Judith Ames
| Rachel Ames | |
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Ames ca. 1951
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Rachel Kay Foulger November 2, 1929 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Other names | Judith Ames |
| Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Years active | 1951–2007, 2009–2015 |
| Spouse(s) |
Jack Genung (m. 1952) Barry Cahill (m. 1968–2012) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Byron Foulger Dorothy Adams |
Rachel Kay Foulger (born November 2, 1929), known professionally as Rachel Ames, is an American film and television actress.
The daughter of actors Byron Foulger and Dorothy Adams, she was raised in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles studying drama before signing an acting contract with Paramount Pictures, using the stage name Judith Ames. She made her film debut in the studio's science fiction film When Worlds Collide (1951), followed by Ricochet Romance (1954).
She would go on to have a prolific career in television, where she would become best known for her role as Audrey March Hardy on the soap opera General Hospital, beginning in 1964. Ames' role is the longest-running in the series' history, spanning over fifty years and earning her multiple Emmy Award nominations.
Ames was born Rachel Kay Foulger on November 2, 1929 in Portland, Oregon, the only child of actress (and later college drama instructor) Dorothy Adams and actor Byron Foulger. Through her father, she is of English descent, the fourth generation of English immigrants from Norfolk who settled in the Salt Lake City area.
Ames spent her early life in Portland, but relocated to California so her parents could work performing and teaching at the Pasadena Playhouse. She graduated from University High School and later enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, where her mother was a professor in the university's drama department.
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