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Elizabeth Ann Cole, known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, 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.
Birth Name
Elizabeth Ann Cole
Born
Wednesday, 30 August 1939
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Horton Foote: The Road to Home | Self | 2020 |
| Leonard Soloway's Broadway | Self | 2019 |
| Russian Doll | Ruth Brenner | 2019 |
| Ocean's Eight | Ethel | 2018 |
| Just Getting Started | Lily | 2017 |
| The Bold Type | Pam Sheard | 2017 |
| Better Things | Miss Louise | 2016 |
| Understudies | Dotty Buggett | 2014 |
| The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Horton Foote: The Road to Home | Self | 2020 |
| Leonard Soloway's Broadway | Self | 2019 |
| Russian Doll | Ruth Brenner | 2019 |
| Ocean's Eight | Ethel | 2018 |
| Just Getting Started | Lily | 2017 |
| The Bold Type | Pam Sheard | 2017 |
| Better Things | Miss Louise | 2016 |
| Understudies | Dotty Buggett | 2014 |
| The Broadway.com Show | Self | 2013 |
| Treme | Aunt Mimi | 2010 |
| The Cake Eaters | Marg Kaminski / Marg | 2007 |
| The Jeremy Kyle Show | Herself (Guest) | 2005 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Hey Arnold! The Movie | Mrs. Vitello / Mrs. Vitello (voice) | 2002 |
| Home Sweet Hoboken | Beth Flowers | 2001 |
| Labor Pains | Janice | 2000 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Serena Benson | 1999 |
| Just the Ticket | Mrs. Paliski | 1999 |
| Happiness | Diane Freed | 1998 |
| Sleeping Together | Mrs. Tuccinini | 1997 |
| Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| The Big Easy | Larissa Fontaine | 1996 |
| Hey Arnold! | Mrs. Vitello | 1996 |
| Shoot the Moon | Mrs. Comstock | 1996 |
| Mallrats | Gov. Dalton | 1995 |
| Caroline in the City | Natalie Karinsky | 1995 |
| The Buccaneers | Mrs. Closson | 1995 |
| Women of the House | Elizabeth Ashley | 1995 |
| Touched by an Angel | Sandy Latham | 1994 |
| Burke's Law | Mary Burton | 1994 |
| Dave's World | Jeanette | 1993 |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Madeline Pitt | 1993 |
| The Larry Sanders Show | Elizabeth Ashley | 1992 |
| The Dennis Miller Show | Self - Guest star | 1992 |
| In the Best Interest of the Children | Carla Scott | 1992 |
| Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story | Vicky | 1991 |
| Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond | Self | 1990 |
| Evening Shade | Freida Evans | 1990 |
| Law & Order | Gwen Young | 1990 |
| Blue Bayou | Lolly Fontenot | 1990 |
| Gypsy Angels | 1990 | |
| American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts | Annie Sweeney | 1989 |
| A Man of Passion | Gloria | 1989 |
| Man Of Passion, A | Gloria | 1989 |
| B.L. Stryker | Althea Campbell | 1989 |
| Dangerous Curves | Miss Reed | 1988 |
| Vampire's Kiss | Dr. Glaser | 1988 |
| Eisenhower & Lutz | Eleanor | 1988 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Maybelle Cheseboro | 1988 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Margaret Lipton | 1987 |
| Dragnet | Jane Kirkpatrick | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| The Two Mrs. Grenvilles | Babette Van Degan | 1987 |
| Warm Hearts, Cold Feet | Blanche Webster | 1987 |
| Stagecoach | Dallas | 1986 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Karen Lawson / Kate Lawson | 1985 |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Elizabeth Ashley | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Vera Gerakaris / Emily Broussard Renwyck | 1984 |
| Hunter | Felicia Green | 1984 |
| Miami Vice | D.E.A. Agent Linda Colby | 1984 |
| The Hitchhiker | Mrs. Baxter / Woman | 1983 |
| Svengali | Eve Swiss | 1983 |
| Freedom to Speak | Self - Reader | 1983 |
| Split Image | Diana Stetson | 1982 |
| Tom Cottle: Up Close | Self | 1982 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Michelle Zal | 1981 |
| Paternity | Sophia Thatcher | 1981 |
| Windows | Andrea Glassen | 1980 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self | 1979 |
| The Toni Tennille Show | Self | 1979 |
| A Fire in the Sky | Sharon Allan | 1978 |
| Everyday | Self | 1978 |
| Coma | Mrs. Emerson | 1978 |
| The Love Boat | Nancy Bricker | 1977 |
| The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | Nancy Sue | 1976 |
| Family | Elizabeth Kraft | 1976 |
| One of My Wives Is Missing | Elizabeth Corban | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Host | 1975 |
| 92 in the Shade | Jeannie Carter | 1975 |
| Rancho Deluxe | Cora Brown | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Lincoln | Kate Chase Sprague | 1974 |
| Golden Needles | Felicity | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping | Dr. Erica Bergner | 1973 |
| Paperback Hero | Loretta | 1973 |
| Police Story | Jannette Johnson | 1973 |
| The Heist | Diane Craddock | 1972 |
| Circle of Fear | Karen Dover | 1972 |
| Second Chance | Ellie Smith | 1972 |
| When Michael Calls | Helen Connelly | 1972 |
| The Face of Fear | Sally Dillman | 1971 |
| The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker | Nan | 1971 |
| Love, American Style | Penny Dunbar (segment "Love and the Banned Book") | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Anne Forley | 1969 |
| Mannix | Karen Winslow | 1967 |
| Ironside | Laura Keyes | 1967 |
| Dream Girl of '67 | Self - Fashion Hostess | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Andrea / Lois Stoner | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Claire | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Dina Fuller | 1965 |
| The Third Day | Alexandria Mallory | 1965 |
| Ship of Fools | Jenny | 1965 |
| The Carpetbaggers | Monica Winthrop | 1964 |
| Missing Links | Self | 1963 |
| Girl Talk | Self / Herself | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Donna Weston | 1962 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Barbara Bowers | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Faith Andrews | 1962 |
| Sam Benedict | Cindy Messerman | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Actress | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Password | Self - Celebrity Contestant | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Jane Brewster | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Joyce Harkavy | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Maria Cardenas | 1960 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Bette | 1957 |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1953 | |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Mollie Michaelson - scene from 'Take Her, She's Mine' | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1965 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
