Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ashley | |
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Ashley in 1971 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Ann Cole August 30, 1939 Ocala, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–present |
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| Spouses | James McCarthy
(m. 1975; div. 1981) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play American Theater Hall of Fame |
Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), 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 supporting 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 Starring Johnny Carson 24 times. She appeared in several episodes of In the Heat of the Night as Maybelle Chesboro. She also appeared in an episode of Mannix, "The Dark Hours", in 1974. She is a 2024 inductee into the American Theater Hall of Fame.