Ann Wedgeworth
| Ann Wedgeworth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth January 21, 1934 Abilene, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–2006 |
| Spouse(s) |
Rip Torn (1956–1961, divorced) Ernie Martin (1970–1995) |
| Children | Danae Torn Dianna Martin |
Ann Wedgeworth (born January 21, 1934) is an American character actress, known for her roles as Lana Shields in Three's Company and Merleen Elldridge in Evening Shade. Wedgeworth won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two (1978).
Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth was born in Abilene, Texas. She graduated from Highland Park High School in University Park, Texas, where she was a childhood friend and high school classmate of Jayne Mansfield. She dropped her first name after graduating from the University of Texas in 1957, and moved to New York City. After auditioning several times, she was admitted to The Actors Studio.
Wedgeworth made her Broadway debut in the play Make a Million in 1958. She later had many roles on Broadway and off-Broadway productions, including Period of Adjustment, Blues for Mister Charlie, The Last Analysis, and Thieves. In 1978, she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Chapter Two.
Wedgeworth appeared off-Broadway at New York's Promenade Theatre from December 5, 1985, until June 1, 1986, in Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, co-starring Harvey Keitel and Geraldine Page; coincidentally, Page, a decade Wedgeworth's senior, had married actor Rip Torn after his divorce from Wedgeworth. At the time, Page and Torn were married, but were estranged at the time of Page's death in 1987. For her performance in A Lie of the Mind, Wedgeworth was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
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