Elizabeth Ashley
| Elizabeth Ashley | |
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Ashley in 1971.
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| Born |
Elizabeth Ann Cole August 30, 1939 Ocala, Florida, USA |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Spouse(s) |
James Farentino (m. 1962–65) (divorced) George Peppard (m. 1966–72) (divorced);1 child James McCarthy (m. 1975–81) (divorced) |
| Children | Christian Peppard (b. 1968) |
Elizabeth Ashley (born August 30, 1939) is an American actress of theatre, film, and television. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for Take Her, She's Mine. Ashley was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her performance in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for Evening Shade. Elizabeth was a guest on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 24 times.
Ashley was born Elizabeth Ann Cole in Ocala, Florida, to Lucille (née Ayer) and Arthur Kingman Cole, and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Ashley won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Take Her, She's Mine, then later starred as Corie in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park (1963) and, later, as Maggie in a successful Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1974). She received Tony nominations for both performances. She appeared on Broadway as Dr. Livingstone in Agnes of God (1982) and was a replacement in the role of Mattie Fae during the original Broadway run of August: Osage County.
She has been featured in major motion pictures over five decades, including early roles in The Carpetbaggers (1964), Ship of Fools (1965) and The Third Day (1965). Her other film credits include (1971), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Coma (1978), Paternity (1981), Dragnet (1987) and Vampire's Kiss (1989), and she starred as the villain in the controversial film Windows (1980). Her most recent film roles were as Diane Freed in Happiness (1998), and as Marg in the 2007 film The Cake Eaters.
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