveness and creativeness.
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- Elizabeth: In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.
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- Elizabeth: Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
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