Birth Place: Ocala, FL, USA
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Notable Broadway credits include: You Can't Take it With You, Gore Vidal's The Best Man (2012 revival), August: Osage County, Dividing the Estate (also Off-Broadway; Drama Desk nom.), Enchanted April, The Best Man (2000 revival), Take Her, She's Mine (Tony® and Theatre World Awards), Barefoot in the Park (Tony® nom.), The Skin of Our Teeth (opened the American Bi-Centennial at the Kennedy Center), Caesar and Cleopatra, Legend, Suddenly Last Summer, Agnes of God, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tony® nom.). Notable Off-Broadway credits include Red Devil Battery Sign, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore, When She Danced and the New York premiere of Albee's Me, Myself, and I. Also, Sweet Bird of Youth (Helen Hayes Award Nomination/Millennium Award), The Little Foxes, and Mrs. Warren's Profession all at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C. Film: Dragnet, The Carpetbaggers, Ship of Fools (Golden Globe® nom.), Happiness (Independent Spirit Award). TV includes the HBO series Treme, Evening Shade (Emmy® nom.), The Buccaneers (PBS), Saturday Night Live (Host), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (regular), The Rope (Cable ACE nom.), The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, etc. Recording: Lou Reed's The Raven. Founding member/Board of Directors, American Film Institute and served on the first National Council Of The Arts under Presidents Kennedy & Johnson. Author: Actress: Postcards From the Road.
[1964]The Carpetbaggers Monica Winthrop
[1965]The Third Day Alexandria Mallory
[1965]Ship of Fools Jenny
[1971]The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Nan
[1973]Paperback Hero Loretta
[1974]Golden Needles Felicity
[1975]Rancho Deluxe Cora Brown
[1975]92 in the Shade Jeannie Carter
[1976]The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday Nancy Sue
[1978]Coma Mrs. Emerson
[1981]Paternity Sophia Thatcher
[1982]Split Image Diana Stetson
[1987]Dragnet Jane Kirkpatrick
[1988]Vampire's Kiss Dr. Gler
[1988]Dangerous Curves Miss Reed
[1989]A Man of Passion Gloria
[1996]Shoot the Moon Mrs. Comstock
[1997]Sleeping Together Mrs. Tuccinini
[1998]Happiness Diane Freed
[1998]Just the Ticket Mrs. Paliski
[2000]Home Sweet Hoboken Beth Flowers
[2000]Labor Pains Janice
[2002]Hey Arnold! The Movie Mrs. Vitello
[2007]The Cake Eaters Marg Kaminski
[2017]Just Getting Started Lily
[2018]Ocean's Eight Ethel
Caroline in the City Natalie Karinsky
Evening Shade Freida Evans
Hey Arnold! Mrs. Vitello
Mission: Impossible Andrea, Lois Stoner
Murder, She Wrote Emily Broussard Renwyck, Vera Gerakaris
Russian Doll Ruth Brenner
Treme Aunt Mimi
Elizabeth Ashley, Dividing the Estate
Elizabeth AshleySweet Bird of Youth
Elizabeth Ashley, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Elizabeth Ashley, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Elizabeth Ashley, Barefoot in the Park
Elizabeth Ashley, Take Her, She's Mine
Elizabeth Ashley , Take Her, She's Mine
Elizabeth Ashley has appeared on Broadway in 14 shows.
Elizabeth Ashley has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
Elizabeth Ashley's first West End show was Expresso Bongo which opened in 1958
Elizabeth Ashley has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for her role in "Dividing the Estate." She also received a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play at the Helen Hayes Awards for her performance in "Sweet Bird of Youth." Ashley was nominated for Outstanding Actress - Play at the Drama Desk Awards and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for her role in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." She received another Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play for "Barefoot in the Park." Ashley's performance in "Take Her, She's Mine" earned her a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Performance. Additionally, she was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for her role in "Take Her, She's Mine."
Elizabeth Ashley has won the Performance (Theatre World Awards) for her role in "Take Her, She's Mine".
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